Posted on 08/28/2019 12:56:51 PM PDT by robowombat
US Troops Deprived of Hot Meals, In-Door Toilets as They Train for Possible Conflict With Russia, China 22:02 28.08.2019
Tim Korso
In its latest defence strategy guidelines, Washington outlined Russia and China as two possible adversaries in a real-life conflict and has since been conducting numerous military drills in a bid to prepare for a possible war. US Air Force crewmen were forced to live and train under unusually harsh conditions during their stay at Poland's Powidz Air Base, being cut off from running water, hot meals, and indoor toilets, the media outlet Defence News reported, citing US Colonel Donn Yates, the commander of the 4th Fighter Wing.
Such conditions were imposed on them deliberately, as Yates sought to provide his soldiers with "field"-like experience. According to the media outlet, such "Spartan conditions" are used to prepare soldiers for operations in conflicts with a "near-peer adversary" like Russia or China.
"The more it sucks out here — and you’re eating MREs [Meals Ready-to-Eat] and you’re pooping out in the Porta-John — the higher the morale is. We had people out in Poland sleeping in hammocks and stuff, not because we had to but because I wanted them to feel what it is like to live in the field", Yates said.
The crewmen were also trained in resolving everyday problems, such as maintenance and repairing damaged jets, forcing them to be creative. Namely, members of the 4th Fighter Wing had to cut their request for F-15 spare parts in half after finding several solutions to optimise repairs.
The latest US National Defence Strategy, adopted last year, named China and Russia as the two most probable adversaries with whom Washington could fight a war in the future. The White House specifically exploited the idea of potential "Russian aggression" to boost its military presence and conduct regular drills in Europe.
Moscow, in turn, has repeatedly called on Washington to instead establish constructive dialogue and mend relations, as well as slammed some recent US initiatives, such as its withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, as harmful for global stability.
OMG!!! Treated worse than illegals!! I’m POSITIVE the Fraud Squad will ignore.
Just an average day of training for Army folks.
Surely Poland has five star hotels, no ?
Exactly!
I guess this what the Air Force calls deprivation. In the Army we just called it going out in the field for training.
“Porta-potties?” We never had kibos in the field, much less running water. Poor little babies.
haha you said it. Stupid jornolist’ thinks that our soldiers stayed at the Holiday Inn after the invasion of Iraq.
LOL. Soldiers being “deprived” of hot meals and indoor toilets is … wait for it … TRAINING !
Oh no, the poor babies. The next thing you know, they will be forced to dig a hole in the ground, including a grenade sump, and make it their home whenever they aren't climbing mountains with a 90 lb rucksack. I hope that they have contacted their Congresscritter.
Air Force crewman without a fully equipped hot tub and steam room? The horror.
“US Air Force crewmen were forced to live and train under unusually harsh conditions during their stay at Poland’s Powidz Air Base, being cut off from running water, hot meals, and indoor toilets,”
The horror.....
Semper Fi.
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In the mid-1980’s, when Ethiopia was stricken by a famine, MRE was said to stand for “meals rejected by Ethiopians.”
I remember the Air Force officers who were teaching at West Point all getting “substandard housing” pay.
LOL. Soldiers being “deprived” of hot meals and indoor toilets is … wait for it … TRAINING !
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Yeah, don’t get me wrong, because I rarely camp or come close to roughing it in the bush or the field these days, but my first thought was, if you’re at war, and the worst part of your day is MREs and dropping a deuce behind a shrub, you shouldn’t complain.
People in the field who have no conveniences, and eat MRE’s every day have a name............they are called “Marines!!!!!!!!!
The horror...
Hahahah. Cat holes and lucky to have 20 year old C rations.
Semper Fi!
LOL! That’s a new one on me!
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