XiangLong
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Food may seem an irrellevant topic in the military but it is in fact one of the key corner stones that keeps any military standing with their feet straight. Aside from the primary reasons to join the military (careers, benefits or a strong patriotism) Food, along with entertainment and good infrastructure for personal use (telephones, good electric grid and internet etc.) gives the average soldier more reason to fight to protect his country and even much more less reason to mutiny, rebel against their superiors or even defect to the enemy, just because of the fact they are living a better life.
There's a reason why the USMC for example, almost 'spoils' their troops, especially the ones overseas. I know from this one guy there from california, who had this delicious all-you-can-eat taco bar there, every weekend. And on top of that, there was free wifi throughout the entire facility, so everyone was either gaming or facebooking with friends and family whenever they hadn't to do any chores.
I think that providing your troops with good and tasty food is even more important than supplying them with the latest weaponry, money can buy. I mean, What do you prefer? Troops who have just sticks and stones but who will stick by you till death, OR, a future soldier with 1.000.000 worth of equipment but who will defect as soon as the enemy doesn't fire on sight anymore?
There's a reason why the USMC for example, almost 'spoils' their troops, especially the ones overseas. I know from this one guy there from california, who had this delicious all-you-can-eat taco bar there, every weekend. And on top of that, there was free wifi throughout the entire facility, so everyone was either gaming or facebooking with friends and family whenever they hadn't to do any chores.
I think that providing your troops with good and tasty food is even more important than supplying them with the latest weaponry, money can buy. I mean, What do you prefer? Troops who have just sticks and stones but who will stick by you till death, OR, a future soldier with 1.000.000 worth of equipment but who will defect as soon as the enemy doesn't fire on sight anymore?
