(11-18-2022, 08:26 PM)Jags Wrote: I’ll be the [BLEEP], like I normally am here and in the real life.  I agree, it’s cool.  But when I watch the video and see that 95% pass and they’re talking it up, it really comes across as “these guys aren’t worth a [BLEEP] except the few that went to school for culinary purposes and the others…we’ll… we’ll try to give them a job.” If you can’t read a recipe card….  Don’t get me wrong.  They are needed. But they talk it up as Meal Team Six.  One guy refers to his other cookmates as a “battle buddy”.  Yeah, I get it.  But when in OCS my brother was asked to tell the instructor the difference between “cover and concealment” my brothers reply was “cover is your battle buddy and concealment is looking like em”. He was joking of course.  Their duty is needed. I appreciate what they do. I’m sure the soldiers do as well.  But, aside from those that scored  well on that test “as fad” or whatever is called that want to cook, the rest are kinda stupid.  Again, I appreciate the effort.  But if you take that test and are placed in that role, you’re not the best of the best, to say the least.  Those that make it, good on them.  I feel they really need that experience and discipline to figure things out.  [BLEEP] Jags at it again, I suppose. I’m not a good person.  Love the military though.  Have family members in it.

Battle buddy is a general term in the Army for when you're partnered up with someone. In boot camp my battle buddy was the girl who slept on the rack below me and we were responsible for each other. In AIT my battle buddy was similar except it was more in a classroom setting than going to the field for training exercises. All of the hands on things we learned in medic school like assessing injuries, applying life saving measures, etc., were almost all practiced on our battle buddy.

Navy SEALs call them swim buddies. Lol.

The Army is all about standards. Pass-fail, or what we called "go" or "no-go," standards are very specific. If you get a no-go on just one standard of a list of standards you have to test on the whole thing again. Some standards you have only one chance to get it right and if you don't you fail. With food you definitely have to be super careful because you could wipe out an entire company or battalion with one bad lunch that was prepared incorrectly and was loaded with bacteria. 

Its not that people are stupid, its that the margin for error has to be infinitesimal so you don't put people in the hospital when they should be training or going to the battlefield. 

You would also be surprised by how many people have never seen a recipe much less cooked from one. Most of their meals are prepackaged or fast food.

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