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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1021037" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><strong>OK a US Army story.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>When I was at Aberdeen / Edgewood Maryland in Senior NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer School)</strong></p><p><strong>I lived off Wendy's.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>They had Salad bars back then. Great selection of all you can eat salad bars, with meats and other items in 1986.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>When in NCO school, you came up on a roster to be the NCOIC (Non Commissioned Officer in Charge)</strong></p><p><strong>for retreat flag detail. You would supervise young soldiers to take down the post flag at 17:00 or 5:00 PM.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>My peers, which never did this, were petrified to do it or supervise it. I would offer, I would do it for</strong></p><p><strong>5 dollars. They would be like heck yeah!!! </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I was a Drill Sergeant and performed this many many times and it was second nature for me.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>After we folded the colors or flag at 05:00 PM into the 13 fold triangle, and turned it over to the </strong></p><p><strong>Post Headquarter's Staff Duty Officer, off I would go to Wendys for the salad bar.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>With my wife and children left 1,000 miles away, I did not have the money to eat.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>They would give us so much to eat and charge us a ridiculous amount to eat in the messhall.</strong></p><p><strong>It was about 7.00 back then. It was called per diem.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>So I ate breakfast in the messhall at $4.25, then I would skip lunch or eat a can of tuna</strong></p><p><strong>with water, and then FEAST at Wendy's salad bar in Maryland each night with my Flag detail</strong></p><p><strong>money.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Shame Wendy's stopped the salad bar later in the 90's.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/generalinfo/a/retreat.htm" target="_blank">Retreat Ceremony</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 1021037, member: 38206"] [B]OK a US Army story. When I was at Aberdeen / Edgewood Maryland in Senior NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer School) I lived off Wendy's. They had Salad bars back then. Great selection of all you can eat salad bars, with meats and other items in 1986. When in NCO school, you came up on a roster to be the NCOIC (Non Commissioned Officer in Charge) for retreat flag detail. You would supervise young soldiers to take down the post flag at 17:00 or 5:00 PM. My peers, which never did this, were petrified to do it or supervise it. I would offer, I would do it for 5 dollars. They would be like heck yeah!!! I was a Drill Sergeant and performed this many many times and it was second nature for me. After we folded the colors or flag at 05:00 PM into the 13 fold triangle, and turned it over to the Post Headquarter's Staff Duty Officer, off I would go to Wendys for the salad bar. With my wife and children left 1,000 miles away, I did not have the money to eat. They would give us so much to eat and charge us a ridiculous amount to eat in the messhall. It was about 7.00 back then. It was called per diem. So I ate breakfast in the messhall at $4.25, then I would skip lunch or eat a can of tuna with water, and then FEAST at Wendy's salad bar in Maryland each night with my Flag detail money. Shame Wendy's stopped the salad bar later in the 90's.[/B] [URL="http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/generalinfo/a/retreat.htm"]Retreat Ceremony[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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