U.S. bases in Afghanistan say goodbye to Whoppers, DQ(Non-Essential to War Fighting)

[RamboLiberal]

Whoppers, Dairy Queen sundaes and the latest movies will soon disappear for U.S. military personnel serving in Afghanistan, according to a blog posting by Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall discussing changes to morale, welfare and recreation facilities on U.S. bases there.

In an effort to put more focus on fighting the Taliban, the military is cutting back on "non-essentials" in Afghanistan, Hall announced on the International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan blog this week. Hall is the command sergeant major for ISAF.

On large U.S. facilities such as the Kandahar and Bagram air bases, that includes closing restaurants such as Burger King, Dairy Queen, Orange Julius and Pizza Hut, dropping first-run movies from base theaters and cutting the amount of canned and bottled imported from the States, Hall writes.

“This is a warzone – not an amusement park,” he writes.

“Supplying nonessential luxuries to big bases like Bagram and Kandahar makes it harder to get essential items to combat outposts and forward operating bases, where troops who are in the fight each day need resupplied with ammunition, food and water,” Hall says in the blog posting.

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/25/u-s-bases-in-afghanistan-say-goodbye-to-whoppers-dq/?hpt=T2

[frylock]

1. no more bunker buster parfaits?

oh noes!!1

[Echo In Light]

2. "In an effort to put more focus on fighting the Taliban, the military is cutting back on...

Fast food?

lol ...er :wtf:

[Arctic Dave]

3. Good, this has always been baffling to me.

Send the military TO FIGHT, not set up islands of americana so they don't feel homesick.

I'm sure this will help with the idea hat they are not there to stay indefinitely and americanize the place.

[itsrobert]

4. Good, but expect a backlash from, "You don't support the troops" crowd

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[Tesha]

5. It might also be a useful mind-focusing exercise if the folks back home...

...were asked to make a few sacrifices in support of the war
effort as well, like paying for the fucking thing through their
taxes!

Tesha

[NecklyTyler]

6. Do soldiers in a war zone still get free cigarettes?

:smoke: