Soldiers use their own cash to get better food in quarantine
Kyle Rempfer
Some soldiers in quarantine are opting to order delivery from nearby restaurants rather than eat the rations provided to them from government stockpiles.
At FOB Westbrook, a training site turned quarantine facility outside Fort Bliss, Texas, soldiers have been ordering food from establishments like Smash Burger, local pizzerias and even eating extra MREs rather than the “steam bathed†rations contracted for them.
Disliking chow hall food is a common trope of military life. But when new contracts for food services are meted out while soldiers continue to buy their own food, it treads into a larger issue of potentially wasteful spending that has been highlighted by lawmakers recently.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/04/23/soldiers-use-their-own-cash-to-get-better-food-in-quarantine/
