What’s the food like for trainees at Lackland?
Surprisingly good. You might have seen comic strips where miserable privates skin mountains of potatoes, but actually Lackland employs civilian contractors to do the cooking (don’t worry though, you’ll get plenty of chances to do other manual labor). The food is served up school cafeteria style, the main course varies day by day and is always pretty decent. With every meal, you’ll be required to drink at least one glass of water and two glasses of a lukewarm gatorade-like beverage. There are rumors that the gatorade is laced with drugs to temporarily kill your sex drive, and if that’s true, you’ll probably be grateful, since Basic isn’t a very easy place to find action. On certain days, you’ll eat “Meals Ready to Eat”, aka MRE’s, which is what real soldiers eat on the front lines. These are highly advanced rations engineered for compactness and efficiency, and they’re also pretty decent.
