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I recall an anecdote about (I think) a Japanese admiral during WWII, who upon realising the US Navy had a ship dedicated to making ice cream, knew that they had lost the war.
I had to look this up. If numbers are down this would make great recruiting material.
The Americans truly fight like kings. Having an ice cream ship is definitely something yoh should all feel patriotic about!
Tbf, these had two good reasons. 1, coolant for Project Manhattan if something went horribly wrong with a nuke while getting it to the Pacific theatre. 2, the South Pacific is f-ing brutal without AC when you depend on your armor for safety.
That said, this is clearly an OpSec-related disguise. I’m not military but I’ve heard enough to pretend I saw nothing unless I hear someone inside begging for help. Usually it’s just ammunition transport, so that nobody gets a bright idea to steal military-grade weapons.
If you think that’s just “halfway between Hollywood and reality” BS, look up Project Mogul on wikipedia and keep in mind the CIA can pose as “a former FBI agent” if need be to spread disinformation about military assets. They were terrified the Soviets might get/drop nukes, the more paranoid you are, the more you should be able to relate to spies, generals and anti-terrorist personnel, even if it’s not that likely to go bad in practice.
Remember, the last time military intelligence wasn’t on the ball, 9/11 set the ball rolling for the current mess we’re in. Not that the US under Trump again is in any way fully trustworthy.
3 flavors, all you can eat.
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“Yeah I did two Tours to Afghanistan.”
“No I’m not in the military, I work at Burger king”
“I still see the Friday Night as the fryer broke in my nightmares…”
Sometimes, it’s preferable to shoot someone than be on the line.
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The power of not employing minimum-wage 16 year olds who don’t give a shit.
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I miss the honkey-tonks, Dairy Queens and Seven-Elevens…
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And the tactical BK had the Royale, instead of the standard crispy chicken. At least the ones I visited did. It was a nice break from the US version with proper chicken breast.
Not just BK either. Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, and Wendy’s all have contracts with the military, probably more.
Re: your username. Navy nuke?
Do they do air drops? That would be kinda cool.
No clue. I was a Navy nuke. Not my department
It’s a continuous test cycle of logistics. If you can get familiar fast food, XBoxes and other creature comforts to troops stationed half a world away from home, you can get much spicier fare over when circumstances demand.
That makes sense, actually, yeah. Logistics is a difficult task, take it from an OpenTTD player.
I ordered stuff from Amazon on deployment lol
Oddly thematic.
The prop for the W.O.P.R. sold a few years ago. IIRC, someone paid $25,000 for what my father said was a refrigerator box, with Christmas lights inside, painted black, and with plastic caps. He did all the computer graphics on Wargames. Apparently I threw up on Matthew Broderick the time my dad brought me to the set. I would have been 1 or 2 at the time.
I love that all, thanks for sharing the story!
I’m here all day, go on
People don’t realize what constraints props departments are under, or for that matter, how little it takes to impress a camera.
IMO, everyone should binge-watch Adam Savage’s YT channel before putting down serious money on a movie prop. A shocking amount of this stuff is basically made to survive the production time-frame, and little else.
Also: congrats with that brief brush with stardom. That’s hilarious. Next time, you should seriously lead with “I threw up on Matthew Broderick once.”
It’s busy computing the tastiest recipe!
Above all else the US defence has the best logi
The camo on the cab is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting for the rest of the truck.
The cab portion is military owned. The trailer portion is corporate owned.
What trailer? I can’t see a thing.
I just see a truck pulling America out of a plane.
Answer the following question Mr. Griffin: “Home of the _____?”
Peter: “H- Home of the Whopper…?”
Hey WOPR, how about a nice game of chess?
DRONE BARRAGE INCOMING!
“Sir this is a Wendy’s”
Sneak King?
They can’t effectively fight us if they have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diarrhea
That was a lot more relevant than expected
It makes me laugh when a certain type of veteran likes to act like they’re some self sacrificing hero.
Like bro, you signed up and are being paid to murder brown kids and eat Burger King.
