When A British Army Officer Tries A US Ration Pack | Forces TV
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2018
- They say an Army marches on its stomach, but who gets the best deal out of British and US troops? One British Army Major has been taste-testing an American ration pack to find out...
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That major is aggressively British...
Grindstone 🇬🇧👍
Grindstone
Why?
She uses complete sentences and enunciates clearly.
She dominated the scene.
I disagree. At the right moment, she will show how professionally British she is.
That's why Sandhurst is world class
They had to choose, literally the most English person for this video 😅...
She is an officer they are posh ,the rest of us ain't like that
@@elliotdavie4072 not all officers are posh, don't generalise...
@@elliotdavie4072 Unless in REME Elliot!
Honestly thought it was Helen Mirren in Eye In The Sky
Only about 1% of Brits are like that... It was genuinely a bit nauseating to watch her.
MREs don't expire because that would require they be made from actual food
True! But when you're out in the boon docks with no gourmet food, fine wine, grass-fed beef, refrigerated pH water, organic fruits and veggies, eating MREs is better than starving to death. You can also eat the wild animals you catch.
@Steve Steve Steve! What if we say theres Pizza MREs?
Neither are British Army rations but they do the job.
LOL
Having tried both, I’d say MREs are better than British field rations. My opinion of course, others may disagree.
Being British I see what she is doing (a thing many Brits do). When we are guests and get shown something, we try and be polite to our hosts by not saying something that is bad or seems cocky, this results in us looking very dumb. Don't know why we do it because when we aren't guests we aren't always the same. By the way very few of us sound like that.
Scooter Grant fiiiiinally someone understands lol
I tried to do the same when I visited Great Britain. We could use more British manners in America. Our culture is becoming lower than the animal kingdom.
@@TacShooter Amen! We can learn a lot from the British, especially manners!
That's funny. In Australia we are the exact opposite
This is literally true 😂
"the vegetarian omelet is the best"... Every American Veteran: "LIES!!!"
I heard they torture prisoners by making them eat the vegetarian omelet as their only meal. It’s how we found Osama Bin Ladin.
*Several People are typing*
to be fair anything vegetarian in an MRE is an atrocity to our troops.
They call it the vomelte
@@edledskal9147 That's hilarious!
This will confirm to the Americans that we all talk like the cast of Downton Abbey
Yes, this American with ancestry in the UK noticed the posh accent, but I didn't think it was representative. I observe that even the young royals don't sound this posh. OTOH, an old documentary on the Household regiments had officers straight out of a gentlemen's exclusive London club, and they knew their wine and the fish fork and that upper class attitude. But then you see officers in the field in NATO training and/or joint training with Yanks and they are very down to earth.
John Morrison My daughter is an officer in the Royal Engineers and she speaks like Keira Faahking Knightley. 😀
Pops Fenwick 😂
But the Americans sound like a couple of hillbilly farmers.
@@jackmorrison7379 yeah, you do realise most white Americans have ancestry in the UK, it isn't unique or in any way relevant😂
"What happens if I overfill this?"
*Jets*
"That's what happens... You trigger an airstrike."
Hilarious
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Nice!
Murica'
Let's get this out onto a tray.
Nice.
mmmkay nice
Only the real heads get this. Nicely done. 😂
Nice hiss
hahaha
*puts in mouth*
eughh. It taste sour and metalic.
*goes for a second bite*
I'm British and even I think the British officer's accent was extremely British 🤣😂🤣
Do you think she has a southern accent? Maybe around Essex? I am a yank, asking for a friend.
South london
South London. Mmm. No. Buckingham Palace London. Possibly. Because mean while in the Real World not many in England speak that Precisely. With that private Prep School upper Crispness.
@@patrickpatrick8762 yeah She's from da hood. Peckham most like..
Lad you're probably from Solihull
The Major was a great representative of the British military. She was open, positive, and very polite. It reminds me of the wonderful reception I had from the forces in Bermuda years ago. Well done!
If they used sergeants or Toms instead of officers there would probably be a greater (undoubtedly more profane) entertaining content to this.
Perhaps a drill Sergeant. He might have been a bit more intimidating
to those two young Lt's.🤣
That's a far shorter video, they'd have jumped in a Humvee and driven to a pub...
“We use our teeth.”
“Your teeth?”
(Insert British teeth stereotype)
@Blaze Temp keep coping no teeth man
(no racism meant)
@Blaze Temp Blame Jeremy Kyle!
Blaze Temp Hahahaha not true at all. I've been to London and I realized quickly why this stereotype of bad British teeth exists.
Kieran Dillon Hahahahaha fake and shiney has nothing to do with it. I don't care what Google has to say, British teeth look horrible, end of story. Healthy teeth are straight and not brown like feces which is 90% of the UK.
@@MrHelpingHand orthodontically adjusted teeth are straight, healthy teeth are free of cavities, don't confuse the 2
you get the impression that she not had a British 24 hr Rat Pack
She's a typical Rupert from Sandhurst lol
No just a Jane from a public school, prob a doctor and given the rank
they still go through Sandhurst because they wouldn't be deployable then
@@HassanKhan-nk2ov Major Deployable
@@arjunuk1 she is a doctor, shes very nice as well
I'm retired Air Force, had Sgt under me that had been a sous chef.
When he deployed he took around twenty different spices, that he purchased himself from the base grocery store (commissary). Grand total spent, maybe $15.
We would all give over our MRE's. He could work magic with those things.
One deployment, we couldn't find him. Sent my people out to search for him. Found him in a mobile Army field kitchen instructing their cooks.
I reminded him his place was with us. But the Army cooks expressed their gratitude and we ate with them for the duration. They got inventive trying to gain his approval.
We ate really, really well.
Noice!
Love this story!
This is the most “Officer” reaction video to what enlisted eat, and do. “Oh we forgot the most important part of the commoners, the trading rituals”.
2 pog LT’s who have never left the TOC in their lives lol.
@@jackhames3874 2 pog ROTC LT's!!!
The Brit Major is seriously funny and polite. The Americans seriously enthusiastic. Stereotypes. The Brit MREs obviously have Marmite and baked beans.
British rations don't even pretend to be food.
Under social pressure, everyone reverts to type.
AB Biscuits. They double as body armour.
Still better than you average British breakfast lol
It sound like she’s. one straight out of an Enid Blighton novel, “ Orf home for lashings of ginger beer”, afterwards!
Who on earth shaped that beret for her - Colour Sergeant, get a grip of that officer!
to be fair she is an officer they all talk like that I think
Once was enough.
"Do I get a napkin?" "Absolutely Ma'am, your butler is waiting to seat you." I'm surprised she didn't ask where the table linen is packed.
Serviettes or napkins are used in most European countries and restaurants - only the British seem to find them outré.
You had to get the poshest british person there was didnt you 😂👍
Only about 1% of Brits are like that... It was genuinely a bit nauseating to watch her.
@JS C And they would have been pushing to the front to throw the Molotov cocktails if the Germans had arrived in Sussex. Don't be fooled by the Roedean accent, if she is true to type she will be better than the lads at just about everything.
The Major was a great representative of the British military. She was open, positive, and very polite. It reminds me of the wonderful reception I had from the forces in Bermuda years ago. Well done!
that would be fiona bruce (from antiques roadshow UK)
She is a Rupert though, aren't they legally required to be posh?
“Oh hey, the Americans want to shoot another cheesy ‘show that we are friends’ video, be sure to to get someone with a posh upper class accent, otherwise they won’t understand anything.”
It's Upper Middle class.
Better to shoot one of these vids than to shoot down a typhoon.
2:51 classic British humour always goes unnoticed with our American cousins bless em.
Because it makes no sense, and love back to you 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
Fatphobia isn’t funny 🤷🏻♀️
@@NinetiesBB it is if you aren't a fatty 😂
what? :DD@@NinetiesBB
Disclaimer: The Yanks got shot for not asking for tea
Sam K they already threw all their tea in the harbor
I served in the US Army in the 1980’s in Northern Germany and trained several times along with the Royal Green Jackets. Top notch guys and a bunch of crazies. We ate quite a few meals together our in the field and swapped food with them. Some of them actually liked some of our MRE’s and we liked some of their rations. While ours are designed for individual carry and consumption, back then theirs was designed to be carried in packs by the teams and consumed by the team together. I don’t know how they are now. But from those meals I ended up loving some of their food and eating pub food. Fun times. And I must say that today’s MRE’s are way better than those of the 1980’s. I’ve heard that some of them old ones are still kicking around and may even still be edible! I wouldn’t try them though.
They come in individual boxes now which you have to open and put into their place before heading into the field.
There's a gentleman here on RUclips called SteveMRE who samples anything rations related, including multiple decade old MREs... and most are still edible. He's even encountered an American emergency ration from 1906 that was still good.
Correctly sterilised and sealed, tins will straight up last forever.
Or they've not been around long enough to find out yet.
What does go is the nutrition and flavour, as these are complex and somewhat delicate molecules.
They'll break down into their base sugars.
I sense a Pizza Hut just over the hill.
Possibly the first time she has ever eaten a rat pack in her life bless her.
We Canadians were often issued the old style US MREs so that we could get used to them in case of joint ops. lol They were of course no match for our own Canadian rations, but after a long day of humping about, hunger overrides taste and one can eat pretty much anything that is edible.
So we can see here that the "newer" MREs are a damn sight better than the previous generation MREs. The snacks are definitely way better.
They gave up and put actual snacks in the MREs. So there are literally M&Ms and Skittles and trail mix, dried fruit, and granola bars in them.
The heating pack used to be so aggressive that back in the 80’s and 90’s you could use it as an explosive device.
It also doesn’t effect the flavor, it tastes just as awful hot as it does cold.
They have changed a bit since then.
Never saw a MRE heating pack in the 80's or early 90's. We ate them cold!
I cringed then and I cringed now, why upload this again 😂
Andrew Johnston
Because we all want to hear you cringe.
@@daviddalton9214 crrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiinge
She was ridiculously posh accented. But to be fair if you had of picked an English person from literally any other part of the country the Yanks would not understand them.
MarekUtd Yeah, we don’t understand ourselves. I don’t think you’ve ever had the... um... pleasure of speaking with someone from North Carolina. Or New York. Fast paced and everything is very exaggerated. Movies don’t portray how hard it is to understand someone from New York.
I still love you Brits even the more poshy ones. I've spent some time in your geat country and I've loved every bit of it. You guys and gals are basically are our elder, more cultured cousins.
Aye us from Newcastle..good luck to them tryna understand us geordies 🤣
I can understand Brits just fine.
Green Mountain Brownie u can understand us geordies when face to face..? 😂
As a US military combat veteran who's eaten hundreds of those, this video is HILARIOUS. I laughed at the entire thing. 😂
In the 70's & 80's I quite enjoyed the British 24hr ration pack. Going to an American run base canteen was rather special!
The majors beret looks like a dented pancake 😂
"Do you have a lot of overweight vegetarians?" LOL!!!
For the Brits out there (the officer and caption for PB&J seemed thoroughly confused)
PB&J is a sandwich made with peanut butter and jelly. In the US, “jam” has actual fruit pieces in it. Jelly does not, although you can of course use jam if you want.
They don't eat Peanut Butter and Jelly in Colombia. That's why she dosent know what it is they had to explain it to her . I have a tun of people in my unit for Australia, Scotland, Colombia & England. There clutre is slightly different from ours.
So jelly (🇺🇲) is what we call jam (🇬🇧)?
And I think what we call jelly (🇬🇧) America calls jell-o (🇺🇲)
Jam with and without pieces (🇬🇧) is just called jam (🇬🇧), it must have 25% fruit in it.
To call it Preserve (🇬🇧) it must have min 50% fruit in it.
There's are no rules for Conserve (🇬🇧)
I loved the enthusiasm of this woman/Major, it was a joy to watch her.
When i was in the TA in the late 50s all the officers sounded like that, mostly gentleman farmers or professional people.
I’m ready for captain price to do it
John McAleese died unfortunately
They have gotten 1000% better since I was in back in the 80's... I swear the hardtack biscuits in them were left over from the Civil War. They were so hard they qualified as a building material...
Do you have a lot of overweight vegetarians as well. Camera just cuts.
I didn’t realize Mary Berry had joined the Army!
MRE's are meals rejected (by) Ethiopia
I love the Major's voice, very very crisp English.
These look like a great ration, new subscriber / new reviewer.
Cheers
Jelly has no seeds, jam has seeds and skin. That’s “jelly” in America
What about seedless raspberry jam?
I’ve never opened an MRE with my teeth...POGS maybe ;)
That's what knives are for.
@@johnnapier5127 I mean, the edges are serrated, you can just tear it open.
@@taoliu3949 but they it only tears halfway or down manages to tear in some weird fashion.
I really appreciate her enthusiasm.
MRE: Meal, Refusing to Exit. I hope for the major’s sake she didn’t eat the whole thing.
Don't now if you heard of this joke about MRE, but "MRE" also refers to the progression and effects of consuming MRE. The stages goes like this:
1) Meal Rejected by Everyone.
2) Meal Rarely Edible.
3) Meal Refusing to Exit.
4) May Require Enema.
5) Massive Rectal Expansion.
6) Messy Rear Explosion.
The stew, spaghetti, scallop potatoes and 1 other were my favorites. When on wildfires some of us would take the heat pack and put it between our shirt and fire shirt during the night to stay warm at night during the end of the season.
the root of the word vegetarian is from native american...
rough translation: LOUSY HUNTER
I am Native and I agree
Facts.
I don't like to use the b word really but this is truly the definition of boomerhumour
Nothing like the MREs I remember ('83-'86). And had a few C-rations during that time as well.
Why the reupload?
Imagine having the time to cook an MRE in the field.
I could watch a an entire series of this British officer travling the world trying other military ration head to Mexico next British army major
'Maybe try Guatemala..
GREETINGS' ..
MRE stand for "Meals Rejected by Ethiopians". That was a nickname given around the time of the 1980's Ethiopian famine. Another nickname was "Meals Rarely Edible".
1:23 - I love the Brits but not sure why this is so confusing for so many. Jelly is made from fruit juice, pectin, and with sugar often added. Jam is a fruit puree (also mixed with sugar). Preserves are fruit (usually diced) and often mixed with jam. In the US you can go into any supermarket and find all three on the shelves.
That was fun:) I’d like to see the British version too! Thanks!
Damn Ruperts
IAm Maniax Air Hair Lair or in squaddie speak Hello
“Lean against rock or S O M E T H I N G”
Didn't even fold the bag... Officers....
"American for jam?"
JELLY AND JAM ARE DIFFERENT! Jam has actual fruit chucks and is closer to preserves, jelly is just one smooth thing!
Sargent: Shoot that insurgent over there soldier!
Vegetarian Soldier : I can't Sarge!!!... He's holding a rabbit hostage!
Well done Ma'am. A wonderfully English appraisal
This is the military huh?
2005 School of Inflanty, Georgia my Drill SGT: "Freaken Ski! Never use your teeth to open anything!"
The part where they pull out like 5 cookie bags is definitely a joke fyi...
Whys she crouching around like gollum eating that brisket
Your not wrong
hahaha... Like she is about to have the squits.
@@jojo9934 You're.
Meal, Ready to Eat-- three lies for the price of one.
She is a major in the British Army, and she is behaving like she has never, ever seen a ration pack before. Her enthusiasm is a little much....
She is the typical British officer regardless of gender. They are usually painful to listen to, and have a very weak grasp on the real world. I see nothing has changed from my time in the army!.
This is Mary Poppin's great grand-daughter if you didn't know!
When I first went in we had dehydrated pork and beef. I loved the pork one.
2:52 that’s not an MRE, that’s a whole candy store.🤣
This is fantastic!
We normally open these with our teeth; looks at the Brit and does it for her. LOL
Our officers always have someone to do menial jobs
America : Knows how to open an M.R.E , gets a First Lieutenant bar ........
... uses teeth...
Don't forget the 350 medals
I can't believe they actually put that vegetarian MRE gag in the final cut.
2:11
"so these are my little accessorizes"
girl on the left literally coils in cringe lol
Meals regected by the Enemy
I had some of these MRE's in Iraq. But I had forgotten my reading glasses, it was chaotic, they are really complicated. Plus the heating system is really - really hot. When with some help I got it ready it was actually excellent to eat, properly tasty.
The British Major is actually a highly qualified Doctor in the Medical Corps. So is not really representative of the standard Brit female Soldier. However, if you were seriously injured during battle, she would be the person you would want to meet more than anybody. Give her a break.
I`ll give her that anytime :):)
"okay... so right... thats a little worrying isnt it" LOL i died at that part.
Since this is from British forces, I assume they had editorial control. That major was plucked from ( in American's eyes) a public TV series set in another time. Downton Abbey or something from Jane Austen. RP edging into posh, even for a medical officer (is she an MD?). I have to assume the idea was to avoid a regional British accent that would throw the American lieutenants and require simultaneous translation. Unfortunately the good Major seems a bit of a stereotype, no?
American *lootenants
I was out there on that training exercise. We did an MRE swap. Theirs are so much better than ours, and their hot A's are several steps better than ours. They have real eggs.
You didn't say which side you started on! American or British?
@@MostlyPennyCat Lol American
@@omarmassey2522
Good stuff, glad you liked it.
Which part of the UK did you get to see?
Many years ago I was in the British Merchant Navy. Our description of 'food' like MREs was "Five star menu, one star food."
The absolute clip of that beret.
Officers have a unique way of shaping the beret, 1. Collect beret from clothing store 2. Place on head and your good to go!
The army issues multie tools for a reason that is opening MRE
This feels like it was forced for some reason.
Maybe it's pog offiers...
MREs do expire after like 7 years in the right conditions but even then I think the expiration is just a guideline. There was a guy on YT who ate a Vietnam War era MRE and it still tasted fine according to him lol.
I remember the army being a lot more shouty than that.
MRE actually do expire. Depending on the temp that they are placed against, they might lose all their nutritional value in 10 months to 10 years. Most of the dry packaged items are often more shelf-stable. There is a mark on the MRE package which is a code for when they made it.
Yeah, you can still _eat_ them and they still contain calories but be devoid of flavour and nutrition. Those molecules are delicate and break down quickly (over years, the rest of the food will probably last centuries)
I wanna say three years for normal conditions- less if it's hotter, more if it's colder.
Why do the yanks look like me and my mate when we were 8 pretending we were soilders 😂
And the Brit has a waist lol
Those 2 are prolly POG bootenants, neither one of them has deployed and you can tell because they dont have a combat patch.
The Major is a card, quintessentially British, very ok ya. Love it.
2 years later during the COVID-19 lockdown...this video still entertains.
Oooh I say,, ...would you care for a cup of tea with your war darling? Delightful!
I recall back when we went from C-rats to first generation MREs not at all popular now they have Vegan do they also come with soy lattes?
Liked the old C-rats! Plus you could use the cans for things.
"Not bad" is probably the best description for us mres
"Let's get that all on a tray."
"Nice."
A double-barrelled surname, clear private school education and all the leadership charisma of a wet sock, British Army officer selection at its default setting, how unusual.
Lmao
Imagine this happens under enemy fire . Loi ! ;D
imagine this happens under friendly fire...
It does happen under friendly fire
The Great British Gamer think you missed the joke lol
DinHamburg . 🇬🇧 Don’t be silly, we would make a cup of tea first, kill a few more while the tea is cooling, then have the snacks.
Trained with Brits Soldiers many times. They loved our old C rations and later the MREs. But a Soldier without a knife is not prepared.
They make the military look like "MRE and chill"