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Episode 42: Freedom Fries Ain’t Free
FromLet's Get Real
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44 minutes
Released:
Sep 18, 2012
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Freedom Fries Aint Free! This week on Lets Get Real, Erica gets real about how war created foodiness; how foodiness created a nation of obese SUV driving potato people, who then needed oil for their SUVs (and now for their mobility scooters), and who now cant pass the army physical fitness test because theyre too fat to fight. Tonight she is joined by special guest and First Gulf War veteran Corporal Chad Pagano to take us down the foodiness foxhole full of M.R.E.s and, now, Marys. Hear him retell stories of food, hunger and everything in between in the military. This program was sponsored by Fairway Market They have portable field kitchens they would set up behind the lines. Generally depending on the tactical situation you could end up going there three times a day. As an infantry man youd be lucky if you got in there once a day. The food was pretty bad for the most part. --Corporal Chad Pagano on Lets Get Real
Released:
Sep 18, 2012
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