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Posted: 9/5/2005 12:14:15 PM EDT

And our MRE's are much tastier than the US ones!

Andy

Hurricane aid flight departs UK

Aid flights from the UK are due to continue throughout the week
The first British flight taking aid to Hurricane Katrina victims has left, with military rations for thousands.
The African International Airlines plane, with the first of 500,000 ration packs worth £3m, left RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, for Little Rock, Arkansas.

A second civilian charter plane was due to depart on Monday afternoon, to be followed by 15 more in the coming week.

The US on Sunday asked the European Union and Nato to send emergency aid, including blankets, food and water.

It is the biggest aid operation launched from the UK since the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December last year.

Brig Chris Steirn, Ministry of Defence director of logistics operations, said: "When the request came in, we as a nation put our hands up immediately.

"These combat rations have a high calorific value, are easy to handle and are hugely useful in humanitarian operations."

As more refined US requests come in we will respond to them
Brig Chris Steirn

He added: "The US have got a lot of troops deployed at the moment, consuming rations, and given the scale of this disaster, with 100,000 to 200,000 people displaced, these will keep them going for a few days."

The MoD could supply more of the four million ration packs it still had in store, he said.

Future aid deliveries could also include blankets, tents and cooking equipment.

"It is certain that as more refined US requests come in we will respond to them," Brig Steirn said.

The ration packs contain a variety of ready meals such as chicken and rice and curry, biscuits, drinks, matches and chocolate.

Wing Cdr Mark Baker, RAF Brize Norton operations manager, said: "Our staff are working around the clock to get this done. It is an extra burden on us but it is one we take on willingly."

Military planes were not being used because they were engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan, and because added security was not needed for flights to the US, he said.

The rations will be flown on from Arkansas to Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, where refugees evacuated from the hurricane disaster zone are currently based.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4215404.stm

Posted: 9/5/2005 12:15:14 PM EDT

[#1]

What did I tell you? This week. Damn I'm good.

Posted: 9/5/2005 12:16:42 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
What did I tell you? This week. Damn I'm good.

Yep…

ANdy

Posted: 9/5/2005 12:17:57 PM EDT

[#3]

good on them our number 1 ally and they help us out ty UK

Posted: 9/5/2005 12:18:33 PM EDT

[#4]

Thanks to all the British like you Andy, It is times like this that we know who our real friends are.

Posted: 9/5/2005 12:20:26 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Quoted:
What did I tell you? This week. Damn I'm good.

Yep…

ANdy

Someone beat me to it, but thanks.

Posted: 9/5/2005 12:31:09 PM EDT

[#6]

British 24hr ratpac menu… they do a Vegtarian one too but it tastes like crap.

And all packed and despatched from HM Naval Base Portsmouth…

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:03:37 PM EDT

[#7]

THANKS!

And like I have said before, if you or any of our foreign members make it to this side of the pond, let us know. I am sure we can make it a trip to remember.

SRM

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:07:45 PM EDT

[#8]

Wait a minute. According to DU, we're blocking planes already loaded in Canada and Germany, how come we aren't blocking those Limey planes?

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:12:20 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
British 24hr ratpac menu… they do a Vegtarian one too but it tastes like crap.

And all packed and despatched from HM Naval Base Portsmouth…

img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/macandy/ratpacks.jpg

I see "Drink Powder Orange" and "Drink Powder Lemon", but no "Drink Powder Guinness Stout". What gives?

Big thanks to you and your countrymen, Andy.

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:15:50 PM EDT

[#10]

Are they bringing any tea? Bangers?

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:17:31 PM EDT

[#11]

Your nation's help in this time of tragedy is greatly appreciated.

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:24:03 PM EDT

[#12]

I don't suppose that you have a few liters of petrol to spare?

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:28:22 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Are they bringing any tea? Bangers?

Menu C&D for sausages… tea in all.

ANdy

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:32:14 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
I don't suppose that you have a few liters of petrol to spare?

Plenty, we are sending tankers full of that to the US as well, but how does 97p a Litre grab ya?… that's what I paid today to fill up…

That's $6.75 a gallon…

ANdy

Posted: 9/5/2005 1:51:42 PM EDT

[#15]

Beans and lard, washed down with a cup of gravy.

Mars bar for dessert.....MMMMMM.

Posted: 9/5/2005 4:22:16 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I don't suppose that you have a few liters of petrol to spare?

Plenty, we are sending tankers full of that to the US as well, but how does 97p a Litre grab ya?… that's what I paid today to fill up…

That's $6.75 a gallon…

ANdy

Yes, that's quite a bit. The last time I was across the pond, it was approx 55-60p per liter.

I guess that was almost ten years ago.

Posted: 9/7/2005 12:26:04 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
British 24hr ratpac menu… they do a Vegtarian one too but it tastes like crap.

And all packed and despatched from HM Naval Base Portsmouth…

img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/macandy/ratpacks.jpg

I will be willing to sample a full course of the UK MREs, just to find out what is a "Biscuit, service brown" .

I have been known to eat smoked oysters with hot sauce over Triscuit with a steaming hot cup of coffee. I can eat almost anything and in great quantities. Just ask the Austin TX crowd.

Posted: 9/7/2005 12:38:22 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
I don't suppose that you have a few liters of petrol to spare?

Plenty, we are sending tankers full of that to the US as well, but how does 97p a Litre grab ya?… that's what I paid today to fill up…

That's $6.75 a gallon…

ANdy

Yes, that's quite a bit. The last time I was across the pond, it was approx 55-60p per liter.

I guess that was almost ten years ago.

Topped $7 a gallon today…

ANdy

Posted: 9/7/2005 2:59:03 AM EDT

[#19]

yes those uk rations are good. I picked up a few last year when I was over. Bought them at silvermans in london(mile end). Where abouts in the UK are you vito113. I will not be over this year but next year I will be over for two weeks. Going to Detling for the military odyssey Can't remember don't have Combat and Survival in front of me right now hat

DAROGUE1

Posted: 9/7/2005 3:18:44 AM EDT

[#20]

Thanks to our friends, the Brits!

BTW, when I was eating breakfast in my hotel in Witney, I was tempted to take the chef aside and explain that sausages should be fried, not boiled!

Posted: 9/7/2005 5:50:12 AM EDT

[#21]

I respect the British more and more every day. They simply get shit done.

Terrorism on their soil? No problem, bus service running the same day, gotta get home you know.

Still not convinced? How about doing what I wish the U.S. would do, kick out those f*cking lunatic extreme Muslims preaching the destruction of the very country they're in?

And of course lets not forget that they're our staunchest ally in Iraq.

Thanks Brits! You guys are great, and know how to brew a decent beer too!

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:20:38 AM EDT

[#22]

Well done! Those Brit MREs will show up on Ebay soon and I can eat something exotic for a change.

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:22:47 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Thanks to all the British like you Andy, It is times like this that we know who our real friends are.

+1

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:26:20 AM EDT

[#24]

Thanks for your assistance.

Everytime I see oxtail on the menu, I cringe.

Posted: 9/7/2005 8:37:32 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
British 24hr ratpac menu… they do a Vegtarian one too but it tastes like crap.

And all packed and despatched from HM Naval Base Portsmouth…

Our friends from across the pond hasn't forgotten us

Some prime rib medium rare and yorkshire pudding for me.

I bet those vegetarian MREs taste really, really good if you haven't eaten anything for 3 or 4 days.

Posted: 9/7/2005 10:56:53 AM EDT

[#26]

thank you, and thank your countrymen for us.

Posted: 9/7/2005 1:06:57 PM EDT

[#27]

America is always there for us… it's nice to be able to help a true friend in their hour of need.

ANdy

Posted: 9/7/2005 1:14:10 PM EDT

[#28]

Always our best and truest ally. Bless you all.

Posted: 9/7/2005 1:19:00 PM EDT

[#29]

Keep away from the fruit dumplings and custard

Mark

Posted: 9/7/2005 1:25:09 PM EDT

[#30]

Thanks

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