My friend is joining the military for that one weekend a month thing,(I forget what its called) as a cook because someone told him as a cook he can not get called over to Iraq, is this true or is there still big possibility of him going? I have nothing but repect for the men and women who go but Im afraid to lose my other best friend. (last one wasnt the war it was a drunk driver) Please and thank you. I will also respect his choice.
2007-03-29 09:03:39 · 11 answers · asked by Borg_MonkeyDrone 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
He's going into the Guard or Reserves.
Not sure where anyone would get the idea that being a cook would keep him out of Iraq, though. Soldiers have to eat, wherever they are. And cooks don't just cook food. They manage the supply chain for all food for the troops. There are plenty of "cooks" counting and distributing MREs on the front lines.
Soldiers are all combat soldiers first. Their MOS comes second in wartime.
2007-03-29 09:10:27 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your friend is going into the National Guard or the Reserves. Both train one weekend a month and two weeks during the summer.
There is certainly a need for cooks in Iraq. His best bet is to get assigned to a unit that just returned from Iraq or Afghanistan; at least that unit will not go again for a while.
But that will not be a guarantee that he won't go. The reserves and Guard will frequently reassign Soldiers who are short in one unit to another to fill vacancies for units that are going overseas. The good news is that they are trying to do less of this, but it still happens.
If you're concerned about your friend's safety, you can be pretty glad he's going to be a cook. Infantrymen and other combat arms Soldiers will be outside the gate, patrolling frequently. A cook may sometimes have guard duty or another semi-dangerous task, but it is really rare for a cook to go into harm's way regularly.
Cooks in Iraq will spend more time supervising contract cooks than they do actually cooking, but this is also the case in the US, too. Most Army dining facilities both here and there have contract cooks who can do the job at less cost than if we were paying enough Soldiers to do it.
2007-03-29 09:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by dougdell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a cook you get assigned to a unit if that unit is called to Iraq the whole unit goes even the cooks. When I was in Iraq our cooks went with us and no they didnt cook because we had a company called Brown and Root part of Halliburton cook for us so our cooks ended up on guard duty in the towers or at the gates or driving trucks.
2007-03-29 09:13:35 · answer #3 · answered by meanblacktiger 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a major possibility that he will be sent to Iraq, but he isn't going to be busting down doors or anything like that so that should comfort you a little. Everyone there has a possibilitie of being hurt, but at least he won't be in the direct. I just joined 2 days ago and will be shipping out in July, I will be an air traffic controller. I know I will be sent to Iraq and MIGHT have to use a gun and I will be in a dangerous place, I also know that being just out on the streets isn't safe... but look at what I am doing it for... America. Some people don't realize the seriousness of the radicals there, something needs to be done to protect the US from terrorism. Tell your friend congratuations and that you are proud of them, because they will be proud of them self.
2007-03-29 09:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by Annie B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cooks in the Guard or Reserves can be called up with their unit to go to Iraq, when their time comes. Cooks DO NOT cook for the soldiers in Iraq. KBR does all the cooking, etc... Cooks are reassigned jobs such as Convoy Drivers, Guard duty, etc.. Anywhere, they may need them most.
2007-03-29 09:37:57 · answer #5 · answered by soldiermedic335 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one weekend a month thing is the reserves. Just because he is a cook doesn't mean he won't be deployed. Someone needs to cook for the soldiers that are there right now, right?
2007-03-29 09:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by heavy_cow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cooks go to iraq. someone has to prepare meals for the men and women over there. there is no job that doesnt deploy to iraq. right now. even paper pushers deploy to iraq. your friend wants to be a reservist
2007-03-29 09:29:58 · answer #7 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husbands unit just got some new people in becasue they are about to deploy. Some of the newer people are cooks who are being trained to drive truck for their deployment.
2007-03-29 09:18:37 · answer #8 · answered by tngirl1320 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, a cook will go. And if its the National Guard there's even more of a chance that he's going.
2007-03-29 09:12:06 · answer #9 · answered by hawkechamber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who do you think cooks for the troops in IRAQ?
2007-03-29 09:07:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋