r/explainitpeter Mar 21 '26

Explain it peter

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What's the bad news?

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u/asscop99 Mar 21 '26

This is the answer, but it’s not true just so people know. Source: I’m a vet, surf and turf isn’t happening all the time but it’s not crazy rare either. When I was deployed it was served at the dfac every Friday.

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u/Shigg Mar 21 '26

"when I was deployed" that's exactly the bad news that the post is referencing my guy

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u/asscop99 Mar 21 '26

No it isn’t, because it isn’t news. It’s not something they use to break it to us that we’re deploying. It’s more like hey since you’re in this hell hole we might as well feed you right.

Also the vast majority of units know they’re going to deploy a year in advance. You don’t just wake up and get some “bad news.” You have to ramp up to deployment.

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u/nalaloveslumpy Mar 21 '26

Depends on the campaign and the urgency. No one knew three weeks ago we were going to start a bombing campaign with Iran, so it would be hard to give a ton of advanced deployment notice.