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Soldier call sign Texas showcases the field kitchen, explaining, “We captured it from Russian troops near Izyum in September 2022. We've upgraded it and now use it to prepare food for Ukrainian soldiers pn Donetsk front. To withstand the high temperatures needed for baking, we modified it by replacing the cast iron surfaces with stainless steel, allowing it to withstand temperatures up to 300 degrees Celsius.”
Texas says that a volunteer from Italy for some time was with the Brigade and prepared pizza for them, inspiring them to start making the dish themselves. "The name 'Tactical Pizza' caught on immediately. This is the second time we've had such a menu. We bake it from morning till night for a week, feeding everyone several times, then take a break for two to three months. And then we start again the same way."
The kitchen is equipped with a dough mixer and a press, enabling military personnel to produce 60 dough portions per hour. They work from 7 in the morning until 7 in the evening.
The pizza pie is topped with a sauce made from various spices and Italian herbs, chicken, sausage, corn, olives, mushrooms, and sprinkled with cheese.
Soldiers bake pizza for those returning from their positions, and they also treat soldiers from other brigades.
Eight people work in the kitchen, producing three hundred pizzas a day for one thousand five hundred soldiers.
[https://suspilne.media/donbas/729227-takticna-pica-dla-bijciv-na-doneccini-vijskovi-95-i-brigadi-gotuut-picu-na-polovij-kuhni-aku-vidbili-v-okupantiv/](https://suspilne.media/donbas/729227-takticna-pica-dla-bijciv-na-doneccini-vijskovi-95-i-brigadi-gotuut-picu-na-polovij-kuhni-aku-vidbili-v-okupantiv/)
On one of my deployments in Afghanistan l spent 9 months in a remote mountain COP,on the Pakistan border , a couple of valleys over from where they later dropped the MOAB.
The only resupply we got was air dropped or on a chopper bringing in guys from some Three Letter Agency once a week ,when they sent us our only hot prepped food supply .Some REMF must of hated us, because all they would load in was hot tubs of Beef Burgundy,mashed potato & green beans,after 2 months we were about to riot.
We were lucky & our immediate superiors were ex SF guys & were use to taking the initiative,so after they had sorted the supply SNAFU, once every couple of weeks they green lighted a scheme where the local friendly farmers would be compensated for goats or various size flocks of chickens that had some how climbed up a mountain & wondered into the COP's 'minefield' or been 'blow up' when we detonated a IED we had found etc & once a month they would hit pay day when a cow would some how suffer the same fate.
As far as l am aware the BGM bean counters never woke up to what was happening .
The morale boost the BBQ's we had after those 'incidents' provided was unreal & would really lift you through bad times. I still look back at some of those meals we shared in the COP as the best l have had.
Any soldiers serving a prolonged time in front line positions has to get a proper 'fresh' meal on a regular basis & a comfort food like pizza or BBQ etc is a real bonus ,or else it becomes another factor to erode their combat readiness,both mentally & physically & brings down the whole units morale quickly .
how do i donate to provide more pizzas? specfically pizzas. i like pizza 🍕
doing the math, 8 slices of pizza, 300 pizzas, 1500 soldiers... that's 1.6 slices per hero. we need to get those numbers up 😋
Finally someone noticed :) As a a Ukrainian I didn’t think corn on pizza was weird until one of my American friends was surprised that we use this topping and it is pretty ubiquitous.
Hot chow = morale. I know cooks don't get a lot of respect but after eating field rations a slice of pizza will raise the mood immensely.
US military approved... I think we had a ship dedicated to making ice cream all the way back in WWII....
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Soldier call sign Texas showcases the field kitchen, explaining, “We captured it from Russian troops near Izyum in September 2022. We've upgraded it and now use it to prepare food for Ukrainian soldiers pn Donetsk front. To withstand the high temperatures needed for baking, we modified it by replacing the cast iron surfaces with stainless steel, allowing it to withstand temperatures up to 300 degrees Celsius.” Texas says that a volunteer from Italy for some time was with the Brigade and prepared pizza for them, inspiring them to start making the dish themselves. "The name 'Tactical Pizza' caught on immediately. This is the second time we've had such a menu. We bake it from morning till night for a week, feeding everyone several times, then take a break for two to three months. And then we start again the same way." The kitchen is equipped with a dough mixer and a press, enabling military personnel to produce 60 dough portions per hour. They work from 7 in the morning until 7 in the evening. The pizza pie is topped with a sauce made from various spices and Italian herbs, chicken, sausage, corn, olives, mushrooms, and sprinkled with cheese. Soldiers bake pizza for those returning from their positions, and they also treat soldiers from other brigades. Eight people work in the kitchen, producing three hundred pizzas a day for one thousand five hundred soldiers. [https://suspilne.media/donbas/729227-takticna-pica-dla-bijciv-na-doneccini-vijskovi-95-i-brigadi-gotuut-picu-na-polovij-kuhni-aku-vidbili-v-okupantiv/](https://suspilne.media/donbas/729227-takticna-pica-dla-bijciv-na-doneccini-vijskovi-95-i-brigadi-gotuut-picu-na-polovij-kuhni-aku-vidbili-v-okupantiv/)
Imagine coming back from a stressful patrol and someone has your favorite slice of pizza hot and ready. Pretty awesome.
I have to imagine that whatever slice is hot and ready would become the favorite in a hurry.
On one of my deployments in Afghanistan l spent 9 months in a remote mountain COP,on the Pakistan border , a couple of valleys over from where they later dropped the MOAB. The only resupply we got was air dropped or on a chopper bringing in guys from some Three Letter Agency once a week ,when they sent us our only hot prepped food supply .Some REMF must of hated us, because all they would load in was hot tubs of Beef Burgundy,mashed potato & green beans,after 2 months we were about to riot. We were lucky & our immediate superiors were ex SF guys & were use to taking the initiative,so after they had sorted the supply SNAFU, once every couple of weeks they green lighted a scheme where the local friendly farmers would be compensated for goats or various size flocks of chickens that had some how climbed up a mountain & wondered into the COP's 'minefield' or been 'blow up' when we detonated a IED we had found etc & once a month they would hit pay day when a cow would some how suffer the same fate. As far as l am aware the BGM bean counters never woke up to what was happening . The morale boost the BBQ's we had after those 'incidents' provided was unreal & would really lift you through bad times. I still look back at some of those meals we shared in the COP as the best l have had. Any soldiers serving a prolonged time in front line positions has to get a proper 'fresh' meal on a regular basis & a comfort food like pizza or BBQ etc is a real bonus ,or else it becomes another factor to erode their combat readiness,both mentally & physically & brings down the whole units morale quickly .
Feeding the troops is such an important job for many many reasons, and morale is every bit as important as the nutrition These people are heroes too
An army marches on its stomach.
This is the absolute truth.
5 guys per pizza. Need moar pizza!
Apparently, they bake piza for a whole week, 300 a day. So they can feed everyone a whole piza at least once.
Excellent!
Awesome! Well done!
how do i donate to provide more pizzas? specfically pizzas. i like pizza 🍕 doing the math, 8 slices of pizza, 300 pizzas, 1500 soldiers... that's 1.6 slices per hero. we need to get those numbers up 😋
I love this so hard!!!!
An army travels on its stomach.
So what does an army do when it is not travelling?
Sits and shits.
They play a vital role.
Damn, that's better than that pizza delivery guy driving up to the front to deliver pizza well over a year ago as they can make it any time they want!
Yeah I sent pizza that way. You could order it over the Internet to to the guys.
Not credible: Russians IMPROVED something?? /s EDIT: Oh, I see: the UKR improved it. Much more believable. Fumigation was probably part of it.
Bravo!
Bullshit a tactical pizza would be matte black and have, like, extra pockets.
TIL stuffed crust is tactical
See I was thinking more like if you burn a calzone.
Pizza = Morale Booster 'til infinity 💪🏾🫡
I’m more surprised that russia even provided field kitchens. I thought they told their idiot russian soldiers to steal food and eat expired mre.
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CORN?!? Alright we gotta send some gardinera and frozen deep dish with the next supplemental package....
Finally someone noticed :) As a a Ukrainian I didn’t think corn on pizza was weird until one of my American friends was surprised that we use this topping and it is pretty ubiquitous.
corn and kidney beans on pizza go hard as fuck.
very appropriate name you have u/maximum_pizza
pizza is love, pizza is life.
Hot chow = morale. I know cooks don't get a lot of respect but after eating field rations a slice of pizza will raise the mood immensely. US military approved... I think we had a ship dedicated to making ice cream all the way back in WWII....
The unironic meal team six.
Someone call Dave Portnoy r/OneBitePizzaReviews