Yesterday we had the party at the USO for my TC4ME Marines. There were a couple of glitches in that we did not go shopping for food in the morning, so the meat was bought the evening before without me; they bought four times more food than we needed, putting us three times over budget with plenty more supplies to buy.
Christine and I left at 1000 to go to the PX at Camp Buehring (which is larger and better stocked than the PX at Camp Virginia) to get condiments, utensils and cheese. (See separate post regarding Camp Buehring.) Luckily, following her suggestion, I showered before we left, because once we returned with the items and began to set up it was go, go, go until 2300. We had a Grill Master scheduled, but it turns out he had arranged to be there at 1700; the party started at 1430. One of the Marines (Taylor) and an army guy who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time (Boyet) volunteered to take over so they set up the bar-b-que, lit the coals, and started to grill in the 118 degree heat. We didn't have proper equipment so they used metal spoons and wooden spatulas to turn the meat. Bettie drove over to Supply and brought back a huge ice chest with a dozen bags of ice so we could have cold tea, sodas and Monsters. (The water fridge was filled with the boxes of 150 steaks and 150 hamburgers.) The first shift of Marines (those who had to be at work at 1600) arrived at 1430 and the party got underway. There was a little bit of a lull at shift change (1600) but other than that Taylor and Boyet, along with Cunningham, Lyons and Steele grilled straight through until 2100. We had all this meat defrosting in the fridge and had to cook it. We invited everyone we saw on camp to come eat and a lot of them did. The Marines played hackey sack and cards; we had hula dancers and three Marines got leid. These young men also helped clean up, brought in cases of water, stocked the fridge, emptied the trash and took out scores of bags of garbage.
I'm dividing this post in two, to include more pictures.
Christine and I left at 1000 to go to the PX at Camp Buehring (which is larger and better stocked than the PX at Camp Virginia) to get condiments, utensils and cheese. (See separate post regarding Camp Buehring.) Luckily, following her suggestion, I showered before we left, because once we returned with the items and began to set up it was go, go, go until 2300. We had a Grill Master scheduled, but it turns out he had arranged to be there at 1700; the party started at 1430. One of the Marines (Taylor) and an army guy who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time (Boyet) volunteered to take over so they set up the bar-b-que, lit the coals, and started to grill in the 118 degree heat. We didn't have proper equipment so they used metal spoons and wooden spatulas to turn the meat. Bettie drove over to Supply and brought back a huge ice chest with a dozen bags of ice so we could have cold tea, sodas and Monsters. (The water fridge was filled with the boxes of 150 steaks and 150 hamburgers.) The first shift of Marines (those who had to be at work at 1600) arrived at 1430 and the party got underway. There was a little bit of a lull at shift change (1600) but other than that Taylor and Boyet, along with Cunningham, Lyons and Steele grilled straight through until 2100. We had all this meat defrosting in the fridge and had to cook it. We invited everyone we saw on camp to come eat and a lot of them did. The Marines played hackey sack and cards; we had hula dancers and three Marines got leid. These young men also helped clean up, brought in cases of water, stocked the fridge, emptied the trash and took out scores of bags of garbage.
I'm dividing this post in two, to include more pictures.
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