Talk:Military chocolate (United States)

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What a load of US POV... good, but need expanding or renaming to US Military chocolate WegianWarrior 05:23, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't see an POV. The article is perhaps US-centricm, if any other countries manufacture military chocolate, but I don't know of any so the title seems fine to me. Soo 11:14, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

It's not "POV" in a malicious sense, but it's certainly US-centric, describing only the US Forces and Hershey. I expect any military advanced enough to have "standard rations" as opposed to using whatever's handy would include chocolate, so the idea that no other countries manufacture it seems rather unlikely. Certainly British Army ration packs include specially-made chocolate, produced by some company in Scotland I believe. Unfortunately I don't know enough about it to expand the article. PeteVerdon 13:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Why all the griping? This is Wikipedia, if you know more about the subject, change the entry. --PvtDeth 14:34, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Also, I don't have complete knowledge of the subject but I have no idea what this sentence refers to: "Today, the United States military includes three 4-ounce chocolate bars in their standard D-ration."

The candy included in current U.S. Military rations (MRE's) is standard off the shelf stuff i.e., M&M's, Skittles, etc.--PvtDeth 14:46, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Indeed, D-rations are no longer issued. The current emergency rations are the same MREs as standard rations. I'll remove that part. --MidoriKid 21:42, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Should the article include Yorkie Bar? Not specifically an army chocolate, but a special version is created for consumption by British troops (Complete with 'Not for Civies' slogan, adapted from the 'Not for Girls' slogan it normally uses?Smurrayinchester 19:47, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

It should certainly include M&M's. Rmhermen 22:31, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

This article should be renamed US Military Chocolate. I added a paragraph on British miltary chocolate and it has been removed. If the article is to exclude all but US then the title clearly should accurately reflect the content.

If not, then it should include relevant non US matters.

This article should be renamed US Military Chocolate. I added a paragraph on British miltary chocolate and it has been removed. If the article is to exclude all but US then the title clearly should accurately reflect the content.

If not, then it should include relevant non US matters.

Aint no saint 07:32, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Aint no saint 07:33, 28 September 2005 (UTC) This article should be renamed US Military Chocolate. I added a paragraph on British miltary chocolate and it has been removed. If the article is to exclude all but US then the title clearly should accurately reflect the content.

If not, then it should include relevant non US matters.

Page moved

It has been done. The article Military chocolate has been moved to US military chocolate considering the fact that it dealt exclusively with that subject. Skanaar 15:59, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

"John Wayne" bars

I've had the old bars which were labelled as "Hershey's Tropical Chocolate" in the Boy Scouts and I think that this is what is discussed here. It should probably be mentioned in the article that their high-temperature resistance to melting was from the extremely high level of saturation in the fats used. I never really had any of them on active duty in the Army, but the C-rations of my era included what were universally known as "John Wayne" bars. We were always thrilled to get the C's that contained these, as they were pretty good and also there were two per can, so you could eat one and use the other to trade. They were chocolate with little pieces of toffee dispersed in them. They need to be covered somehow, even if not part of the Hershey family. We thought that they would have sold in the civilian world, at least if John Wayne's estate would have licensed the use of his name on them, but it is possible that they would not have, as it seemed that the added vitamins/minerals could be tasted, especially in some batches and when eaten in conjunction with some other foods. Also, I can't understand why anyone would delete anything about British military chocolate before the article was separated. Rlquall 16:01, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Picture?

The picture seems wrong. It appears to be of an empty warehouse, whereas the description implies it would be something more akin to a bar. Endersdouble 01:04, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone please restore the overwritten picture.--Primal Chaos 11:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)