Night Night Bars

[Mustard]

Hi Calguns. I just got back from basic training. While at basic, they would frequently give us what were colloquially known as "night night bars" (because they gave them out at final formation). These were basically calcium (96% DV) & vitamin D (396% DV) bars with chocolate flavoring and rice crisps inside, meant to help recruits not break themselves during training. The actual wrapper said "Performance Readiness Bar".

Is anyone familiar with a source for these nutrition bars, or a comparable substitute, out in the civilian world? Yeah, I could take other vitamin supplements, but I'm itching for a night night bar....

[seal20]

Yes a banana

[tnlrat37]

In the Corps All we ever got was Motrin, foot powder and a nice warm cup of STFU!

[freonr22]

https://www.gummyvites.com/en/vitafu...ion-multivites or another offering from them..

[jarhead714]

In the Corps All we ever got was Motrin, foot powder and a nice warm cup of STFU!

[Kyle1886]

In the Corps All we ever got was Motrin, foot powder and a nice warm cup of STFU!

Geeez, you were lucky, all I got was the STFU and no cup but that was in 1959 to 63. ...and the M1 slap at shouldered arms.

And yes I'd do it again if need be.

Sorry OP for the thread jack, but my wife eats some kind protein bars by Natures Valley, might check it out, may or may not be what you seek.

Respectfully
Kyle

[The War Wagon]

Made from those who washed out.

[jarhead714]

It was at great risk, and it is with great shame that I admit this as I was a squad leader and as such it was setting a poor example, but I once smuggled saltine crackers and some jelly packets from the chow hall, hid them in my pillowcase, and then consumed them on the ****ter at midnight while my rack mate was on fire watch. That was how you did a “Night Night” bar at MCRD Hollywood, California there, Doggie.

Congratulations on completing recruit training. Give him one!

[M60A1Rise]

In the Corps All we ever got was Motrin, foot powder and a nice warm cup of STFU!

Wow all we ever got was Fire Watch and bends & thrusts.

[M60A1Rise]

Haha I once caught a fat body hiding food in his foot locker from chow while on fire watch , I had smokes for the rest of boot camp lmao !

[Subotai]

All we got was beat up in the head by the DI's. Not me though, he had his favorite.

[Snoopy47]

Kids hid candy from MRE's in their Camel-Back.

Now it sounds like they just give it to them.

[cheesyhybrid]

Kids hid candy from MRE's in their Camel-Back.

Now it sounds like they just give it to them.

Infantry needs all the calories they can get.

[stormvet]

Interesting and actually pretty smart on the Army’s part to do this, it was do to the high percentage of stress fractures and overall lack of vitamin D in recruits.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2017/03/23/army-develops-new-nutritional-bed-time-snack-bar-for-basic-trainees/

[rero360]

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-...asic-trainees/

No kidding, when I was at Ft Sill back in 2012 for JFO school, I would see the basic trainees marching around, and there would always be a gaggle of them in the back on crutches. I asked one of the Drill Sergeants why that was (helped being the same rank at the time), and I was told that they were almost all stress fractures due to poor diet and a sedentary childhood.

When I went through Basic and AIT at Benning in 2000, I only remember two people from the entire company on crutches at one point or another, myself from jacking up my heel coming off the top rack and stiff leg landing on it, and another guy who was bitten in the knee by a spider (possibly black widow) which caused a staff infection.

As to the bars, we never got anything like that; heck, whenever I got stuck on KP duty, I'd volunteer for pots and pans so I could stuff my face with food coming off the line. I would also get force-fed when we were out in the field; myself and a few others were super skinny, so the drill sergeants would load our plates up with food and then make us come back for seconds. Now it's my turn to try and fatten up the scrawny kids when I serve food out in the field.