They are offered very basic food at the base they’re stationed at, usually cooked by 1-2 of the other privates, so luck of the lot.

Word is that the reason you get multiple shots before basic is due to some of the meat being deep frozen for so long they kinda want you to be extra protected to be able to handle it.

In my (european) country there is a mandated draft. You get paid 5 euros a month, the only personal gear you get is the outfit, boots, winter coat with some underwear and a bedbug-pillaged blanket and pillow that most dare not use.

Why am I mentioning this? Because there’s nothing stopping the UK or other nations from establishing similar draft conditions given a good enough excuse in a war economy.

Cool desktop customisations, obviously.

Now I wish we had riscV mobile phones too…