- (Host) You're not worried about being constipated?
- What is constipated?
- It means not being able to go poop.
- Yes, I'm going to be constipated.
- (laughter)
- (upbeat music)
- Hi. My name is Kai and I'm here with my dad.
- My name is Piea.
- I'm Piea's mom, Misty.
- My name is Tom. And this is my dad.
- Tom.
- Also Tom.
- Yeah.
- We're going to eat (mumble).
- We're going to eat.
- What do you think we're going to eat?
- Eat...dog food.
- No; well, this is kind of...
sometimes it looks like dog food.
- You're going to taste what I had to eat in basic training
while in the field.
- What do you think MRE stands for?
- MRE?
- So do the M.
- Make.
- R.
- Make. Ready. Eat.
- Make. Ready. Eat?
- Meals ready to eat.
- There you go.
- (mumbling)
- All right. This is what we eat when we're deployed.
They're called MREs.
- It's food.
- It's food. So, all you gotta do.
- Well, let's see what you got there. Hang on now.
Calm down, calm down.
- So this is how we do it. Open it up in the field.
Tilt it down like that. All right.
- (cutting)
- There we go.
- (distressed noise)
- There's yours.
- I'm nervous to try this.
- It's good, I promise. I wouldn't have given you anything
that was bad.
- Okay.
- So we got chili mac here.
- Really?
- And then, what've you got?
- I got beef stew.
- All right.
- Do you want to trade?
- I don't, actually.
- (Host) When you look at it, what do you think?
- So, like, if I just walked in and it was open,
I think, like, that an animal just barfed this up.
- This is all we ate for a week.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
This actually smells really good.
- (laughter)
- Get on in there.
- Okay.
- Give it a shot.
- Okay. Okay. Mmm.
- (chewing)
- Tastes like a better spaghetti.
- So you're saying it tastes better than my spaghetti?
- (Host) How is it?
- Amaze-balls.
- (laughter)
- That's hecka good.
- When you were eating MREs, what was the worst one?
- Shrimp jambalaya. Without a doubt.
- So, like, I like shrimp. Would it be good?
- No.
- The veggie omelet was one.
- Please tell me we're not going to try the veggie...
- No, you don't want to try that one.
I'd walk out.
- (Host) Yeah, we have heard eating MREs does something
to your system.
- Dad?
- Yes, this is very true.
- Dad?
- It will stop you up.
- You mean constipated?
- It will. Yes.
- Like you know how bears when they hibernate?
They have to, like, eat a bunch of stuff.
- Yeah.
- To create like a plug.
- (laughter)
- This is the stuff that creates that plug.
- (Host) You're not worried about being constipated?
- What is constipated?
- It means not being able to go poop.
- Yes, I'm going to be constipated.
- (laughter)
- What did you do in the army.
- I was an infantry man.
- (sound affects)
- Jumping out of planes. Out of helicopters.
- (Host) What countries did you go to?
- I have been to Korea, Japan, I've been to Afghanistan.
- Oh wow.
- I was in the airforce and I ended up getting
Security Forces as my career field.
- Why did you want to be in the Marine Corp.?
- I wanted to be a pilot.
I wanted to be a military pilot.
- Um, how is basic?
- For me, basic was very lonely.
So, getting a letter from my parents from home
would take about two to three weeks.
So, when I saw everybody getting letters every other day,
it was a little rough.
- Dad, I'll write you letters every day.
- I know; we have email now.
That makes it so much easier.
- My dad's deployed right now.
- How long is he going to be gone for?
- Five months.
- Do you miss your dad?
- Yes.
- Are you going to be deployed again?
- I will. I'll be leaving soon.
Don't worry because it's going to be a lot of...
There's internet there so, I get to facetime you guys,
or Facebook you guys everyday.
- Thank you for serving our country.
- You're welcome, sweetie.
- Thank you for taking care of all three of us
while Dad's deployed.
I love you, Mom.
- (mumbled) I'm going to miss you.
- I'll miss you too,
but we'll make up for it when I get back.
- Love you, Dada.
- Love you, Baby.
- I didn't think MREs would actually be that good.
- Do you want one for your school lunch?
- Yes, please.
- (laughter)
- (Host) There you go (mumbling).