Value of jalapeño cheese spread artificially inflated by extended training exercise
“I’m practically a millionaire!” said Cpl. Brian Stokes.
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By Cat Astronaut
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The value of jalapeño cheese spread packets in Meals Ready-to-Eat (MREs) has skyrocketed in recent days as a Marine Corps unit entered its fourth week of an extended field exercise, sources say.
“Everybody knew coming into this that blue-chip commodities like Grizzly wintergreen and Skittles would go up,” said Sgt. Je…
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