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If so, what branches and who pulls the detail? If not, when did it end? Also, has it been replaced with some other form of ash and trash details?
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Edited 4 y ago
Posted 4 y ago
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KP still happens. At least, in a field environment. Field cooks always need extra staff and the tenet units are usually required...by the mayor cell...to provide at least one person per day.
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Col John Madison
SGT Robert Pryor - ROFL. Yes, you're quite right...and NOTHING today compares to the KP of many decades past. Most of that went away with the end of the draft/lottery era. When the all volunteer forces come into being, pay went up and the disincentives of KP were moved (largely) to paid staff. UCMJ punishments are another thing entirely, even if they involved and especially involved menial taskings.
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KP or galley duty, as a punishment, stopped in the late 70's or early 80's. It was replaced by "work hours". Two work hours were assigned as an option from going to Mast (NJP). Duties were usually the dirtiest of the day; cleaning bilges, unclogging the MSD (shitter tank), removing old grime in hard to reach areas, etc.
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CSM Thomas Ray
Col John Madison - My first job when i got to Viet Nam, I knew it had to get better after that, boy was I wrong.
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SPC Thomas Lansing
Yes, I remember Kitchen Police (KP) duty! 4:00 AM, reporting for duty, and working all day on the meal to be served in the mess hall! I had gone to college, for an Associate's Degree in Hotel/Restaurant Management. My KP duty started out with doing a menial job in the kitchen, until the cook found out that I knew what I was doing in the kitchen. It was then that he more or less watched me as if he might learn something new. I do remember teaching him who to crack 4 eggs into a pot for scrambled eggs, using both hands and not getting any shells mixed in with the eggs! I also showed one of the kitchen staff how to chop veggies without cutting off their fingertips! Curl the fingertips under your hand, and use the bones between your knuckles as the knife guard!
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The Army still did when I was in (through 2007); although the only times I had the fortune to see & experience it was when deployed or off at long-term training exercises.
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