Mess Hall, Chow Hall, or Dining Facility. What do we call it??

When I was active duty, it was the "Mess Hall" or "Chow Hall".
Today, they call it the DFAC.
I have 3 kids active duty (Capt., SFC, Spc.)

We just said we were going to mess back in the 70s. I guess the Hall was added for formal occasions or the base directory display.

All I know is that you eat chow in a mess hall, mess in a chow hall and the Air Force eats in a Dining Facility !!

All of the above.

Mess Hall

Just try Mess Decks when talking to a sailor. The Galley is the kitchen. He'll and for you O types is it always a wardroom?

Mess decks is what we call them on Navy Ships.

Austrian born French Scouts and French Schools in France + French Indochina + French Central West Africa translation of terms was kitchen for where food was prepared and where served/eaten was Chow Hall Came to US army run boarding high school all instructors referred to cooking area as kitchen older instructors referred to serving/eating area as Chow Hall the younger ones Mess Hall After joining Navy then being sent to Fleet Marine training also on shore or in the bush mostly heard Chow hall & kitchen. Aboard ship Civilian ones as passenger mostly heard crew refer to mess hall & galley for kitchen in Navy on ships it was mostly Mess Hall & Galley and the titles on the sanitation inspection report was titled Dinning Facility Inspection Report BUT it was in 2 separate sections titled Galley and Mess Deck. After Navy went to Merchant Marines as civilian and it was same terminology. Before coming to US both my parents to tell me the meal was ready often said go get chow or chow is ready.
SO on shore/land for me it is Chow Hall for serving/eating area with Kitchen for prep/cook area and on any ship it is Mess Deck for serving/eating area and Galley for cook/prep area.

1962-1966 Mess hall.we pulled 30 days mess duty and did all the work. No cilivians.

It was always know as the chow hall when I was in the Marine Corp in the 70s but some do call it the mess hall in some of the other branches of service