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

Chow Hall

Chow hall

It was Mess Hall for six years while I was in the Army. For the 16 years I was in the Air Force, I just thought of it as the Chow Hall! ;D

Chow Hall

Soldiers have Mess halls, they always leave a mess of garbage behind. Dining facility, cause the air force is just a bunch of fruity civilians. Chow Hall, it's where real men/women go to get chow without leaving a mess behind.

Mess Deck also was a popular navy comment back in the '80's

As an Air Force officer I was seldom allowed to eat government-provided meals. We were expected to eat in the Officers Club, other on-base facilities, or go off base for meals. Most of my active duty career I called it a "chow hall." I knew the Navy called the kitchen a "galley" and the place where you ate was a "mess". Brits also referred to the chow hall as a "mess." Best "chow hall" I ate in was at the Prep School for the USAF Academy--winner of several Hennessey Trophies.

Later on as an Army Civilian, I was introduced to the "Dee-Fak" or "DFAC." Short for "dining facility." Best of these I experienced was Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Chow hall. Members of of the MARDET when we were shipboard all called it the chow hall.

I ate in the Galley. All Sailors eat in the Galley.

Chow Hall 1964