Posted on Jan 22, 2014
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 mess hall  chow hall  or dining facility. what do we call it
I was tell'ing someone last week, I was heading over to the Chow Hall. And they said;"You Mean Mess Hall"; So I ask, "What's in a Name...."
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MCPO Command Master Chief
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Galley
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SCPO Dale Leighton
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The Vietnam era Army were termed Mess Halls. Army also recognizes the term DFAC or Dining Facility. The Air Force terms them as Dining Facilities or DFAC. In Coast Guard and Navy the term is Galley. There were a few other names for the old C-Rations and MRE's
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MSG Gerry Poe
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It's the Chow Hall!
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MCPO Hans Brakob
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PO3 Amanda Doughty
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CPO Jim Wingate
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Galley, Messdeck
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MSgt Electrical Power Production
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Always have called it chow hall, galley when on ship. To stubborn to change my ways.
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SFC Mark Merino
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Let's put in requests for a new universal name.......Grub Hut?...Choke n Puke?...The Trough?
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I'll go for grub hut.
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SGT(P) Delivery Driver
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Choke and puke.
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PFC Zanie Young
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When I was in, it was the mess hall on a chow line. Sometimes it was the chow hall, depending upon where you was. I cannot say for basic, but it was good nonetheless.
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PO1 Jerry Gray
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Chow Hall
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