SFC Private RallyPoint Member 391929 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From the five branches (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard), with which ones have you eaten, who has the best chow, and where was it at?<br /><br />For me it was the Air Force, at Langley AFB. 2014-12-29T23:15:46-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 391929

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From the five branches (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard), with which ones have you eaten, who has the best chow, and where was it at?<br /><br />For me it was the Air Force, at Langley AFB.

2014-12-29T23:15:46-05:00 2014-12-29T23:15:46-05:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 392126

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The dfac in arifjan, kuwait was pretty good. About the only thing good about getting stuck there for 5 days going to/from A'stan.

2014-12-30T02:13:51-05:00 2014-12-30T02:13:51-05:00 SSG V. Michelle Woods 392625

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Air Force DFAC at JBB in Iraq! Oh my gosh, iced coffee yummy!!!!

2014-12-30T12:37:01-05:00 2014-12-30T12:37:01-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 392627

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Best 'Mess' I ever ate at was the Brits' in KAF! Curry!

2014-12-30T12:35:17-05:00 2014-12-30T12:35:17-05:00 SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member 392656

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Without question, USAF.

2014-12-30T12:52:58-05:00 2014-12-30T12:52:58-05:00 SSG John Erny 392665

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was put on detail working around the School of America's at Benning, we got to eat in their chow hall! Steak, shrimp, Lobster! All for foreign troops!

2014-12-30T12:51:32-05:00 2014-12-30T12:51:32-05:00 SPC Jon Abbott 392736

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>30 ag. fort beginning where.they mAke you think it'll be a hotel stay till you hit sand hill

2014-12-30T13:33:45-05:00 2014-12-30T13:33:45-05:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 392762

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I ate in a lot of Navy chow halls but the only other branch I ever sampled was chow on Lackland AFB. It's so long ago I can't comment. <br /><br />However, I can relate this little story. As a ship's MAA I was assigned to show two visiting Army LT's the ship and get them acquainted with the facilities...First I took them to their berthing compartment, a simple, small two man room. They ooohed, and ahhhed. Then I showed them the ship's gedunk store where they could buy snacks and magazines and such...be sure and get your ship's lighter, sir. They loved it of course. As I'm taking them around we passed through the mess decks and they were blown away, going gaga over the salad bar and milk machines...this is just great they are saying, why'd we join the Army...ha ha. Until I pointed out that this was just the enlisted mess and took them farther down the passage way to the Wardroom. White table clothes, silverware, stewards with the proverbial white towel on their arm, etc.<br /><br />I don't know if Navy chow beats any other branch or not but I will say these officers thought they'd died and gone to heaven. LOL

2014-12-30T13:55:44-05:00 2014-12-30T13:55:44-05:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 392764

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NAS Pensacola was pretty good. Andersen AFB chow wasn't as good as everyone had led me to believe.

2014-12-30T13:52:43-05:00 2014-12-30T13:52:43-05:00 SGM Private RallyPoint Member 392781

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mine was after a night land nav course. We got back at 2am to find our cooks waiting for us with a warm canteen cup of soup before we dropped our ruck sack. The cook said "that's not all, I'll be right back". After about two minutes he brought a paper plate of steak and eggs! I love working with true professionals! I'll never forget that.

2014-12-30T13:59:52-05:00 2014-12-30T13:59:52-05:00 SSG Jeffrey Spencer 392785

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I went TDY to McClellan AFB and the mess hall served roast duck! I was ribbed by my family for joining the Army as they all were AF. I knew why after that.

2014-12-30T14:01:54-05:00 2014-12-30T14:01:54-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 393127

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My best experience was with 1st SF group chow hall in JBLM, WA

2014-12-30T17:21:50-05:00 2014-12-30T17:21:50-05:00 CSM Michael J. Uhlig 393128

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Air Force Base in Al Asad, Iraq was probably the best chow I've ever had.....it was a break from combat operations.<br /><br />The BBQ DFAC off Disney in Bagram was always a welcome meal....

2014-12-30T17:21:56-05:00 2014-12-30T17:21:56-05:00 CMSgt James Nolan 393209

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Air Force. Hands down. And I always say please and thank you to the nice ladies serving it up! Result, usually a little extra for the guy with manners...just saying.<br /><br />Best chow hall? Kadena AFB, 1987-1988. Ate there every chance I could.<br /><br />Worst ever? Camp Schwab, Okinawa, 1987. Not sure what the cooks were serving the Devil Dogs, but I guarantee this-it kept them angry!

2014-12-30T18:16:52-05:00 2014-12-30T18:16:52-05:00 1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member 393289

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>KBR. The number of overweight soldiers redeploying from AFG is a testament to their skill.

2014-12-30T19:31:55-05:00 2014-12-30T19:31:55-05:00 COL Private RallyPoint Member 393291

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Italian Alpini Brigade that took over for our Battalion in FOB Salerno in 2003 had some pretty good chow made in their mobile kitchen/bakery... <br /><br />If not that, the 1st Ranger Battalion Chow hall! <br /><br />it was out of this world!

2014-12-30T19:35:06-05:00 2014-12-30T19:35:06-05:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 393293

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Joint Base Sam Houston had good chow!

2014-12-30T19:41:01-05:00 2014-12-30T19:41:01-05:00 Capt Gregory Prickett 393369

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Air Force, hands down.<br /><br />I've heard that the Navy is just as good in the officer's wardroom at sea, but the facilities on shore leave something to be desired.<br /><br />Army and Marine chow is edible.<br /><br />Never ate at a Coastie mess hall.

2014-12-30T20:43:52-05:00 2014-12-30T20:43:52-05:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 393473

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Air Force base Wichita Falls tx Shepard

2014-12-30T22:25:19-05:00 2014-12-30T22:25:19-05:00 1SG Frank Boynton 393474

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>2nd Bn 75th Inf mess hall at Ft Lewis, Washington in the late 70's early 80's.

2014-12-30T22:27:05-05:00 2014-12-30T22:27:05-05:00 CPT Jack Durish 393485

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Over the years since I've been a civilian, I've had an opportunity to eat at various military bases including Navy/Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force. None came close to Army Mess Halls. Interestingly, the Coast Guard was the worst after they contracted their mess hall to Marriott.

2014-12-30T22:41:16-05:00 2014-12-30T22:41:16-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 393572

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I do not often eat at the mess hall but I had a great experience during PLDC at Camp Jackson, South Korea.

2014-12-31T00:06:45-05:00 2014-12-31T00:06:45-05:00 TSgt Private RallyPoint Member 394241

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've only had AF chow... Sheppard AFB has been the best so far out of Lackland, Sheppard, Eglin, and Barksdale. If I counted my 'deployed' location in the mix... Manas would be #2.<br /><br />I did hear that the Army Chow Halls were pretty good though...

2014-12-31T12:15:21-05:00 2014-12-31T12:15:21-05:00 LTC Stephen C. 394574

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="206248" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/206248-37f-psychological-operations-specialist">SFC Private RallyPoint Member</a>, the best chow I ever had in the Army was at jump school at Fort Benning, MAR-APR70. I don't remember if I was just really hungry or if the chow was just really good, but it sure worked at the time! I can't really pass judgment on the other services.

2014-12-31T15:30:24-05:00 2014-12-31T15:30:24-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 394897

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Most definitely on Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar, inside the ASG area (DFAC where the barracks and pool are).

2014-12-31T19:14:04-05:00 2014-12-31T19:14:04-05:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 394904

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="206248" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/206248-37f-psychological-operations-specialist">SFC Private RallyPoint Member</a> Mine would also be Langley AFB. My unit was at FT Monroe for AT but we were staying at Langley. The food was great and the kitchen workers even came out and took our trays for us. There were a few of us that began lobbying to become an Air Guard band.

2014-12-31T19:20:37-05:00 2014-12-31T19:20:37-05:00 CMC Private RallyPoint Member 395003

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>CG Training Center Petaluma

2014-12-31T20:43:16-05:00 2014-12-31T20:43:16-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 395023

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The omelets down range. Hands down the best. Maybe it was because I was used to exceptionally bad good on our FOB, but the omelets were the best at the bigger bases like bagram.

2014-12-31T20:56:48-05:00 2014-12-31T20:56:48-05:00 Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member 395384

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have only had chow halls in the AOR. At Joint Base Balad, I found that the "Oasis" chow hall that was ran by the Army was better than the Air Force "Guardian" Chow hall. Everytime I ate on the Air Force side I had indigestion and I did not when eating at the Army one even though the menus were the same at the two.

2015-01-01T02:17:40-05:00 2015-01-01T02:17:40-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 395416

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In Afghan, Camp Dyer in J-Bad, hands down the best chow I had in all the DFACS I ate in Afghanistan (And I ate in ALOT of different DFACS). Only 2 Afghan locals ran the DFAC (small camp with a small DFAC). Those locals can cook!!!

2015-01-01T03:19:35-05:00 2015-01-01T03:19:35-05:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 397386

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've never eaten with the Marines or Coast Guard, so I cannot speak to their chow.<br /><br />When I was in high school, I was in AFJROTC and went to a Leadership School at Lackland AFB and ate in the dining facility. After I graduated, I joined the Army and ate in the chow hall at Ft. Sam. Both facilities were run by civilians, but the AF chow was better.<br /><br />After I left the Army, I joined the Navy. The Navy dining facility at SUBASE NLON (also civilian operated) was AWFUL! However, I was on Submarines and our cooks were hands down the best (one of our senior cooks used to work in the White House). I also ate on a Carrier, and the only thing they had over Submarines is that their mess decks were open 23.5 hrs a day, lol.<br /><br />Overall quality, to include the facility, I'd have to say the best experience was the Air Force's dining facility.

2015-01-02T12:05:07-05:00 2015-01-02T12:05:07-05:00 PO2 Corey Ferretti 397613

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Out of all the chow halls i have eaten in the Air Force base in Guam is by far the best and the Army at a camp in California has by far been the worst one i have ever been in.

2015-01-02T14:18:26-05:00 2015-01-02T14:18:26-05:00 A1C Private RallyPoint Member 397625

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've only ever had Air Force chow, the food at Seymour Johnson was not bad compared to what I've had otherwise. I'm not a fan of canned vegetables, but it's hard to mess up cooking meats, noodles and rice. I prefer to cook my own food, my dorm has a kitchen(feel free to make fun of my cushy Air Force life, it's all good).

2015-01-02T14:22:33-05:00 2015-01-02T14:22:33-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 557428

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was at FOB a torkham and there were a few rough looking army cooks making some on order deserts after the contracted cooks had left. For instance. Fried waffles crusted in cinnamon and sugar topped with ice cream and Carmel. LIFE CHANGING. Just saying

2015-03-27T22:14:34-04:00 2015-03-27T22:14:34-04:00 SFC Charles S. 604890

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Almost hands down the best chow I have ever eaten has always been at an Air Force base. In Korea the Katusa Snack Bar was pretty damn awesome too.

2015-04-20T17:11:03-04:00 2015-04-20T17:11:03-04:00 SP5 Joel O'Brien 604979

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For a treat, we'd go to lunch or dinner at the Army Hospital in West Berlin. Very non-chow hall atmosphere with real tables and chairs. On a side note: The AAFES cafeteria in Berlin would do "steak night" once in awhile with tablecloths, candles and subdued lighting. You could even order a bottle of wine from a limited list.

2015-04-20T17:55:16-04:00 2015-04-20T17:55:16-04:00 Lt Col Jim Coe 605080

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've eaten with the Navy, Army, Air Force, and RAF. Best Dining Facility was at the Prep School for USAFA. Winner of several Hennesy Awards. Best Navy was Souda Bay Crete. Best Army was Camp Arifjan Kuwait.

2015-04-20T18:42:02-04:00 2015-04-20T18:42:02-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 605222

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Naval Station Everett...in Everett WA.

2015-04-20T19:46:05-04:00 2015-04-20T19:46:05-04:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 606361

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You needed a sixth option, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="206248" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/206248-37f-psychological-operations-specialist">SFC Private RallyPoint Member</a>, 'cause the best chow I've ever eaten was at home, prepared by my mother.<br /><br />My next choice would be Air Force.

2015-04-21T09:45:54-04:00 2015-04-21T09:45:54-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 606369

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Two of the best chow places I've ever eaten:<br /><br />1.) My wife's cooking my first day home....<br /><br />2.) Army rations when we did a CSTX in Ft McCoy. I am dead serious...whomever was out there with us in August 2011 took the standard field rations and cooked them up with seasonings. I guess there were a couple of trained line chefs or those that did it for a living, so it wasn't just heaping that bag into a container....it was QUALITY grub. We were so mad to go back to cantonment to get the regular slop that they serve at the DFACs there......LOL. Never thought I'd say the best chow I had was field-cooking.<br />v/r,<br />CPT Butler

2015-04-21T09:50:51-04:00 2015-04-21T09:50:51-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 606385

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We did have fresh sashimi in the ship's galley one time underway when we managed to pull a tuna on board. I think that was on either the USNS Kiska or the USNS Shasta.

2015-04-21T10:00:14-04:00 2015-04-21T10:00:14-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 606417

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Stateside would be at Macdill AFB in Tampa. Of course when there are that many General Officer's on base then I guess it is expected. But the chow hall at Camp Bucca was pretty darn good as well. the biggest omelets I've ever eaten!

2015-04-21T10:14:57-04:00 2015-04-21T10:14:57-04:00 SGT Michael Touchet 606423

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have to say without a doubt the Air Force.

2015-04-21T10:18:47-04:00 2015-04-21T10:18:47-04:00 PO1 Jeffrey Stoddard 606435

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Belle Chase Louisiana <br />Coast Guard Radio Station New Orleans'<br />Our SS1 graduate from Le Cordon Bleu school. Certified Chef

2015-04-21T10:24:25-04:00 2015-04-21T10:24:25-04:00 Sgt John Steinmeier 2098868

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not really sure who&#39;s chow it was considered (Air Force or Army) or even if was really as good as I remember it. While at Ft Dix for Air Base Ground Defense school I cannot recall ever not enjoying what was served at our designated chow hall. I remember them actually running out of everything we ate so much. Then again maybe we were just so hungry at the end of the day as long as it was mostly cooked it was all that we needed.

2016-11-22T15:26:51-05:00 2016-11-22T15:26:51-05:00 SFC William Stephens A. Jr., 3 MSM, JSCM 2098884

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was stationed in CAMP CASEY KOREA, THANKSGIVING dinner 2ID best food ever ARMY cooks so much food LUCH and dinner, best meal ever.

2016-11-22T15:30:14-05:00 2016-11-22T15:30:14-05:00 Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen 2098950

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Back in the days of Strategic Air Command and aircrews on alert it was the alert facility chow hall. Back then you had active duty cooks, not contracted food preparers and it was always the best of the best that were selected to staff the alert facility. Hard to pick one over the other, but I pulled alert at Kincheloe AFB MI, Plattsburgh AFB NY and Pease AFB NH, all were great, but guess if I had to pick one it would be Pease. Heck if you were on alert for the holidays you&#39;d get lobster on your last day of alert!

2016-11-22T15:48:19-05:00 2016-11-22T15:48:19-05:00 Maj John Bell 2099496

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NAS Patuxent River Enlisted Dining Facility 1979. Never ate in a military facility that came close. 2nd Best - We had a Marine Cook was part of the rotation at NSB Bangor. The Chief in charge of the Navy dining facility said he was worthless, and the Marines in my company hated it when we caught him in the rotation for the limited area dining facility. The Company 1st Sgt and the Barracks Sgt Major decided to take him out of HQ Company and give him to a guard company. My company got him. He trained with us and rotated in and out of the wire with us etc. etc. Turns out he was an awesome cook that hated following Navy recipes.

2016-11-22T18:38:53-05:00 2016-11-22T18:38:53-05:00 MSgt James Mullis 2099601

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hands down the best Dining facility I&#39;ve eaten at was an Air Force facility at Thule Air Base in Greenland.

2016-11-22T19:20:57-05:00 2016-11-22T19:20:57-05:00 Cpl Brian Johnston 2106080

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-121516"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwho-has-the-best-chow-you-ve-ever-eaten-and-where-was-it%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Who+has+the+BEST+chow+you%27ve+ever+eaten%2C+and+where+was+it%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwho-has-the-best-chow-you-ve-ever-eaten-and-where-was-it&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWho has the BEST chow you&#39;ve ever eaten, and where was it?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/who-has-the-best-chow-you-ve-ever-eaten-and-where-was-it" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="8463852a570aa58670f5349070cc9036" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/121/516/for_gallery_v2/4990beb6.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/121/516/large_v3/4990beb6.jpg" alt="4990beb6" /></a></div></div>I eventually learned that USMC mess halls serve the same meal at every mess hall in the Corps for that day and that meal.<br />That being said, HDQRTS Marine Corps mess hall meals were 1000% better than the same meal being served at an infantry bn mess hall. [Is anybody surprised?]<br />In Okinawa, we had to hand deliver a report to Kadena AB every week. One Marine, plus driver, would get to deliver the report, plus get a chit to eat at the Kadena AB chow hall.<br />Once you made the trip, you&#39;d do almost anything to repeat it!

2016-11-25T02:33:51-05:00 2016-11-25T02:33:51-05:00 Cpl Brian Johnston 2106100

<div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-121514"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwho-has-the-best-chow-you-ve-ever-eaten-and-where-was-it%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Who+has+the+BEST+chow+you%27ve+ever+eaten%2C+and+where+was+it%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwho-has-the-best-chow-you-ve-ever-eaten-and-where-was-it&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWho has the BEST chow you&#39;ve ever eaten, and where was it?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/who-has-the-best-chow-you-ve-ever-eaten-and-where-was-it" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="5b2d61f0cff63fce6d302499052338fa" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/121/514/for_gallery_v2/1c7629b2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/121/514/large_v3/1c7629b2.jpg" alt="1c7629b2" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-121515"><a class="fancybox" rel="5b2d61f0cff63fce6d302499052338fa" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/121/515/for_gallery_v2/fd4ddaaf.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/121/515/thumb_v2/fd4ddaaf.jpg" alt="Fd4ddaaf" /></a></div></div>Participated in EXERCISE DORIA SALUTE VII 13-20SEP74 with the 21st Infantry Company of the Royal Netherlands Marines. [Nederlands Korps Mariniers Raiding Squadron stationed in Aruba.]<br /><br />We got to try their C-Rats. One box was for the whole day. It contained Gruyere cheese, wine, and a 10-pack of gourmet cigarettes. <br /><br />The enlisted men didn&#39;t have to salute officers except in a ceremony, could wear mix-and-match uniform parts, no haircut regulation (although they had to touch-up their hair nicely so as not to make a bad impression with their should-length hair for the US Marines), got better pay, and received free public transportation passes.<br /><br />For all of that, they were better trained than we were, and had a better unit cohesion. <br /><br />One of the NCO told me that the problem with the USMC was, &quot;They make you wait, then they rush you, and you&#39;re late anyway!&quot;<br /><br />I tried to transfer over, but alas, I was turned down.<br /><br />I did trade a USMC K-Bar knife for one of their battle jackets, and a beret!

2016-11-25T02:57:26-05:00 2016-11-25T02:57:26-05:00 PO3 Donald Murphy 2296508

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You guys...sheesh. IN YOUR DREAMS! US Navy Submarine Force.<br /><br />* unlimited portions<br />* midnight rations (anything you can get the cook to make)<br />* surf and turf on Sunday (lobster and steak)<br />* fresh bread every day<br />* made to order omelets<br />* fresh cakes/pastries<br />* made to order pizza on Friday nights<br />* tons of fresh fish<br /><br />Depending on the boat you&#39;re on, you can also bring your wife/girlfriend onboard for dinner. Had many &quot;candlelight&quot; steak and lobster dinners onboard with the wife.<br /><br />Disclaimer: Air Force brat. Ate at tons of USAF/USAFE base chow halls. &quot;Nice,&quot; but thats it. Best one I ate at was at RAF Mildenhall, England. That was &quot;passable&quot; to sub standards...

2017-01-30T14:22:58-05:00 2017-01-30T14:22:58-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 2728689

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Air Force by a mile, I am a British serviceman and have eaten in American military messes all over the world and the USA, Air Force wins hands down, however the worst us army Mess still kicks the shit out of our messes.

2017-07-13T21:04:57-04:00 2017-07-13T21:04:57-04:00 CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member 3962542

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Chappy James DF aboard USAF Base, Kadena, OK.

2018-09-13T21:45:19-04:00 2018-09-13T21:45:19-04:00 Maj John Bell 3962550

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1981 NAS Pax River. It was better, by a long shot, than any buffet restaurant chain. The only bigger equivalent Sunday brunch layout I ever saw was a a 5-Star vacation resort in Nairobi Kenya that was $550 a night for Double occupancy.

2018-09-13T21:50:31-04:00 2018-09-13T21:50:31-04:00 SCPO Private RallyPoint Member 3962726

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Coast Guard Subsistence Specialist Class “A” School, at Two Rocks Base, Petaluma, CA. Bar none, the absolute best. While attending “Cook” school, these students demonstrate their skills on those of us attending the various academies or seminars held at Two Rocks. Their food was/is magnificent!!!

2018-09-13T23:58:45-04:00 2018-09-13T23:58:45-04:00 Maj Private RallyPoint Member 4689311

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>TBS Mess Hall, Camp Barrett on Quantico. All the new LTs eat there and pay cash which always allowed them to kick it up a notch. 1998

2019-06-01T18:32:21-04:00 2019-06-01T18:32:21-04:00 2014-12-29T23:15:46-05:00