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DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
« on: May 07, 2025, 09:58:45 am »
DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
By Karen Jowers
 May 6, 2025, 12:37 PM

 

Defense officials are working to bring more tasty and healthier foods to military bases. 
As healthy food gets more attention in national discussions, defense officials are looking at a coordinated attack on the problem of a lack of tasty, nutritious food on military installations.

Defense officials are in the beginning stages of putting together a DOD-wide plan to meet the nutritional needs of service members and their families, Glenn Garrison, the Defense Department’s director of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation and Resale Policy, said during a recent military food service webinar.


For now, the plan involves a DOD regulation providing consistent standards and a single office for oversight of policy and advocacy for food on installations, Garrison said. But the goal is to also develop a comprehensive “strategic food master plan” for each installation, he said, and to identify gaps in the food services available at installations.

Troops may not have ready access to food at their dining facility because of a variety of factors, such as long lines, distance from their unit and barracks, or the food is simply not tasty. Hours of operation are a common factor, as they don’t always accommodate training and work schedules. At 2 a.m., the only option for food at an installation may be a vending machine or delivery from off-base.

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2025/05/06/dod-working-on-recipe-to-improve-food-on-military-bases/
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Re: DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2025, 10:17:43 am »
In 1974 I was in transit at Treasure Island in San Fransicko bay, coming off emergency leave, waiting for my ship to come back from Viet Nam.  A new sailor, you could tell because his uniform was so clean, sat down next me at dinner.  I was scarfing it down while he just pushed his around a little.  Finally, he asked me how "I could eat that shit."  Guessing he was probably going to a ship, I asked him if that was the case and he proudly affirmed he was.  I asked him which one and he said with more pride, "the USS Ranger!"  To which I replied I had been on it for two years and compared to the food on the Ranger, this shore food was great.  I think I ruined his enlistment.

The point is this has been an ongoing issue for a long time.  And the major problem is interpretation of what is good.  Actually, I thought the food was pretty good on the Ranger considering they were making some 15,000 meals a day.  Being a newbie, I just wanted to welcome the guy.  People working port and starboard watches were getting up at all different hours, some coming off a hot flight deck, some from air-conditioned office (At least that was what was claimed.  The only time it was truly cold was when the temperature was in the sixties.)  The point being it is simply impossible to please everyone all the time.  And when surveys given, what will people remember?  The average good food or the occasional bad one and we all know that answer.  Besides, it's a military tradition to gripe about the food.
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Re: DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2025, 10:50:33 am »
I am glad to hear this...I have sent many emails to my Rep, Hegseth and even Trump.
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Re: DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2025, 10:51:07 am »
Like McDonald's franchising for $h!t on a shingle.  What % will be Mexican horse meat?
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Re: DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2025, 02:38:39 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on May 07, 2025, 10:51:07 am
Like McDonald's franchising for $h!t on a shingle.  What % will be Mexican horse meat?
The same % as your combining McDonald’ and horse meat in a post?
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Re: DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2025, 04:02:50 pm »
Only time I ate in a mess was at PAX River while doing flammable gasses and liquids firefighting training. It was breakfast, and industrial grade (cafeteria fare), but good enough. No complaints. Mom was an incredible cook, but having experienced 7 public school cafeterias, the base food was above average.

That said, feed the officers what the enlisted get, and I think any deficits will be corrected.
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Re: DOD working on recipe to improve food on military bases
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2025, 04:50:18 pm »
I don't think any cooking that involves large groups people is going to be really good (Lubys being the exception...but Covid killed them).

Just for the record, I adore SOS and fix it as a treat. But, as already mentioned the food in the armed forces really ain't that good and has been the source of jokes for years. happy77
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