2017年7月11日 · After Training to Fight in Vietnam, He Became An Army Cook. His mother told him cooks "ate well and rarely got shot at." But he was not prepared for the chaos he found in the kitchen. During the Vietnam conflict my military occupational specialty was 94B, “food service specialist,” or simply put, Army cook.

"In This Mess Hall Work The Finest Cooks In Vietnam," says the sign over the door. When I arrived at Blackhorse, the mess hall was barely outfitted with cooking utensils. We brought our field ovens, ranges, pots and pans inside the mess hall to cook with.

2020年10月22日 · Relished and reviled, C-rations fed millions of troops in the field. The iconic green cans were far from home cooking – but they did sustain a fighting man when he was far from home, or at least the mess hall, until 1981 when they …

2022年5月24日 · Some of the food that came from U.S. mess halls is still remembered (and sometimes reviled) even 50 years later. Still, even the most notorious meals helped shape the armed forces, their culture...

2017年3月11日 · Blackhorse Mess Hall "In this Mess Hall Work the Finest Cooks In Vietnam." So says the sign over the door. When I arrived at Blackhorse, the Mess Hall was barely outfitted with cooking utensils.

2012年5月2日 · Rich mess-hall fare and sedentary duty meant that more than a few uniforms stretched tight over paunches. Some newly arrived soldiers felt so self-conscious that they tried to distress their uniforms, especially the boots. Most support troops worked on rear bases, many of which resembled big American cities.

The following is an accurate account of the capture of a suspected VC/NVA working in the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division mess hall in Phuoc Vinh, Vietnam. The year was 1970 while I was serving with the Charlie Troop Blues .

Mess Hall Stories. Mike Vaughn..... My crew had a mission to depart our base camp just before evening chow. CPT Harold Fisher told my gunner Don Adams and me to go to the Mess Hall and tell them we needed to eat before the troop’s chow time. The Mess Sergeant told us, in a very explicit and loud voice, “You will eat when the other troop eat.”

Our beloved ¾ Cav was in the middle of our Cambodian operation. At that time our Mess Section used an M-548 to transport cooks, foodstuffs, prepared meals and potable water to the troops in the field.

In a Divisional Armored Cavalry Squadron's TOE the Squadron HQ & HQs Troop had all 5 mess teams placed under the S-4. The Mess teams were never on the line troops Morning Report. The reality of Vietnam was that they were joined hip and shoulder with the troop that they supported.