How The Military Feeds Hungry Marines, Army Soldiers, West Point Cadets, And More | Marathon

Before United States military members train for combat, they have to fuel up.
We traveled the country to find out how the US military feeds service members, from mobile field kitchens to military academy dining halls. We also asked a New Zealand Army soldier to review US military MREs (Meals, Ready-to-Eat).
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:20 - Military's Largest Cafeteria
00:13:29 - Army Cooks
00:30:07 - US Naval Academy Dining Hall
00:51:38 - Air Force Academy Dining Hall
01:05:18 - West Point Dining Hall
01:19:59 - New Zealand Army Soldier Reviews US Military MRE
01:29:18 - Army Cooks Loadout
01:42:16 - Credits
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How The Military Feeds Hungry Marines, Army Soldiers, West Point Cadets, And More | Boot Camp

[@LTS720]

These chef’s seriously are the foundation of our military’s strength. Much praise to their hard work.

[@bertram5806]

@@KtotheLa chef feeds people who are hungry no matter their positions.

[@UnderpaidGuardD9]

​@@KtotheLsaid no one

[@at5950]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@snaplaw1654]

lol all you gotta do is see how much they each make and you would be amazed

[@zeno9103]

​@@bertram5806As long as they can pay for the food.

[@bedrockhomecentral]

I will never forget my unit head cook.. We called him Sgt. Rock.. He was a Black man standing around 5'6, and till this day, I can still taste his field biscuit gravy.. He would only make it for our field missions.

[@engineeranonymous]

Napoleon said "An army marches on its stomach". The cooks are the hero's who carry the weight of the armies on their ovens.

[@MrJimmysez]

Good luck with that in an active war. what crap.

[@Alsry1]

​@@MrJimmysez lmao field cooks are a thing

[@SergeantPerrawn]

@@MrJimmysez negative iq detected

[@malibuhiegts]

Onion Le onion Onion onions onions

[@Anonymoose0523]

@@MrJimmysez 13:38

[@Thegeneralms1]

When I got out of the Army I didn’t eat chicken for 5 years. I didn’t want to see another piece of chicken. 😂😂

[@winreacts6528]

Let's be honest, half of us are eating while we are watching this.

[@salkin350]

Yes. Some German food

[@yellowheaphones1]

I pay taxes. I have no representation. America is dead

[@carlousheaven6988]

LOL JAMAICAN FOOD

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

Pizza bread 😂

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

@@carlousheaven6988Jerk chicken & rice?

[@denisemorrow8602]

I’m the breakfast attendant for the Inns of the Corps in Beaufort,SC proud to work for the Marines. Much respect for these guys

[@lalhruaitluanga7461]

Fun fact: You can double click a comment to like it😅

[@poppyseedandalion]

Cool

[@JEAthePrince]

​@@poppyseedandalion Cool, Indeed.

[@jaxripper251]

Or dislike

[@lalai4183]

😮😮😮

[@DrFreezes]

Nobody cares

[@SamlSchulze1104]

I just know the people you want to be friends with. Supply, mechanic, chef, and Doc. Logistics wins wars. Mechanics get you there. Doc keeps you healthy. And everyone marches on with Chef.

[@defaultworkouts]

yet EVERY other army is the bad guy. right.

[@GenRN]

I’ve seen this before and watching again. They are an amazing team. Thank you for serving those that serve us all. ❤️

[@coolcandyfish1359]

Me watching this at four in the morning doing my nails😂 💅

[@thegentlemansmith5411]

Girl take yo ass to sleep you got work😅

[@LanceBeckman]

Nasty sknk

[@stizzywoo7383]

Hope your a female 😂

[@wetnoodles5751]

Girl Hood 😂😊

[@rockeaterfungi]

Food is the highest position in all military. Food morale is everything

[@buckminsterfullerene2149]

Soldier: "Is there meat in them" Cook: "It's a CHICKEN burrito!". I would love to know that soldiers MOS

[@phinadelphiahlongwane3485]

Hispanic and Black personnel in the kitchen you know you going to eat some good food...😊

[@goodmeasure777]

And seasoned very well, respective of instructions of course, lol.

[@colton4900]

Nah still tastes like hot dry dog shit 80% of the time regardless of race or location of the dining facility.

[@colton4900]

Nah still tastes like hot dry dog crap 80% of the time regardless of race or location of the dining facility bcs of DOD policy on what can and cannot be used and the temps they’re required to cook the food to…

[@carlsmithburg3136]

3rd comment

[@AquaTech225]

@@colton4900100% still has to go off guidelines that some chefs designed the meals that were approved by who ever than it becomes part of what gets fed until they have whatever chefs work up another few meals to get approved to be worked in down the line for however long of a timeframe. Basically the same as any brand frozen ir canned food. They have to have everything where the most can eat it an handle it. Can’t be over spiced crazy an shit

[@1010cryptosonny]

Mad respect to the cooks and staff

[@mariekatherine5238]

That ginger pot roast looks 😋! I worked in a very large kitchen feeding five summer camps around a lake in the Adirondacks. Our prep and cooking schedule worked much the same as this. We used nearly all fresh food. We were truly a kitchen team. No matter what one did in the kitchen, it was a labor of love.

[@sacman5318]

I know many soldiers and sailors that loved this food! Thanks to all those who make it happen! You are appreachiated!

[@jackwalker9492]

I was Infantry (Army) for 8 yrs AD and 19NG while we mostly carried rations, when we were in garrison, those cooks and staff did a great job and it was only much later in life that I realized how hard they worked, with rare thanks. Salute for any such persons out there. One cold C Rat or MRE a day while in the prone was most of my life and man, the Army Breakfast was soooooo good. My favorite meal till this day and thanks for your hard work

[@courtneyscott3225]

😅

[@Coolguy-fz5re]

Coming from a Marine, the Army had amazing chow halls in theater. Talk about morale booster. Almost every type of foods, pastries or whatever you can think of. And the food was delicious at each meal time. Navy and Air Force chow was pretty awesome also.

[@markatingi8645]

all trainees are required to dine at Slagle for lunch Monday through Friday, to prepare the meal in time for 4500 trainees the lunch staff is broken into two shifts, the night crew which prepares the food, and the lunch crew which cooks, pans, and serves it. (efficient use of time)

[@salkin350]

The Station Food looks better than some School Food

[@commonomics]

This is beautiful, now why can’t school lunches be like this??

[@defaultworkouts]

nyc public school lunches are awful. i teach in brooklyn new york and the food is fried OLD trash

[@commonomics]

@@defaultworkouts so weird because it doesn’t have to be that way

[@carolynlanham3170]

Truly amazing. I wish our public school kids could have a lunch like these.

[@mijaumiaumiao]

Thank you to all these amazing cooks for feeding our military, So much appreciation!

[@lamloremipsum]

What a great video! Inspirational for young men and women! I happy to share this with my teenage son 🙌🏼

[@roybenitez8894]

Born and raised in San Antonio, look outside and you always see jets training and my gf dad builds them. The people here are so kind just know we love our troops.

[@aqhasassy]

Largely the support & dedicated workers in the background are overlooked. Thank you, Mess Hall Army, for keeping our warriors filled & fit. That’s very hard work, our school systems operate in a similar fashion but of course in a much smaller scale. It helps that employees are long term. God bless each of you for your dedication. ✝️🐾💖☮️🌺

[@ahmedhandl7067]

Now this! Is team work ladies and gentlemen

[@ilyad3086]

Wow this was an intense work out today! Thank you for this today, much needed! 🎉

[@kathrynalexander2882]

This whole story is awesome. Logistics, logistics, logistics. These folks are rocking this process. So much admiration.

[@imfloridano5448]

Oh the memories of the Chow Halls. I had KP in basic training at Ft Jackson SC in 1985 Tank Hill C 3/1 Raging Bulls

[@trymacs4511]

I’m shipping out soon but I don’t understand why people complain so much about the food, food is food and it’s not like they are serving us shit. Most people would kill for a decent meal

[@arfriedman4577]

I'm a picky eater and I don't like everything.

[@imfloridano5448]

The expression the Army can't fight on an empty stomach came from the Cook Master Sergeant back in the early days

[@divalocity]

This is awesome and brings back so many memories of being a former member of the Quartermaster Corps. Duty First!

[@thevariationnetwork]

work at one of the galleys at a sector base for the Coast Guard and the work is a passion and love and love working and serving the service members for that days galley service.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

God bless these folks!

[@MyFullFiguredLife]

Just wow! ❤

[@georgeabernathy6646]

I was there in 1982 (Texas) and folks I'll tell you the food was great!!

[@buenabrown2373]

Watching this bc my bsf is going into the navy:,)

[@CR9Kid]

Guarantee the chefs don't make much for all that work

[@BOZOSLIVEHERE]

Cooks. There's not a single chef there.

[@jpadilla276]

​@@BOZOSLIVEHEREtruth

[@Koraeffect]

Yay I love this! I would love to see one on holiday meals too 😋

[@krymera666x7]

So thankful I never had to cook in a field kitchen. However, there were some super rough days at sea where I would have preferred it.

[@slicer940]

About to join up just to be fed properly daily

[@jessicaregina1956]

Hope u have not much priors and not much use of drugs! 😂

[@alyxskyler]

@@jessicaregina1956???

[@jessicaregina1956]

If u have too many prior offences or used too much drugs u can't join the military

[@holyhero6380]

Amazing video

[@n.y.c.o.4766]

It's really cool to see an in-depth look on military kitchens, but it sort of get's me curious on the subject of R&D and logistics of MRE rations.

[@ayronsmama05]

I love these videos

[@CornPop2]

Making friends with the cooks is a smart networking move

[@Marco-wz3ff]

most of the foods are just pre made industrial things that are heated

[@bunzinod1964]

It has to be in that volume it's not quality food ...might taste good but it's all trash 🗑️

[@mpat100]

Blessings for all these cooking staff

[@curtfaulkner4425]

Great Job

[@paulgilliland2992]

Love our navy traditions .

[@corvettesbme]

Great video

[@durangodave]

for those that dont know you heard the soldier say it was covered by his BAS which is Basic Allowance for Subsistance which is basically 3 meals per day per soldier. I was in Ft. Knox in the winter (same barracks area where they shot the movie stripes)

[@nerd26373]

I'm starving just watching this whole process unfold. Seriously. Those soldiers could eat two porkchops and they'd still be hungry. With a side of gravy and cucumbers, their meals never complete with a few parsley garnishes and pepper on top.

[@ButcherBird-FW190D]

I was a USAF Reservist back in the early 1980's. I swear that's the same spaghetti there at the <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="65">1:05</a>:23 point ! Really good spaghetti, always loved it. Actually, the Air Force always had really good food. Even at Lackland (BT)..... Surprisingly good. The funny part was that you had to drink two small glasses of water before you could sit down at every meal. Pretty much a way to keep everyone at least somewhat hydrated, and it was a bit hot there in July/August. GREAT times, though. Loved it. 40 years ago here next month. Sad. Wish I could teleport back.

[@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778]

That food looks yummy and nutritious. Kudos to all those hard workers!

[@elecousticblues]

The smoke alarm detector going off at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="340">5:40</a> is pretty wild timing.

[@D13D02]

Man that’s a long way to become this successful, hard working henry set the program for his kids in future, I’m from a small island of republic of palau, the story of Mr surangles is exactly the same, 💯 he was thinking of his kids in the future and hardworking and consistency made they kid’s successful today..Wow this is very inspiring ❤❤

[@TheDudeAndStuff]

I remember throwing away and wasting at least 50% of my food due to the time restrictions.

[@lillylove5553]

Damn that's a lot of work

[@mattwinstanley2544]

The United States Military Industrial Complex is really something else. Absolutely mind blowing.

[@robertbissonnette4411]

You can also get the same training in culinary school my instructor was a retired military who trained in the military who became a chef and now he teaches cooking classes of course when I went to culinary school back in 2007 I learned a lot and I opened my first Cafe I had to leave due to a illness but I can the people who has now still keep in touch with me

[@user-sx5ui5ex4o]

I worked in a kitchen like this but cooked for 400 ppl a day.. for mental hospital..

[@madmarx1983]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1191">19:51</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1200">20:00</a> I already know Pvt Thomas' kids, nieces, and nephews got some good cookouts ahead of them😂😂😂

[@bertronix182]

They need morre chefs and staff. These hardwoking chefs are doing it all. They don't even have assistants they are all chefs. You have big military budget but can't hire more staff. No matte how good and fast these chefs they are still humans. They should be paid as same as the military. That's insane!

[@larryulery3729]

I remember basic training Ft.Sil Christmas 1979 I pull KP I got alot of presents that day.

[@StratospheralNurse]

The navy has the cutest traditions 😊

[@prettygrl5448]

Wow its lots of food to cook with🙏❤️

[@Malaki727]

They the real mvp

[@420evaday7]

Yum makes me wanna join so good and healthy 😮

[@interestedparty497]

Can confirm Naval Academy buffalo chicken was dope even 20 years ago.

[@arfriedman4577]

Thanks for your service. The trainee cooking looks like something id be interested in doing as a civilian. I like to cook and bake. The Skippy tradition is stupid. No one wants to be messed up with peanut butter. In hs i went 1 or 2 times to west point for dancers with my friends girl scout troop.

[@tfyahct]

"if we can fool them give them and give them a good taste then we have won" you can apply that to a lot of things.

[@okan931]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="140">2:20</a> See how that young soldier is all happy looking, this proves Napoleon's claim of: "An army marches on its stomach."

[@diamondsprince]

*Airman

[@okan931]

@@diamondsprince a that is a fair correction thanks :)

[@smithjohn2416]

Question, can they choose to fast? What if one of the solider bros is on a OMAD meal plan?

[@ltiya75islearning82]

This is my dream job!

[@oOstoneyOo]

This made me so hungry

[@soniadennis7801]

They eat a lot in one sitting! And they have to do it very fast! My goodness they are still 💯 more healthier than I.

[@Duriel1000]

Very good video!!

[@williammorris1763]

More like: "don't eat this often because it's expensive and we hate you."

[@soyas4314]

Great video but did we really need a whole segment about every kitchen utensil that they have in the containerized kitchen? Like every knife an every spatula lol <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="89">1:29</a>:46

[@ChrisOneill-ov4rx]

Going to be on menu in future

[@schuylerhecht8253]

My father was stationed in Ft Sam Houston in the 60's...he was a Captain as a dentist in the Army for 4 years..dentist for 50..

[@stephanieann6622]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2086">34:46</a> this is the one where that viral video was shot out of from the looks of it where a private was being dragged out by a higher up while everyone was cheering lol

[@ChrisOneill-ov4rx]

Inform the admiralty they are receiving additional upgrades to carriers

[@andrewgriffith9535]

I died a little bit inside with their (mis)pronunciation of 'Leberkäse' 💀

[@tomdingleberry6174]

Slop nvr looked so good

[@cloidwalker4606]

I liked the food in bootcamp

[@broden5546]

Idc what anybody says, the chicken shack on Lejeune was banging… iykyk

[@dewlifemusic621]

Should've got the southwest black bean MRE, if they still have it.

[@brendabarrows2584]

The MRE guy sounds like old Greg 😂 I know it's not the same accent but it still...

[@mali__3844]

I went to slagal in San ann it was so much better than the mess at fort sill lol

[@KaliYugaYogi]

While stationed in Georgia, I witnessed one of the cooks spitting into a large sauce pan. Never ate at a chow hall again. Being lower enlisted, It was incredably expensive to eat on the economy.Later, a bunch of cooks were demoted for it. When asked why they would spit in the food, most of them admitted that they hated certain shades of people, specifically the more pale ones. Command assured everyone that the food was safe and everyone was ordered to visit the chow hall. Like I said, never ate in a cafeteria again.

[@richardtorres312]

The military industrial complex did one thing right and that’s know how to make a make a boss ass mess hall restaurant with a lot of variety and it was always a great eats when I went

[@cshubs]

This was on Fluctus, I believe.

[@elizabethdavis1696]

How they do this at hospitals and hotels would be interesting too

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Agreed!

[@jakobjensen6543]

The fire alarm beeping in the background ahahahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@corvettesbme]

What about food waste? Do they donate to food banks? Or homeless charity or pig farmers? I'm curious

[@s3any1977]

An army marches on its stomach

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

If you're deployed to a location where there is a large cave then maybe that might make a good place to consume your MREs as doing so in the open is likely to attract the attention of IR enabled UAVs and result in you and your troops getting picked off and you don't want that.

[@reggiewhite7171]

I miss my job cooking in the AF chow hall