Army "Chow Halls" to get nutrition update ...

[dogtag]

That sounds ominous. I assume a Chow Hall is the equivalent
of the British Army NAAFI (Navy, Army, Air Force Institute) where
of an evening you can get a meal and a beer.

https://www.stripes.com/news/army/warrior-restaurants-how-the-army-hopes-to-boost-dfac-usage-1.666269

The new name will be 'Warrior Restaurant' - they've gotta be kidding.

[Vern Humphrey]

Toe Foo? How many times do I have to tell you, we can't live on Toe Foo. We don't have enough toes!

[blackhawknj]

Mess Hall in my day 1967-1971, headed by a mess sergeant, then "dining facility" headed by a "steward".
If they impose Michelle Obama's school lunches they will have a mutiny on their hands.

[pcox]

If they want to fight obesity, get em out of the rack and double time em five miles every morning. That's the way my DIs fought the fat war.

[togor]

They're past basic training.

Now it's a lifestyle thing, and studies show, to lose weight, eat right.

[Major Tom]

The correct diet will slim you down with excersize. Same diet will add pounds to a skinny frame. When I entered basic training I weighed 120 lbs. 10 weeks later I weighed 140 with no excess fat. Army considered me fattened up enough to ship my a$$ to 'Nam.

[togor]

The correct diet will slim you down with excersize. Same diet will add pounds to a skinny frame. When I entered basic training I weighed 120 lbs. 10 weeks later I weighed 140 with no excess fat. Army considered me fattened up enough to ship my a$$ to 'Nam.

well put sir!

[blackhawknj]

The standard complaints about Army chow in my day:
1. There isn't enough.
2. Doesn't taste good.
I recall reading an article in Army Timesback in 1979 which, in discussing the problems of overweight and flabbiness, quoted one soldier saying "They serve potatoes at every meal."
And one woman officer told me the main causes of overweight were:
1. Separate rations
2. Beer guzzling.

[Vern Humphrey]

In my day we ran 5 miles a day, every day, on our lunch hour. We also ran the occasional half-marathon.

[togor]

In my day we ran 5 miles a day, every day, on our lunch hour. We also ran the occasional half-marathon.

In combat boots?

[dogtag]

The NAFFI is a private concern serving food and beer in evenings.
I assume US version would be called Canteen ?

US Mess Hall would be British equivalent "Cookhouse" (Army meals)

[pcox]

In combat boots?

We ran in combat boots, field pack, canteen, poncho, two pair extra socks, two magazine pouches, bayonet , and one M14 rifle.

[blackhawknj]

Was told NAAFI is the UK equivalent of our PX/BX.
Yes, we ran in combat boots and fatigues. A proper fitting and well broken in pair combat boots are very comfortable and work fine on pavement. One WWII vet told me they performed PT in their underwear, ran barefoot on the grass.
My experiences with Army chow was that it was like everything else Army-inconsistent.
Always believed it's not what you take in, it's what you burn off. One marathon runner told me it allowed him to indulge his passion for ice cream.

[dogtag]

In Egypt the food was bloody awful, badly cooked, swimming in fat.
We lived on NAAFi food which we had to pay for.
When we moved to Cyprus a WO1 took charge of food prep because
of the complaints. Food then was first class.

[Vern Humphrey]

We ran in combat boots, field pack, canteen, poncho, two pair extra socks, two magazine pouches, bayonet , and one M14 rifle.

I remember that well -- except in my day, it was the M1 rifle (the switch occurred right after I finished Advanced Infantry Training.)

Later on (1970s), there were so many athletic injuries that the Army decreed we had to wear running shoes.