Service members pose for a group photo after completing a 5-kilometer run in support of Native American Heritage month at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Nov. 17, 2022. There have been 29 Native American service members that have received the Medal of Honor in recognition of their outstanding valor, to include 25 Soldiers, three Sailors and one Marine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaela Smith)
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – At Joint Base Langley-Eustis you’ll find a different take on the U.S. Army’s culinary specialists, and that involves Soldiers who keep Soldiers healthy and ready for the fight… at sea.
Third Port, also known as the Army’s “Navy”, is a 40-acre nautical complex and home port to several Army vessels with crews who still need to eat while operating in the maritime environment. These culinary soldiers serve aboard Landing Craft Utility (LCU) and Logistic Support Vessel (LSV) ships. Typically each LCU has two culinary specialists, and LSVs have three, who are all providing a critical, and sometimes creative, service for a 24-hour operation.
“You have to love food, you have to be able...
