In a setting where minuscule mistakes result in harsh critiques from judges and potentially dash a team’s hopes for a gold or silver medal, the level of stress and emotions can be off the charts.
The Cold Table Display category of the Joint Culinary Training Exercise – conducted here last week – is one of those apprehensive instances. Teams often pull all-nighters, furiously scrutinizing and fussing with their entries because professional pride will not allow them to do anything less than put their best work on exhibit.
A laundry list of guidelines from the American Culinary Federation shape the category. Expectations range from precise knife cuts to eye-pleasing placement on the plate. From a military training standpoint, it...
Fort Lee senior leaders – including Maj. Gen. Rodney D. Fogg, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command – served Thanksgiving dinner to nearly 10,000 Soldiers and other personnel at its dining facilities Nov. 22, 2018. This was be the first Thanksgiving away from home for many of the new Soldiers here for training.
Post residents painted a less-than-ideal picture of military family housing conditions here during a four-hour town hall session Feb. 27 at the Lee Theater.
Around 140 community members attended the information gathering session that had been mandated by Army leadership after recent Congressional testimony and visits by the Army secretary and chief of staff to Fort Meade, Md., brought to light serious maintenance issues within base dwellings...
