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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2023
  • According to the United States Air Force Academy, Mitchell Hall is one of the world's largest and most advanced dining facilities, capable of feeding 4,000 cadets in under 30 minutes and preparing 10,000 meals each day. Three days a week, cadets muster outside of the facility in formation and march in to eat a family-style lunch. Insider spent three days with members of Mitchell Hall's staff, witnessing the large-scale coordination required to plan and prepare meals that sustain the cadet wing each day.
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  • @masc2fighter
    @masc2fighter 8 месяцев назад +6786

    In the military there are three people you should always respect, the medic, the armorer/supply and the cooks. As long as you remain on their good side you will be taken care of very well.

    • @mikethemechanic7395
      @mikethemechanic7395 8 месяцев назад +220

      You forgot us at the ASP. Other Soldiers who gave me a hard time. We made them count every bullet and casing before they returned it. Ordnance

    • @FMFvideos
      @FMFvideos 8 месяцев назад +66

      and the general and the janitor

    • @markspencer171
      @markspencer171 8 месяцев назад

      idiotic young people trained to become killers wasting tax payer money and eating food that causes cancer ....@@mikethemechanic7395

    • @witcheddoctor2720
      @witcheddoctor2720 8 месяцев назад +31

      you forgot about admin

    • @joshtolentino4284
      @joshtolentino4284 8 месяцев назад +20

      nahhh, Finance

  • @cheesy1nacho924
    @cheesy1nacho924 8 месяцев назад +3272

    People who haven’t been in the military really don’t understand the vast difference in quality of everything that the air force enjoys compared to all the other branches.

    • @matthewhardin1615
      @matthewhardin1615 8 месяцев назад +51

      Army always fed me well.

    • @RamAlambaDingDong
      @RamAlambaDingDong 8 месяцев назад +238

      ​@@matthewhardin1615 the Army fed me well for 21 years... but im still going to hand it to the Air Force DFAC for the win

    • @redwolfexr
      @redwolfexr 8 месяцев назад +68

      It still all comes from the DLA. (Defence Logistics Agency) I found that the main difference with Air Force DFACs was in the optionals -- the food was pretty similar to Army.
      USAF had table service, an ala carte menu, a decent midnight menu and always had a SOLID dessert and salad offering.
      But in US training bases the food is usually contracted out and they use Sysco or similar products. On Fort Gordon there was ONE DFAC that was military run with DLA provisions, and the rest were civilian run for trainees. There were two permanent units on training side that were allowed to use training DFACs, the Band was the other one. :D

    • @etuanno
      @etuanno 8 месяцев назад +26

      That's really interesting. As an example in the Swiss army, the budget per person is always the same regardless of where you're at, an equivalent of 10$ per day. The main difference you will find is if you're lucky with your cooks or not. But usually it's yummy and balanced.
      Our biggest army facitily in Thun is roughly a third of the size. And I do have to admit the food served is quite different. We rarely had fried food, common was pasta with some kind of sauce with meat in it. Stews are quite popular too. Otherwise potato based stuff was served very often, things like Rösti (preboiled, grated and fried potatoes) or pan fried.
      What I didn't quite get was the way the meals were served. Wouldn't it be more efficient if it would be organized like a canteen with a salad bar?
      Also with a facility this size I'd have expected a LOT more cooks. Looking at my past experience it was roughly one person in the kitchen per 50 soldiers. This repetition course I'll spend in the mountains and we're 400 people with 7 cooks.
      But to be fair, they are cheaper to pay than professionals because like I, they are conscrips too.

    • @redwolfexr
      @redwolfexr 8 месяцев назад +16

      @@etuanno This is a fairly unique to the AF Academy feeding system. It allows them to feed the whole student body in a really short time, and more importantly instills comradery in that small group of cadets at each table.
      I think the number of cooks was far less than 50:1 because they were not doing any real cooking.
      The military does use a lot of canned and frozen food -- but not that much pre-cooked or pre-prepared.

  • @pasadenacatpink
    @pasadenacatpink 8 месяцев назад +2559

    One word: EXHAUSTING. This is an exhausting job to cook for over 4,000 people, but at the same time rewarding.

    • @halfsni6804
      @halfsni6804 8 месяцев назад +60

      I don't really agree with the term cooking. i'm sure it's hard work! But what I've seen are lots of small plastic bags that have been cut open.

    • @amyrivers4093
      @amyrivers4093 8 месяцев назад +54

      ​@@halfsni6804I thought the same thing but they explained why they have had to switch to already processed food items that just need to be heated. The fact that they have less staff still means that they are still having to work hard and fast.

    • @BruderSenf
      @BruderSenf 8 месяцев назад +12

      its not only the quantity but the quality hast to be good as well, it needs to be tasty,nutritious and it needs to be enought....nothing wors thanill tempered airmen/soliders/sailors cuz the food sucks, so yah i belive that it is an insanely taxing job
      props to the kitchen

    • @BruderSenf
      @BruderSenf 8 месяцев назад +10

      @repentandbelieveinJesusChrist8 NO!

    • @nik07nik
      @nik07nik 8 месяцев назад +2

      Nope, just a normal job..

  • @debbieflaherty1975
    @debbieflaherty1975 8 месяцев назад +626

    I’m retired now. This was my career.
    This is a job that never ends. As soon as one meal is served, you’re already working on the next meal…. and the meal 3 days from then.
    I loved Food Service.

    • @Mr8thwonderofthewrld
      @Mr8thwonderofthewrld 8 месяцев назад +7

      It paid really good though right

    • @yeahidk3914
      @yeahidk3914 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@user-vy4xx2qp3dyou judge too much

    • @wickandde
      @wickandde 7 месяцев назад +9

      Thank you for your service

    • @sadblob4577
      @sadblob4577 7 месяцев назад +3

      As strenuous as it is, I think this is one of many jobs I would love to take on one day, or at least volunteer for

    • @Rctdcttecededtef
      @Rctdcttecededtef 6 месяцев назад +1

      Continuous work or was there time for breaks and time to eat?

  • @TattooedFourLife
    @TattooedFourLife 8 месяцев назад +247

    Airforce "here is your steak."
    Navy "here is your lobster."
    Army "here is your MRE."
    Marines "here is your box of crayons."

    • @mynameisladder3481
      @mynameisladder3481 8 месяцев назад +13

      Only for the officers. Enlisted af "heres this piece of chicken fat and a piece of fruit. Enjoy"

    • @AceTheGamer
      @AceTheGamer 8 месяцев назад +1

      Marines belong to the Navy

    • @jiffjifferson5365
      @jiffjifferson5365 8 месяцев назад +4

      Marines: MRE: Box chow (sandwich wit 1 slice of meat 1 slice of cheese) rasins, egg, fruit,) pretty much crayons.

    • @stijnvandamme76
      @stijnvandamme76 8 месяцев назад

      @@mynameisladder3481 But they are not officers.... yet. They are pretty pampered already all things considered.. tenderloin steak? stfu.

    • @psycoloco1113
      @psycoloco1113 8 месяцев назад +6

      Not even a box of crayons. There was this one time I recall on a MEU a few days before we got re supplied all I got was rice with tiny chicken bones in a sweet sauce.
      Boy was I hungry.

  • @KaushNoKash
    @KaushNoKash 8 месяцев назад +1347

    the chefs at large events are not something people really think about.
    this just goes to show how hard people work. glad they get the recognition they deserve !

    • @run-cnc
      @run-cnc 8 месяцев назад

      the majority of the food their "making" is already premade. they're literally just reheating packaged food. these arnt real chefs.

    • @KaushNoKash
      @KaushNoKash 8 месяцев назад +3

      missed the part where the dude was putting meat on the grill?@@run-cnc

    • @muratti72muc
      @muratti72muc 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@KaushNoKash this are not chefs just bag opener.

    • @IdentifiantE.S
      @IdentifiantE.S 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@muratti72mucRight

    • @jzxynow2a8gs21
      @jzxynow2a8gs21 8 месяцев назад

      extinguished flipper in chief more like, it could not have been easier for what it was @@KaushNoKash

  • @dude9984
    @dude9984 8 месяцев назад +535

    As an army vet, may I just say…I am jealous. Those steaks at the beginning alone were better than anything I’d ever eaten in a dfac

    • @Leon-km1vr
      @Leon-km1vr 8 месяцев назад +22

      i was thinking man they eating good .. lol

    • @redwolfexr
      @redwolfexr 8 месяцев назад +15

      Hmm? We had steaks occasionally. Also had trout. That was a special occasion, too.

    • @rafeshelburne
      @rafeshelburne 8 месяцев назад +2

      As Air Force enlisted, I'm jealous

    • @mahaffer71
      @mahaffer71 8 месяцев назад +10

      Looks like real food compared to what we get at the dfac

    • @GCNMMA
      @GCNMMA 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@redwolfexrSalmon and the occasional chicken parm

  • @argoth83
    @argoth83 8 месяцев назад +108

    Most I've done is work in a grocery store deli, and even that is busy and stressful. This is just...incredible. The organization required, the sheer VOLUME of food you're dealing with, the food safety measures you have to keep in place, etc. Anybody who's done any form of food service understands how much work this is. Respect.

  • @TheStep1980
    @TheStep1980 8 месяцев назад +436

    As a USAF vet, I honestly believe that no other branch of service promotes or provides an equalivent balance of quality of life, training, education, and mission execution. Even 10 years after leaving the service, I still catch crap from my buddies who served in different branches because airmen are so well taken care of at home or deployed compared to other branches. The funny thing is those friends have all regularly told me that they would have gone Air Force if they could do it again. USAF culture is truly first-class in many regards.

    • @zazasnruntz7505
      @zazasnruntz7505 8 месяцев назад +6

      As a tax paying citizen I don’t want my money being wasted on feeding these guys. They can pay for their own food!!

    • @revolve9073
      @revolve9073 8 месяцев назад +1

      Being attached to a SFG is the equivalent on the Army side

    • @Gameboypxht
      @Gameboypxht 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@zazasnruntz7505then you be sent to the next war and use your own guns and ammo. Goofy

    • @user-fn2vp1sw1h
      @user-fn2vp1sw1h 8 месяцев назад +1

      they are rather privileged yes ?
      LET THEM HAVE K.P. AND THE UGLY MESS HALL = CHOW HALL'S

    • @faegrrrl
      @faegrrrl 8 месяцев назад +5

      My Grandpa and my Dad served in the USAF. It was tough. I respect the crap out of anyone who served. Thank you.

  • @killer121l
    @killer121l 8 месяцев назад +298

    The amount of pre cooked food is expected when they have more manager than actual staff working in the kitchen

    • @tawan5753
      @tawan5753 8 месяцев назад +59

      Precooked scrambled eggs sound absolutely horrible

    • @alburro5205
      @alburro5205 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@tawan5753😂 you get used to them

    • @tossmesalad
      @tossmesalad 8 месяцев назад +6

      Too many chiefs not enough Indians.

    • @wingdingdmetrius8025
      @wingdingdmetrius8025 8 месяцев назад

      @@tossmesalad old binch

    • @kalvinye
      @kalvinye 8 месяцев назад

      they taste like plastic@@tawan5753

  • @miaphasay5161
    @miaphasay5161 8 месяцев назад +57

    That is honestly SO impressive and I hope they’re appreciated. Hard ass workers!

  • @WildBlueYonder
    @WildBlueYonder 8 месяцев назад +161

    As someone who's eaten at "Mitches" hundreds of times, I can say these employees work HARD, and many times their work goes unseen. That steak dinner at the end of Recognition was one of the best meals of my life😅

  • @thebrowniesaur22
    @thebrowniesaur22 8 месяцев назад +134

    Man, Insider really loves this genre lol

    • @AllenHanPR
      @AllenHanPR 8 месяцев назад +23

      Well food does go inside your stomach and I'm guessing they get to eat when they go visit the facilities lol.

    • @sneezing_panda
      @sneezing_panda 8 месяцев назад

      If only they could get a new narrator. This one sucks.

    • @dragano556
      @dragano556 8 месяцев назад +17

      @@AllenHanPRdefinetly making these videos for the free food 😂

    • @branflakee4257
      @branflakee4257 6 месяцев назад +4

      Military pays them to make these videos because it counts as recruiting.

  • @user-mw5kt7wb1w
    @user-mw5kt7wb1w 8 месяцев назад +815

    As a cadet at USAFA, the quality of the food has decreased since the staffing issues started. I understand that the Mitchell Hall workers are overworked due to the understaffing, but I wish we were fed less prepackaged food every day.

    • @ayyjayy2583
      @ayyjayy2583 8 месяцев назад +14

      Hello! I am applying this year. What were your SAT scores? WHat made you stand out in the nomination process.

    • @kinocorner976
      @kinocorner976 8 месяцев назад

      Cry about it somewhere else. Fuck’n could be worse, could be eating MREs

    • @obtainedsloth53x89
      @obtainedsloth53x89 8 месяцев назад +22

      @@ayyjayy2583 My brothers SAT scores were 1490 and he got in this year

    • @obtainedsloth53x89
      @obtainedsloth53x89 8 месяцев назад +1

      Good luck, I hope you get in!

    • @kiranandrews9710
      @kiranandrews9710 8 месяцев назад +20

      I just don't understand is why they couldn't employ the military cooks

  • @rickchillin9872
    @rickchillin9872 8 месяцев назад +83

    Damn even the Airforce cadets eat better than us Active Duty Army personnel 😂

    • @ianriley5893
      @ianriley5893 8 месяцев назад +13

      eh it’s the academy, so they’re buttering up the future officers. that being said i had friends who went to west point, naval, and air academy and the air guys ate the best

    • @Josh-py9rq
      @Josh-py9rq Месяц назад +1

      Not the Airmen lol I was enlisted we had no time to eat lol must be nice! Rick did you ever get moldy food? I sadly did yuck!

  • @maxazzopardi7446
    @maxazzopardi7446 8 месяцев назад +137

    I've recently had the pleasure of beginning a job preparing well-made & high quality food for hundreds of customers. It's hard work, no doubt. But seeing people eat and enjoy food that you have prepared is a very rewarding experience. I hope these cooks get to experience it every day like I do. Keep it up!

    • @Aurora.exists264
      @Aurora.exists264 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@disguiseddv8ant486You didn’t have to be rude about it bruh-

    • @Shadynastys76
      @Shadynastys76 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@disguiseddv8ant486bros a hater just to hate

    • @Bando-fx4mf
      @Bando-fx4mf 8 месяцев назад +1

      7:51 dude scooping food on to his plate has the Cookies Weed Company Sticker on his ID card badge 🪪 💀😂😭🤯😂😂🔥🔥💧💧. He’s been in the air ready for be Air Force. 💯💯💯. Better than a alcoholic. They wouldn’t discriminate.

  • @Jo-fy2fc
    @Jo-fy2fc 8 месяцев назад +24

    To the staff that make this daily miracle happen. Thank you! You make our Nation strong.

  • @scotty6435
    @scotty6435 8 месяцев назад +156

    The word "nutritious" keeps being thrown around but I don't see much of it! "Calorie dense" is about as generous as that food can be described.

    • @dl1277
      @dl1277 8 месяцев назад +18

      Ahh right, that food has no "nutrients" at all. Holy silly of them.

    • @lobsterattack4323
      @lobsterattack4323 8 месяцев назад

      Right, looks like they'll be the first one's knocking on the hospital doors when the next wave comes.

    • @flyingeagle8231
      @flyingeagle8231 8 месяцев назад

      See you know nothing about the military. Do some research before making stupid comments.

    • @silenthero2795
      @silenthero2795 8 месяцев назад +3

      The only problem is if those calories aren't burned by the end of the day.

  • @MDR1405
    @MDR1405 8 месяцев назад +64

    Good video. I spent 4 years in the Navy as enlisted on board ships and living on base. All the food was prepackaged and frozen and yes we had lobster.
    Trying to feed that many people fresh food every day would be cost and labor prohibitive.

  • @user-fb5bq6pb6y
    @user-fb5bq6pb6y 8 месяцев назад +26

    Sounds to me like these kitchen staff and cooks are unsung heroes well done to them i hope they are given appreciation days and meals too

  • @podsmpsg1
    @podsmpsg1 6 месяцев назад +10

    That's incredible. I have a lot of respect for these people. They're very dedicated and do a good job.

  • @CryptolockerMD
    @CryptolockerMD 8 месяцев назад +431

    At some point, using so much prepackaged/precooked stuff has got to be increasing food costs significantly, and I have to wonder how much of that cost could be going toward increasing cook wages to attract more staff. I'm surprised they don't have their own in house butchery.

    • @WJWeber
      @WJWeber 8 месяцев назад +40

      I can assure you it doesn’t. Raw ingredients would require significant costs.

    • @Duglum666
      @Duglum666 8 месяцев назад +100

      @@WJWeber I'm pretty sure at that scale buying everything fresh and preparing it themselves should be significantly cheaper compared to buying everything frozen? That factory supplying the frozen stuff also wants to make a profit.

    • @R32R38
      @R32R38 8 месяцев назад +14

      Hiring more staff is complicated because I would imagine they would need security clearances as it's a military facility.

    • @sluggie1018
      @sluggie1018 8 месяцев назад

      @@Duglum666 there are several reasons for this actually. first, it needs a lot of work and a lot of upfront cost to get it started. this puts a big portion on budgeting that military staff overlook because ther are more important things to focus. it also needs a lot of talent and manpower to get it started which is not easy to do and much more complicated than just buying from private suppliers. You need industry experts to build the whole thing from ground zero, all just to save costs? the cost to just start would be far more expensive. Also, the US already has a very good and cheap existing infrastructure network for raw materials.
      in short, in the long run you are right that it would be cheaper. but for how long? how long until it saves money til it pays back the initial investment? and what if the us military decides to downsize? the complicated production process of raw material can't just downsize with it like you would dismiss people and dismantle equipment. dealing with responsibilities in fast reforms work out a lot better when given to private companies for some of these things. raw material is just a whole different game and a much bigger industry that is incomparably complex compared to just cooking.

    • @Xaver-kk8fr
      @Xaver-kk8fr 8 месяцев назад +29

      @@R32R38the cooks are not accessing or getting near classified information, the only clearance they’d need is one that allows them to access the base and their specific work area. The security investigations aren’t cheap but they’re also not expensive. Part of the issue is also how long the process can take, speaking from experience here.

  • @armaletalia3254
    @armaletalia3254 8 месяцев назад +17

    I hope all those cadets appreciate those chefs!

  • @thepalatrpro
    @thepalatrpro 8 месяцев назад +6

    Mad respect for the people prepping and making these meals!

  • @swampfoxIX
    @swampfoxIX 8 месяцев назад +44

    Best military chow I ever had was the DFAC at Camp Bondsteel. The cafeterias at the NATO camps all throughout the Balkans were not that good, so during patrols (I was an MP) we found any excuse we could to go to Bondsteel or Camp Able Sentry for lunch. The facilities were run by KBR (Halliburton), so yes there was definitely lobster and crab....but only on certain days.

  • @youngzm
    @youngzm 8 месяцев назад +314

    The amount of pre-packaged plastic waste seen of them spending what is probably hours a week opening inadequately sized small packages of food is shocking. How are they not using large 10lb+ sacks for stuff as basic as salad or pasta kits? It looks like they drove down to a market and cleared the shelves of consumer foods just to build a dinner like any of us would rather than using a supplier. This looks like it equates to trashbags of plastic waste alone per meal service. Imagine cutting this into 1/10th the waste and the impact it would have?

    • @MorningWoood
      @MorningWoood 8 месяцев назад +27

      Did you watch the video? It was to save time since they don’t have the same amount of staff prior to the pandemic to prep that food. They spend a majority of the time to set all the dishes out.

    • @youngzm
      @youngzm 8 месяцев назад +40

      @@MorningWoood I saw; I wager that they spend an enormous amount of time opening tiny little baggies contrast to smaller quantities of larger ones. Just because a process has become efficient doesn't mean that it can't be even more efficient.

    • @markspencer171
      @markspencer171 8 месяцев назад

      idiotic young people trained to become killers wasting tax payer money and eating food that causes cancer ....

    • @CryptolockerMD
      @CryptolockerMD 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@MorningWoood prepackaged/precooked food comes with increased costs that could be going to increasing wages to attract more staff

    • @jaredspencer3304
      @jaredspencer3304 8 месяцев назад +9

      Just to explain, not excuse: it's cheaper to buy a common thing than an uncommon thing. For example, they opened tons of small bags of frozen veggies; but for the factory the packages those vegetables, it would be really expensive to stop the processing line, increase the volumes on each machine, order the different sized bags, keep track of which boxes were full of the 2 lbs bags vs the 20 lbs, and making sure they get shipped correctly, etc. It's just a lot more to do logistically. And if only one customer buys that different product, then that customer will have to eat the entire cost of those changes. And the customers usually choose just to buy the thing that's already available. Granted, for an operation this size, it probably wouldn't be super difficult to justify the cost. But just as a general rule, changing anything at the single, centralized processing facility will cost A TON of money, which you probably wouldn't be able to amortize quickly, because there aren't many customers.

  • @dchambers6554
    @dchambers6554 8 месяцев назад +12

    Another great video highlighting our armed forces. Kudos to your entire production team. I love these videos. Jungle school is still my favorite! Thanks, for all of your hard work!

  • @LilRod-kt9iz
    @LilRod-kt9iz 7 месяцев назад

    Hats off to the all Military and those workers involved in making their meals. God Blessyou all.

  • @brendancorsino2228
    @brendancorsino2228 8 месяцев назад +13

    Amazing video of hard working cooks. I didn’t understand how much time, effort and discipline go into feeding service members. Thank you for all those cooks, I’m not a service member, but I respect what they and our service members do for our country.

  • @carloscolon198
    @carloscolon198 8 месяцев назад +7

    As always; I recommend seeing the efficiency of a Large Cruise Ship ( specifically Norwegian Ships) of how they not only serve these large quantity of food , but serve 5 Star dinners. If you go on a ship I recommend the Kitchen Tour. It’s impressive…. You won’t be impressed by these military videos ( and I am retired) … but you’ll be amazed at the fine dining at these ships.

  • @cricketlovely8541
    @cricketlovely8541 8 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing job to all the kitchen staff. Thank you for your hard work ❤

  • @glenfaust2714
    @glenfaust2714 8 месяцев назад +9

    Wish I joined the air force when I was a young man. It's a great learning experience.

  • @Mondo513
    @Mondo513 8 месяцев назад +13

    I’ll be honest, I worked at Mitches for 8 years on the waiter floor. In regards to food, when I worked there it was more home cooked style and very little packed foods. This might get me fussed at but I will say this, yes understaffing is an issue. However, nobody has looked into the REAL reason why. Staff were leaving way before the pandemic.

  • @KingMondoWWM
    @KingMondoWWM 8 месяцев назад +180

    I absolutely love learning about the armed forces and how they train and keep things operating. Amazing series of videos.

  • @danielroque8504
    @danielroque8504 4 месяца назад +1

    I did 30yrs in the Air Force~Kudos to all the mess who gave their all~~Everyone of you fed us well, from breakfast, lunch, dinner, mid-rats...Thank You~~

  • @w00twood
    @w00twood 8 месяцев назад +58

    It's sad to hear about understaffing, and the corresponding increase in the reliance on pre-prepared food. But good on all the chefs and cooks in the kitchen for making the most, given their difficult circumstances. That's a tough job which most people couldn't do. I hope the cadets appreciate all the hard work.

    • @wombat5252
      @wombat5252 8 месяцев назад +1

      All thanks to the covid pandemic scare. The fear mongering, vaccination pushes, the lies, etc. It was all about control and now we see the harmful affects of our government pushing false narratives on us. People woke up.

  • @Starkesea
    @Starkesea 8 месяцев назад +7

    I love these series of military food and how they feed them! 🔥🙌

    • @paghilumdihauy
      @paghilumdihauy 8 месяцев назад

      yes for US lol imagine what food chaynAaa and n.kOREA has for their cadets. maybe fed with propaganda video and mango juice, HAHAHA

  • @jackryan8719
    @jackryan8719 8 месяцев назад +77

    Lots of respect for the kitchen staff before modern technology who actually had to peel and cook the meals rather than rely on pre-packaged or prepared meals

    • @randymontalvo9743
      @randymontalvo9743 8 месяцев назад +11

      idk how "understaffed" it would have been though...maybe it balances out because the chefs back in the day would have made their wives and kids get in and help lol. Just would have been straight up manpower. Now this system of businesses are always "understaffed" to save money on people and rely on motivating them to work extra hard. It costs less to just fire someone for being too slow and making everyone else handle the load till someone fast enough comes along. We are the machines now.

  • @zmoore5555
    @zmoore5555 8 месяцев назад +1

    Incredible. The Air Force is amazing

  • @Josh-py9rq
    @Josh-py9rq Месяц назад

    airman here it's amazing the amount of time the cadets get to eat! must be nice! served 2007 through 2010. Life support to my best friends who passed away down range or when they got back RIP.

  • @jopa3895
    @jopa3895 8 месяцев назад +8

    Short of staff: 4 managers planning the menu and 8 cooks 😂

  • @mikethemechanic7395
    @mikethemechanic7395 8 месяцев назад +34

    Was Army. One time was on a flight when we had to land in an emergency. We landed on an Air Force base. The chow hall was the bomb. No 2 starch rule. When I was done eating chow. We took our plates and treys to clean them up. A full bird Col stands up and yells. “ You stupid Army fucks. We have people to clean your trays” 😂

    • @FancySeeingYouHere
      @FancySeeingYouHere 8 месяцев назад +6

      It really sounds like you’re stretching the truth

    • @trashcanjely
      @trashcanjely 8 месяцев назад

      @@FancySeeingYouHere maybe the chewing out but the food sure as hell beats any other bases..

  • @samoanpride9247
    @samoanpride9247 8 месяцев назад

    THANK YOU FOR SERVING! 🇺🇸

  • @Opandort
    @Opandort 7 месяцев назад +2

    THANK FOR YOUR SERVICE

  • @amyrivers4093
    @amyrivers4093 8 месяцев назад +6

    I wondered how covid would impact these types of kitchens both the cost of food but also staffing issues. It's interesting to see that a lot of the breakfast items are processed and just need to be heated. It's still a lot of work for a relatively small staff.

  • @susanboyd245
    @susanboyd245 8 месяцев назад +20

    It's absolutely amazing what these military cooks can accomplish in a short time. I just hope the food tastes as good as it looks for our service men and women ❤❤❤

  • @mayureshgawade3842
    @mayureshgawade3842 8 месяцев назад +2

    Hats off too all the people in making

  • @kheath580
    @kheath580 Месяц назад

    i love these videos. so much respect to these workers

  • @Robaashlobadob
    @Robaashlobadob 8 месяцев назад +19

    Honestly I am amazed at how skilled these chefs are to cook so much food so quickly

  • @james-hb5tu
    @james-hb5tu 8 месяцев назад +29

    Imagine dreaming of being a Chef in a nice restaurant, then getting this job where you basically just open up small plastic bags all day

    • @TheTamaleWhisperer
      @TheTamaleWhisperer 8 месяцев назад +4

      That's the difference between a cook and chef.

    • @featgorgon3985
      @featgorgon3985 8 месяцев назад

      nah you know how much these government contractors make?

  • @bigvalley4987
    @bigvalley4987 6 месяцев назад

    I agree. Coming from a Veteran Navy woman here. And do not forget about Disbursing and Administration to keep your records straight and finances.💁🏽💯

  • @user-st1cr7dw2v
    @user-st1cr7dw2v 8 месяцев назад

    I've shared this with all my friends - they owe me big time for this gem!

  • @killdude26
    @killdude26 8 месяцев назад +3

    *Grunts in Army MRE and the inability to shit properly for weeks*

  • @tylerpeterson4726
    @tylerpeterson4726 8 месяцев назад +65

    I'd love to see the USDA or NIH put out official recommendations for how to practically serve that many people nutritionally balanced food that they'll actually like eating.

    • @nautifella
      @nautifella 3 месяца назад

      They did. It's really small and easily missed. it says:
      *SEE DoD*

  • @Moving_Forward247
    @Moving_Forward247 7 месяцев назад

    Wow. This is inspiring and exhausting! Would be great to have training like this for how to feed a family! I need to meal plan more. Inspiring!

  • @Yeebles34
    @Yeebles34 8 месяцев назад

    Man, I love these videos.

  • @FastByte7
    @FastByte7 8 месяцев назад +29

    Cool video, I hope they can get more staff and go back to cooking from scratch.

  • @gabelofi
    @gabelofi 8 месяцев назад +3

    These cooks are building our future in the Air Force. All those men and women who have become great soldiers are because of these cooks.

  • @sharinaross1865
    @sharinaross1865 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you to the ones preparing the food every day.

  • @youtubewatcher4603
    @youtubewatcher4603 8 месяцев назад +106

    Who gets the lobster tails? No way they have enough time to prep that for 4,000, unless they're also bought pre-made.

    • @lennon9364
      @lennon9364 8 месяцев назад +44

      lobster tails are given to the people are being sent out, enlisted, so they get the best food

    • @einzelganger2939
      @einzelganger2939 8 месяцев назад +14

      @@lennon9364I like that. Very decent of them

    • @lightesthour
      @lightesthour 8 месяцев назад +31

      @@einzelganger2939 nah fear grips your heart when you see steak and lobster.

    • @lennon9364
      @lennon9364 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@lightesthour fr

    • @ryancarter5466
      @ryancarter5466 8 месяцев назад +2

      Do you not see, their facilities are industrial sized, & the people there know what they are doing.

  • @rougelemon7587
    @rougelemon7587 8 месяцев назад +3

    Airforce: Beef tender loins, Steak, crabs etc.
    MaRiNeS: MRE... this is most gourmet food I've ever had.

  • @imaneagle
    @imaneagle 8 месяцев назад +1

    Insane! 😲Hats off to the Cooks & everyone in the team.

  • @Classicrocker6119
    @Classicrocker6119 8 месяцев назад +23

    From a random 61 year old guy in Canada I’d like express my thanks for everyone at the Air Force Academy for their service!

    • @wSolnce
      @wSolnce 8 месяцев назад +1

      From a handsome 21 year old guy in PH I'd like to express my gratitude at the Air Force Academy for their service!

  • @alm5851
    @alm5851 8 месяцев назад +3

    god bless the workers!

  • @nursejulie3636
    @nursejulie3636 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you all for your hard work. ❤

  • @sjnieha
    @sjnieha 8 месяцев назад

    Great story. Thank You for doing this

  • @staceya9580
    @staceya9580 8 месяцев назад +26

    Teamwork and organization 🧡

    • @praetorxian
      @praetorxian 8 месяцев назад

      Lobster tails? Does the Navy even get to enjoy that? lol Chair Force!!!

    • @kreterakete
      @kreterakete 8 месяцев назад

      The amount of waste produced on daily basis is sick and stupid.

    • @nvondoom545
      @nvondoom545 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@praetorxianthey're smarter than marines bozo

  • @slcash1
    @slcash1 8 месяцев назад +6

    I work for a food truck company they had a Air Force academy golf event. That has to be one of the hardest gigs I have worked. over 300 people in 3 hours just me and someone else in the truck… they do not play around there I’ll tell you that right now.

  • @juicetone9024
    @juicetone9024 8 месяцев назад +1

    A fascinating amount of excellent work to keep everything operating smoothly. *3:33* This ladies eye color is really beautiful.

  • @user-px8lx9dp6h
    @user-px8lx9dp6h 13 дней назад

    I was a in the Navy,and it was non stop brutal hard endless work but it was fun and worth the experience that I'll never forget and be proud of 😅!!!

  • @frozenwarning
    @frozenwarning 8 месяцев назад +4

    Correction:
    How The Air Force Academy Heats Up 10,000 Pre-Made Meals A Day For 4,000 Cadets

  • @chaoszombie9995
    @chaoszombie9995 8 месяцев назад +30

    These guys are doing gods work.. I would never be able to work in an environment like this let alone do it at 3 am.. mad respect to these guys!

    • @IdentifiantE.S
      @IdentifiantE.S 8 месяцев назад +2

      They are heroes !

    • @adoe2305
      @adoe2305 8 месяцев назад

      Who gives a f**k LOL this ain't shyt

  • @swayday1209
    @swayday1209 6 месяцев назад +2

    Can confirm since being in the Army. Air Force def has the best facilities and the best food. Every time we would visit their bases and dfacs they operated out of in country, we could tell the food quality difference. Was fire every time 🔥lol

  • @bassplayer1966
    @bassplayer1966 Месяц назад

    Cracker Jacks mentioned at the end, MY FAVORITE, YES!!!

  • @erics2091
    @erics2091 8 месяцев назад +16

    “How long ‘till lunch?”
    “Back of the package says ‘fully cooked, heat and serve’ so I’ll say 30 minutes at 350?”
    “Sounds good.”

  • @Zero-The-Hunter
    @Zero-The-Hunter 8 месяцев назад +9

    I swear food tastes better at our school based area (bmt, tech school) compared to our main bases

  • @annetteunsworthqhht
    @annetteunsworthqhht 8 месяцев назад

    I can genuinely say.... Air force Boot camp food is lush! I actually looked forward to it while going through lackland.

  • @sights3255kamobrin
    @sights3255kamobrin 7 месяцев назад

    I so wish i could be cooking with them....
    I would love to cook huge meals with a team like this....
    Yes i know its work an i truly know its definitely not easy ...
    But i love cooking ....
    I love the bond We have in the kitchen cooking huge meals....
    Omg this is Awsome..

  • @christianmontano2925
    @christianmontano2925 8 месяцев назад +36

    If the government has the capacity to provide meals for such a significant number of cadets each day, it raises the question: Could they also extend this capability to feed the homeless population? It's worth contemplating why there might be a reluctance to do so.

    • @wombat5252
      @wombat5252 8 месяцев назад +1

      Well for one the homeless aren't working for the government and serving us. Two, many homeless are actually drug addicts/alcoholics/mentally ill. You can try feeding them all you want but they don't move forward in life. It's a fact. Should you keep paying more in your taxes to feed the people for the rest of your life when there is no improvement? I wouldn't.

    • @iziahblanco3537
      @iziahblanco3537 8 месяцев назад

      Money!

    • @pocketinfinity6733
      @pocketinfinity6733 8 месяцев назад +15

      "why invest money into people who arent contributing to society?"

    • @bleepbloop7039
      @bleepbloop7039 8 месяцев назад

      homeless don't want food they want drugs

    • @ejaytorres934
      @ejaytorres934 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@pocketinfinity6733 Agree... what the government can do is fix the housing problem because minimum wage cant even equal to today's rent (Assuming that you rent a place in a very urbanized area). Need 2 to 3 jobs just to cover everything.

  • @watt6281
    @watt6281 8 месяцев назад +38

    They admit that the food quality has gone way down due to understaffing. Seems like they are honestly serving our troops a bunch of crap with about as many cooks as an average mcdonalds for thousands of people. I don't think a cadet would ever consider boil-in-bag eggs a "great opportunity" but maybe that executive chef likes crap food.

    • @467076
      @467076 8 месяцев назад +7

      They should be aight. At least they’re aren’t Marines 😂this would be paradise for Marines.

    • @ashlinday4469
      @ashlinday4469 8 месяцев назад +3

      But McDonald’s customers are spread out over the entire day and not everyone at once

    • @genericasianperson6405
      @genericasianperson6405 8 месяцев назад +4

      The bagged eggs are unfortunately standard across the branches from what I've seen and experienced I like to smother mine in salt and pepper

  • @John3.36
    @John3.36 8 месяцев назад +2

    Military Industrial Complex is a big money maker!

  • @Heaven7Sent
    @Heaven7Sent 8 месяцев назад

    The heroes here where the cooks & kitchen staff💯👏🏼👏🏼

  • @goodlife2456
    @goodlife2456 8 месяцев назад +2

    God bless those staff that faithfully keep our service men and women fed and God bless our Military men and women!

  • @edjarrett3164
    @edjarrett3164 8 месяцев назад +7

    I’m a cook. I graduated from USAFA in 82. In my service of 26 years of flying and 16 years as a cook, I recall the amazing food produced by the Army at fort Carson in a remote Quonset building during a brief summer training course. I would have never thought great food resided in a small steel corrugated building in the desert.. Great food is found in amazing places. You just have to challenge yourself to explore your passion.

    • @SomuaSomua
      @SomuaSomua 8 месяцев назад

      Thank you for cooking

  • @antikoerper256
    @antikoerper256 8 месяцев назад +1

    Massive respect for the finest airforce and armed forces in the world, and thanks for your service to all current and former US airmen and women AS WELL AS ALL THE COOKS from your NATO ally - Bulgaria

  • @IsaqueFontinele
    @IsaqueFontinele 8 месяцев назад +19

    I guess they have to work with what they have, but all those pre-made stuff definitely does not look healthy.
    I'm grateful for living in a place with better food. 🙏🏻

  • @RealDarkBlade
    @RealDarkBlade 8 месяцев назад +39

    I understand the scale of this, but not a big fun of the pre or partly pre cooked food/ processed food. Just thinking a comparison with asian countries when cooking for similar purpose. In one day they might have less food options but everything tends to be cooked from scratch

    • @dennisp8520
      @dennisp8520 8 месяцев назад

      Thats what I thought as well but if you heard it was due to short staffing for cooks

    • @96leRoi
      @96leRoi 8 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly! Watch some similar indian videos for example, they cook everything from fresh

    • @wombat5252
      @wombat5252 8 месяцев назад

      @@dennisp8520 Shortage of staffing because of the whole pandemic lies. The extreme fear mongering and lock downs. It hurt everyone and everything. People woke up to it. (Covid is real obviously but it was used as a method of control and fear mongering). 99% survival rate yet they had everyone screaming in fear wearing useless masks.

  • @williammount6496
    @williammount6496 8 месяцев назад

    Gotta love the cooks. Always support your cooks. Cpt William Mount

  • @mannyespinola9228
    @mannyespinola9228 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for this video

  • @billymaysqualityproducts3525
    @billymaysqualityproducts3525 8 месяцев назад +5

    Never in my four years there have I seen a lobster tail lmfao

  • @aaravbabu6727
    @aaravbabu6727 8 месяцев назад +13

    That pasta needs more sauce dawg.

  • @ShawnnaPiantanida
    @ShawnnaPiantanida 8 месяцев назад

    Love your boldness, friend.

  • @sovaeth
    @sovaeth 8 месяцев назад

    i can watch these videos all day

  • @Ferncin
    @Ferncin 8 месяцев назад +3

    I can’t imagine they even think about the amount they’re cooking they just keep cooking

  • @postproduction6528
    @postproduction6528 8 месяцев назад +3

    if a meal could say thank you for nothing, thats what i would cook.

  • @Yahya._
    @Yahya._ 8 месяцев назад +1

    This was so fun to watch while eating lunch

  • @zurrskirata1321
    @zurrskirata1321 8 месяцев назад

    This about to be the most important factor of successful military.

  • @user-chemistpharmacist
    @user-chemistpharmacist 8 месяцев назад +9

    Interesting; can you do the other service academies?

    • @jumpingjeffflash9946
      @jumpingjeffflash9946 8 месяцев назад

      they did one at the USMA.

    • @user-chemistpharmacist
      @user-chemistpharmacist 8 месяцев назад

      @@jumpingjeffflash9946 Yep, they did. Good video.

    • @749allicat
      @749allicat 8 месяцев назад

      Theirs was much more impressing than this.
      @@jumpingjeffflash9946

  • @mysticery
    @mysticery 8 месяцев назад +4

    Gosh. Seeing how much food is needed just for this. My mind is blown at how much is actually needed to feed the world. Wtf. 😮😮😮

  • @cheesemaster113
    @cheesemaster113 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is the best recruitment video I have ever seen! LOBSTER TAILS? I wish i joined the airforce now.