And I'm glad for it. However, it is located at the Baghdad International Airport.
That is where the 1st Armored Division Headquarters is located. The airport - the one that already houses a bunch of other amenities for the troops, including Baghdad's largest PX and even a Burger King, if I'm not mistaken.
That is NOT where the troops doing the grunt work are. That is not where most of the soldiers who spend hours on patrol or standing guard are living.
I'm sure there are good reasons for putting it there...but at this point it is hard to argue against the impression that where the Generals and Colonels and Sergeants Major are, so too are the perks.
The mess hall is one of the Army’s biggest and was built in the center of Baghdad’s airport in about a month. The 502-foot-long facility is spacious enough inside to include an entire football field with room to spare.
Enormous air conditioners help cool the inside when temperatures reach 130 degrees. The facility is designed to feed 8,000 people per meal, said dining facility manager Robert Sarbiewski, who works for the U.S.-based company Kellogg, Brown & Root. The place will serve four meals a day, meaning as many as 32,000 meals will be served each day.
One half of the dome is eating area. The center is the kitchen. The opposite end will be reserved for United Services Organization entertainment tours. Nearly 200 workers cook the food under the guidance of U.S. chefs.
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