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a warehouse, until orders are placed from dining facili- The menus for the various dining facilities will determine
ties for the items. what food is taken out of storage.
The class one warehouse on BAF acts as the go-between Walking around the class one warehouse, you can
for the off-post warehouse and austere bases. Orders see the holiday menu items ready to be shipped to the
will come through the class one yard, be sent to the facilities on BAF. They even have special cases of sparkling
warehouse where they will then send the ordered food grape juice wrapped and ready to go for the Thanksgiv-
back to the class one yard, where they will then ship it ing dinners.
via air or ground to those austere bases. Despite being away from their families during the
“The RSSB deals with DLA and is a direct link to holidays, soldiers are able to remain positive.
customers in the CJOA-A,” said Johnson. “DLA has 38 “I view everyone here as a part of my family,” said
direct customers and we help with 12 sites that they Spc. Damirra Palacious, an operations specialist with the
can’t get to.” 3rd Inf. Div. RSSB. “It’s sad to be apart from the family
Once the items are received by the customers, the but this is our job. We chose to be part of something.”
items are checked for quality and stored in rations rooms.

Kaiserslautern Community Welcomes Its New Dining Facility

he Defender Café symbolizes ments.
Ta commitment to food service “In this new dining facility, we
excellence by the 10th Army Air hope to bring a greater variety for
and Missile Defense Command at the soldiers, improving the environ-
Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany. ment and the morale by offering
The new Defender Café officially them better quality and versatile
opened Nov. 20, during a ribbon- food choices in the hopes of making
cutting ceremony to a crowd of them feel more comfortable in a
hungry patrons eager to enjoy restaurant environment,” Carr said.
the new dining facility’s unique Special guest speaker Col. Da-
features. (Left to right) Private First Class Renee Quashie, automated vid Shank, commander of the 10th
“There are several self-serve bars logistical specialist assigned to 10th Army Air and Missile De- AAMDC, thanked everyone for com-
fense, Private First Class Andrew Schoppe, chemical, biological,
that are available to the customer radiological and nuclear specialist assigned to 92nd Military Police ing out to the ceremony.
such as a pizza bar with calzones, Company, Spc. Joshua Parkinson, parachute rigger assigned “This is a big day. It took us
that are made with fresh dough to 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, Sgt. over two years to move about 400
Mark Lacbain, nutrition care NCOIC assigned to 212th Combat
daily by members of our staff,” said Support Hospital, Spc. Robert Foster, culinary service specialist meters,” Shank said. “Construction
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gayann assigned to 10th AAMDC and Spc. Amber Green, a human began in 2015, and today is that day
Eccleston, command food advisory resource specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters that we will cut that ribbon and will
Company, USAG Rheinland Pfalz, cut the ribbon in front of the
assigned to Headquarters and Head- new Defender Café at a ceremony Nov. 20. officially open the Defender Café.
quarters Battery, 10th Army Air and (PHOTO BY ROBERT DURR, 10TH AAMDC PAO) It does not go unnoticed the hard
Missile Defense Command. work [done] by the food service
There are also more head-count stations in the event of employees in the variety of uniforms.”
holiday meals, additional space for the customers, more The Defender Café is run by a staff of 10 military per-
drink stations and high-top seating, according to Eccleston. sonnel, 20 contracted cooks and around 18 dining facility
“We also look forward to adding [Armed Forces Network] attendants Eccleston said.
back in the dining facility as well as adding in Wi-Fi,” she Hours of operation are: breakfast, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.; lunch,
said. “This ribbon-cutting ceremony is a celebration for food 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and dinner, 14:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
service as we formally introduce the
Kaiserslautern military community Program Helps Small Businesses Compete for
to the Defender Café and recognize
the 10th Army Air and Missile De- Food Service Contracts
fense Command’s continued dedica-
tion to food service excellence, to ort Lee, Va., the center for training and advancement in Army sustainment
the soldiers, family members and Fis the focal point of another aspect of food service with the awarding of a
the civilians of the community.” full food service contract that may increase competition from small businesses
Sgt. 1st Class Tracey Carr, dining under the Randolph-Sheppard Act, and yield government savings.
facility manager, assigned to 92nd The food services contract at Fort Lee culminates a yearlong process to de-
Military Police Company said the velop a standardized acquisition package in coordination with industry, build
new dining facility is bigger than an effective cost model and pilot test the solicitation at Fort Lee.
the last and offers more improve-
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