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COMMANDER’S UPDATE

ing Officer Representative (COR) surveillance training in referenced expired in September 2016, at which time we
Army Food Information System (AFMIS). received all of our deliverables. This was the preliminary
FMAT is currently updating the evaluation checklist to step needed to begin the Army Food Service Moderniza-
include Department of the Army G-4 All Army Activities tion program. Since then we have begun implementation
messages and regulatory changes/updates. of The Culinary OutPost Food Truck and purchasing of
FMAT is scheduled to evaluate 25 installations and kiosk equipment for future implementation. We are still
conduct two Staff Assistance Visits (SAVs) in fiscal year in the pilot phase and have not released any solicitations
2018. FMAT is participating in a working group with the at this time.
Army Sustainment Command food service office to create
a checklist to evaluate Subsistence Supply Management Government Food Service: Please update us on the Army
operations across the Army. This effort will promote Class food truck pilot program. What is being learned about the
1 waste management and increase accountability. equipment, menu and viability? What is next for the program?

Government Food Service: Please update us on JCCoE’s Coleman: We are still in Phase I of the modernization
Facilities and Equipment Division and any construction or program and The Culinary OutPost Food Truck has been
renovation projects it has been involved in since last year’s fielded to two locations at this time (Fort Stewart, Georgia,
Commander’s Update. and Fort Carson, Colorado). The feedback we are receiving
is extremely favorable. We have discovered the need for
Coleman: During 2017, three Major Construction Army some minor equipment modifications to the trucks for
(MCA) project dining facilities (DFACs) were completed. efficiency and are making these changes as they are identi-
Rhine Ordnance Barracks located in Kaiserslautern Military fied. The menus are well received and are under constant
Community, Germany, just opened its DFAC, capable of review for nutritional value, quality and palatability. We
preparing and serving 1,300 dinners in 90 minutes. are reviewing the remaining installations in Phase I and
Fort Gordon, Georgia, opened its DFAC with a capacity beginning Phase II for future truck placement. At this point
to serve 800 and Presidio, Monterey, California, will be funding is a factor that Army G4 Headquarters is focused
completing its project in January 2019 for another 1,300 on to continue forward movement in this program.
capacity DFAC. Each of these DFACs has a restaurant-like
atmosphere with state-of-the-art food service equipment Government Food Service: The Army is working with
that supports the best servicemen and women in the world. Natick on a replacement for Mobile Kitchen Trailer (MKT).
Please update us on this.
Government Food Service: Update us on the Army Center
of Excellence Subsistence, Operations Directorate, (ACES Coleman: The Army is replacing the Mobile Kitchen
OD) plans to modernize its food program with campus-style Trailer fielded in 1975 with the Battle Field Kitchen (BK).
feeding that supplements the traditional dining facilities with The Battle will provide better meal quality, enhanced ver-
kiosks, retail stores and G-stores. The Army began working satility and a healthier operator environment through the
with a consultant to decide how to proceed with its food use of new thermostatically con-
program modernization plans under a contract that began trolled, modular appliances. These Culinary Specialist Sergeant 1st
Nov. 1, 2015. Who is the consultant the Army selected and energy-efficient, quiet appliances Class Michael Bogle, an enlisted
how long is the contract for? will feature closed combustion to aide with 10th Mountain Division,
at Fort Drum, N.Y., prepares his
vent burner exhaust from the kitch- cold plate dessert during the 42nd
Coleman: The consultant contract Annual Military Culinary Arts Com-
petition and Training Event, held
at Fort Lee, Va., last year. (Photo
Credit: Visual Information Special-
ist Stefanie Antosh, USA.)

U.S. Army Sgt. James Munar, a culinary specialist with the 605th Transportation
Detachment, 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theater Sustainment Command,
replenishes the bread supply during lunch on board the Logistic Support Vessel the
CW3 Harold A. Clinger (LSV-2), 40-miles south of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,
Hawaii. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa Parrish, U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office.)
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