Military catering

American inventor and businessman of Anglo-Belgian origin (1871–1946)

mobile kitchen used to prepare food for military troops away from base

kitchen onboard a vehicle

thumb|right|A French cantinière in the Crimea during the Crimean War in 1855, photographed by [[Roger Fenton]]

thumb|upright=1.3|Stand easy in the stoker's mess of the corvette , 1943 The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships and commonly mess hall) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the officers' mess, the chief petty officer mess, and the enlisted mess. In some civilian societies this military usage has been extended to the eating arrangements of other disciplined services such as fire fighting and police forces.

thumb|300px|Wardroom of the Royal Navy submarine depot ship HMS Forth (A187), from a series titled 'The Royal Navy during the Second World War'.

Can opener issued to the United States Armed Forces