The Marine Corps' dietitian is looking at making the food that infantry Marines get during entry-level training healthier. "It's not that we're taking all of the bad stuff out of the chow hall; ...

U.S. Marines wait in line while food service specialists sauté Mongolian entrée selections on the grill in the R.G. Robinson Mess Hall at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 8, 2017.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Angie Rosales-Aguilar, admin clerk, Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, poses for a photo during the grand opening of the chow hall on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 24, 2025.

The Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty schools, where the careers of of young Marines are minted, ... Now Marines will be offered two chow hall lines with healthier food options, ...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- When Marines approach the front door of the 22 Area chow hall on Camp Pendleton, food is likely the only thing on their minds.

Lt. Col. Seth Wolcott serves food to patrons at the Camp Foster Chow Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Smedley D. Butler in 2017. (Lance Cpl. André T. Peterson/Marine Corps) The Corps plans to hire a ...

When you step into the chow hall in Trebil, Iraq, the first thing you notice is the smell of gourmet coffee, then the orderly array of shelf-stable meals displayed in cubbies along the plywood walls, ...

Marines eat during the grand-opening of the first Camp Blaz-owned chow hall at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 24, 2025. (Afton Smiley/U.S. Marine Corps) ...

“We cannot lose a 12-year intelligence professional or artillery Marine because we could not provide access to pediatric care or a high quality chow hall,” Berger wrote in a March policy update.

If the shuttle buses are too full or not running when Marshall finishes work around 10 p.m., he faces a several mile round-trip walk to the one chow hall or PX, which serves more than 14,000 Marines.

Step away from the burger, lance corporal. In a push to develop a more holistically healthy force, the Marine Corps is creating a Force Fitness Division that will oversee the service's new ...