San Diego is now home to the U.S. military\u2019s largest mess hall.<\/p>\n
The Marine Corps Recruit Depot adjacent to San Diego International Airport downtown has just opened a massive, 100,000-square-foot dining facility\u2014now officially the largest in the entire U.S. Department of Defense.<\/p>\n
According to a report by the\u00a0San Diego Union-Tribune, the new building can serve up to 20,000 meals per day to recruits in training. The ultra-modern kitchen is packed with heavy-duty industrial gear, featuring walk-in ovens, 80-gallon kettles, and massive food-processing conveyors. To put that scale into perspective, those conveyors cooked more than 2,000 pieces of catfish for lunch on Wednesday alone.<\/p>\n
The Marines say all that food is critical, as recruits burn a whopping 4,000 to 5,000 calories a day. That intense energy requirement is largely because they are constantly on the run and carrying heavy gear, regularly covering more than 12 miles a day on foot.<\/p>\n
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