"Best in Military Life"... Military Officer Praises Haesintang with Chicken Enthusiastically

Executive A Expresses Gratitude to Cook and Others
Netizens Say "All Meals Should Be This Quality"

A military officer who served for over 20 years praised the meal on the first day of the hottest period of summer (Chobok) on the 11th, describing it as the best meal with a luxurious menu including Haesintang and watermelon fruit punch, sparking mixed reactions among netizens.

Officer A from the Army Cadet Military School, who has served in the military for 25 years, shared a photo of the meal tray on the military-related Facebook page "Delivered on behalf of the Army Training Center (Yukdaejeon)" on the same day.

Mr. A, an officer at the Army Cadet Military School who served in the military for 25 years, shared a photo of the meal tray on the military-related Facebook page "We Deliver on Behalf of the Army Training Center (Yukdaejeon)" on that day.
[Photo by Facebook 'We Deliver on Behalf of the Army Training Center']

In the photo posted by Officer A, the meal tray included Haesintang with a whole chicken, chicken porridge, and fresh kimchi.

Officer A said, "During my 25 years of military service, I have eaten military food, but this was the first time I had such a delicious meal," adding, "While eating, I kept saying 'the best,' 'how can it be made so delicious?' and 'I really enjoyed it' without stopping."

He also expressed his gratitude to the cooks and kitchen staff working in the soldiers' dining hall.

He said, "The aunties who always treat me kindly like an older sister and support us, as well as the cooks and soldiers in the kitchen, perform their duties very kindly, and I am thankful," adding, "I will eat the food made with great care well and carry out my duties diligently. I am very happy. Thank you."

Photo of watermelon punch served as the lunch menu at the Army Cadet Military School in Goesan, Chungbuk, on Chobok, July 11.
[Photo by Facebook page 'Army Training Center Delivery Service']

In response to this post, netizens commented, "I hope soldiers are properly fed with the taxes we pay," "This kind of menu should be maintained not only this time but also in the future," and "It’s sad to think how poor the meals must have been for people to be so impressed by this."

On the other hand, some netizens commented, "The officers' dining hall and the regular soldiers' dining hall are different," and "We need to check whether the soldiers' dining hall also served meals like this, not just the officers' dining hall."

This is because in the past, the Yukdaejeon page posted several expos?s about poor military meals. As the controversy over poor military meals grew, in 2021, then Minister of National Defense Seo Wook declared that military meals would be improved, and the Ministry of National Defense introduced measures such as raising the daily meal allowance for soldiers to 10,000 won. Since then, posts introducing improved military meals have occasionally appeared on military-related expos? channels like Yukdaejeon.

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