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I'/DED THE OUTSTANDING MESS
A comprehensive evaluation was made of general messes within the SEVENTEENTH
Naval District by a board of officers.
As a result of this appraisal, the U. S. Naval Station, Adak, Alaska has been
selected as the most outstanding general moss in the SEVENTEENTH Naval District,
and, accordingly, has been nominated for Navy-wide competition*
The evaluating officer discussed with randomly selected patrons of the messes
the adequacy of menus and food service, quality of food preparation, adequacy
of physical facilities, conditions of cleanliness, as well as other consider
« ations and were greatly impressed by the highly commendatory remarks, as well
as the obvious pride. It was clearly apparent that personnel.responsible for
mess management were greatly interested, vigorous and showed imagination in
maintaining exceptionally high standards* A number of mess patrons expressed
the opinion that the food service was the .oest they had experienced in their
) naval career.
Because of the remote location of the Adak General fifess, its branch and
associated messes, the importance of carefully selected menus as well as out
standing food preparation is of the utmost importance to personnel morale.
This represents a challenge of the first magnitude which challenge is more than
amply being met.
In addition to operating the main general mess in the Bering Building and its
branch located in the Birchwood Building, the naval station is responsible for
the administration of the general mess at the U# S. Naval Communication Station
at Clam Lagoon and the U. S. Naval Transmitter Station at Mt. Moffett. Bread
and pastry for all messes as well as for resale in the Commissary Store are
baked at the general mess. These products were found to be of a uniformly high
quality. Inflight box lunches were also considered to be excellent.
Mess management has also demonstrated unusual foresight in resourcefully
overcoming problems associated with periods of protracted resupply of fresh prp
duce and dairy products due to ships movements.
The above notes of comendation are extracts from the letter written from the
Commandant, SEVENTEENTH Naval District to Chief, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts