Behind the scenes at overseas Thanksgiving meals

NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan members wait in line outside the Goat Dining Facility on Camp Eggers, Kabul, for dinner on Thanksgiving Day. The Camp Eggers DFACs served a myriad of cuisine to NTM-A service members, contractors and civilians to include ham, turkey, beef, stuffing, potatoes and pies. In addition, patrons were treated to decorations and displays such as ice sculptures, robust cornucopias and hand carved Thanksgiving scenes.

NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan members wait in line outside the Goat Dining Facility on Camp Eggers, Kabul, for dinner on Thanksgiving Day. The Camp Eggers DFACs served a myriad of cuisine to NTM-A service members, contractors and civilians to include ham, turkey, beef, stuffing, potatoes and pies. In addition, patrons were treated to decorations and displays such as ice sculptures, robust cornucopias and hand carved Thanksgiving scenes.

Mary Kemper
Staff Writer
While counting my own blessings this past weekend, I began thinking about troops serving in harm’s way, and how lonely for their families they must be.
I did some Internet surfing, and discovered the vast effort people behind the scenes undergo to make sure Thanksgiving is as happy as can be.
It’s nothing short of amazing.
Did you know that this year, the Defense Logistics Agency shipped the following out to the troops:
51,699 pounds of turkey
25,970 pounds of beef
17,130 pounds of ham
706 gallons of eggnog
3,360 pounds of marshmallows

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