Food services feed the fight

Personnel dine at the Independence Dining Facility at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 20, 2016. The 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron supports operations here by providing more than 500,000 meals each month to service members, civilian employees and contractors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)

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Food services feed the fight

Airman 1st Class Shanette Whitehead, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron service journeyman, checks the temperature of the facility’s external refrigerators and freezers Sept. 20, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Temperature checks of the external storage units are conducted every hour to ensure the food is being stored at the proper temperature. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)

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Food services feed the fight

Airman 1st Class Shanette Whitehead, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron service journeyman, records the food temperature on a temperature check sheet in the Independence Dining Facility Sept. 20, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Service journeymen are required to conduct temperature checks every two hours and record any corrective actions that were taken when they find food at an improper temperature. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)

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Airman 1st Class Shanette Whitehead, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron service journeyman, serves a member food during the lunch meal in the Independence Dining Facility Sept. 20, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The dining facilities serve more than 500,000 meals per month, and they are supported by both contractors and EFSS personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)

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Senior Airman Monae Thomas, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron service journeyman, puts a pan through the pot wash to test the temperature of the water as part of the unit’s weekly internal public health inspection at the Independence Dining Facility Sept. 20, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. There are three main dining facilities here: the Independence, Manhattan and the Blatchford-Preston DFACs. Service journeymen in the Independence DFAC provide quality meals to about 5,000 members in a 24-hour period. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)

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Food services feed the fight

Published Oct. 1, 2016
By Senior Airman Janelle Patiño
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- Airmen of the 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron work closely with local contractors to provide more than 18,000 meals daily across three dining facilities and two grab-and-go locations around the base.