There is nothing better than really good lamb. I hate to say it, but US grown lamb is awful, very gamey in taste and just about inedible. But if you can get it from New Zealand or Australia, where it is bred for eating like we breed beef cattle, it is very very good.
So I can just imagine how bad US military bought lamb would taste. Actually, I can't.
Australian lamb is what’s most often available in the US.
“US grown lamb is awful”
In France, a lamb is a lamb till it is 6 months old.
In the US, a lamb is a lamb till it is 1 year old.