[CWOJackson]

Most cooks can put out a decent meal and not hear a word of thanks...but they sure will hear from those one or two who are never satisfied with the food (the true conservatives of the chow hall).

Over time that can have an impact on the cook's own morale and performance. I always went out of my way to thanks the cooks for a good meal, and compliment them for the better then average.

[SandRat]

Always tried to find a joke for them where they weren't the butt of the joke but the complainers were. Didn't always succeed in finding those but showing up with a good joke of some sort on things in general seemed to help.

[BIGLOOK]

On flight crews we from 0500 till often near mid-rats, we had bad hours. The cooks had bad hours too. working overtime. I'm forever grateful.

Chief, those guys worked an 8-4-4-8 watch sched daily in Danang and like everyone else had no liberty.