Of course he's a big hit on a military base...ever eat in a chow hall?
That's just a joke. Most of the cooks that I experienced in the Army were good.
That may be the norm today, but in the spirit of a little (ANCIENT) inter service rivalry, when I was in the AF (1960's) we were unsurpassed in our chow hall vittles.
Anytime we had visitor from Army or Marines (and yes, even Navy) they marveled, raved and expressed their open jealousy at the quality and quantity of our chow.
And if we ever showed any of them our barracks, well . . . .tried not too for fear of having them wanting to transfer to our Branch and feared that as we wanted to keep AF in the "above average" column, after all we could read and write. lol