mess sergeant
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Sylvester James Sr. was a Marine mess sergeant, boxer and, later in life, a self-made business success.
From Washington Times • Mar. 30, 2018
The mess sergeant gave him the day's menu: fresh fruit, ham and eggs, roast beef, baked potatoes, string beans, corn on the cob, raisin bread, ice cream.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Rhein-Main, outside Frankfurt, one mess sergeant baked a 200-lb. cake in the shape of a tank.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the mess sergeant, armed with a potato and peeler, earnestly re-enacted the whole business, slashing ruthlessly away until the potato looked like a candidate for a shoestring fry.
From Time Magazine Archive
McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
