In my company we had and excellent mess sgt. and cooks. Sgt. would trade around the post for good stuff and the cooks were good guys. They expected you to do your job and if you did they wouldn't mess with you. All KP's ate good. There were two KP's in the dining room,DRO's, one KP doing trays and silverware, two KP"s cleaning constantly on the kitchen. I always took the pots and pans as no one ever bothered me there. My favorite breakfast meal was the SOS. Loved that stuff. This all took place back in the early to mid 60's.