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

I've been a mess sergeant since the day I got married.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the voice of Marty Snyder, General Eisenhower's World War II mess sergeant, brayed through the hall: "Who are we going to elect in 1956?"

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