Expanded dining options popular among soldiers, US Army officials say

The U.S. Army is continuing to roll out pilot programs aimed at improving soldiers’ diets, including expanded, campus-like dining hall options and partnerships with restaurant franchises — and reporting high soldier satisfaction with the changes. “Chow halls operated on decades-old schedules that clashed with modern soldier work shifts,” Jason Condrey, acting deputy chief of staff of Army Materiel Command, said Wednesday at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Changing how, when and where service members can eat is an ongoing process, with new programs,…