After the tour, the team ate lunch in the mess hall with a group of cadets.

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"Just being here and eating in the mess hall was a lot of fun, " left-hander CC Sabathia said.

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We dined in their mess hall and drank purified water from the Tigris that they bottle at the base.

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Ever humble, one of the only landmarks that bear his name is a Marine Corps mess hall in Hawaii.

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Casimir has been charged with stealing from the mess hall at the famed military academy in West Point, New York, on January 30.

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Spools of concertina wire top the 10-foot fences that surround the camp, where workers eat under the bright lights of a mess hall, 20 days on, 10 days off.

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On the mess hall's menu that night: meatballs.

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As well as a gym hall there are kitchen facilities, a bar, senior ranks mess, stores, lecture rooms and an armoury.

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