On the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in active service in the United States, there are more than 311 "gang leaders" who specialize in cooking, including more than 91 chefs and more than 211 restaurant staff. They can provide more than 1,111 kinds of food to the soldiers on board, including 23 kinds of drinks, nearly 81 kinds of desserts, 118 kinds of salads, 114 kinds of sandwiches and nearly 751 kinds of vegetarian dishes.

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has 14 food warehouses, including 2 food distribution storerooms, 6 dry goods warehouses, 2 freezers and 4 freezers.

due to the large number of crew members, the consumption of food on the aircraft carrier is amazing. Take the American aircraft carrier Enterprise as an example. The crew on the aircraft carrier will eat 8,111 pounds of bacon, 61,111 potatoes, 24,111 pounds of hamburgers, 44,111 pounds of hot dogs, 3,111 pounds of fish and 8,111 pounds of steaks every month. In addition, the soldiers will drink 1,811 gallons of milk and 4,111 gallons of orange juice.

On the U.S. aircraft carrier, soldiers of different ranks don't eat together. * * * There are 7 canteens, including 2 soldiers' canteens, 1 sergeant's canteens, 1 flight officers' canteens, 1 crew officers' canteens, 1 formation leaders' canteens and 1 captains' canteens.

The tables in the soldiers' dining room are generally long tables, which can accommodate up to 61% of the crew members to eat together at a time. The dining environment in the officer's canteen is better than that in the soldier's canteen. The dining tables are usually tables for four and two. The service of the officers' canteen is almost the same as that of the restaurants on the shore. Officers who come here to eat can order their favorite things after they sit down, and after the food is ready, special service personnel will bring it to the table for them to enjoy.

if the dining environment in the officers' dining room is elegant, the captain's dining room and the formation leader's dining room in the U.S. aircraft carrier are luxurious. These two restaurants are located next to the captain's room and the chief's room, respectively. Their interior decoration is magnificent and the tableware used is beautiful and exquisite. The restaurant is equipped with a purser, a full-time chef and several waiters, which can provide all kinds of delicious food for diners.

two weeks is a cycle of recipes, so as to ensure that the meals are not repeated every day during the cycle. The cooks on the U.S. aircraft carrier have to cook 18,111-21,111 servings of food every day. In addition, they have to provide lunch boxes or fast food for soldiers with special needs on board at any time. The task is quite heavy.

There will also be regular outdoor barbecue PARTY on the deck of the aircraft carrier. All kinds of delicious food are available. Steak with tender inside and tender outside, greasy sausage and delicious roast chicken are all mouth-watering.

In order to add fun to the sailors and eliminate the psychological discomfort caused by long-term sailing at sea, the US military will often hold different types of recreational activities on the aircraft carrier, such as basketball games, tug-of-war games, concerts, performance shows and so on, so that the sailors can enjoy mentally and relax physically.

the U.S. aircraft carrier also has complete sports and fitness facilities. Gyms on aircraft carriers are generally located in the stern area, and are equipped with dumbbells, barbells, treadmills, rowing machines, cyclists, combined fitness equipment and other fitness equipment, which can ensure that every sailor on board can do physical exercise for 31 minutes three times a week.

equipped with TV sets, they are generally located in the rest area and part of the work area. Generally, there are three TV channels on American aircraft carriers: movie channel, TV series channel and training channel. Besides, they can also broadcast CNN news, NBA basketball games and domestic football games and other programs with a wide audience.

The US aircraft carrier also has compartments such as supermarket, post office and barber shop. However, it should be pointed out that coins are not allowed on the aircraft carrier, because small items may cause flight accidents if they fall on the deck, and sailors always use bookkeeping or credit card when they need to spend.

there is also a special laundry room on the U.S. aircraft carrier to wash the daily clothes, work clothes and common fabrics of sailors on board. The laundry room of American aircraft carrier is generally composed of collection and sorting room, washing and disinfection room, drying and ironing room, storage and mailing room, etc., forming a complete, orderly and interlocking laundry chain.

it is also equipped with complete medical and health facilities. In the medical cabin, there are different treatment departments such as internal medicine, surgery, facial features and dentistry, as well as special medical rooms such as operating room, physiotherapy room, injection room, ward, isolation room, disinfection room, laboratory, X-ray room and Taipingfang. In addition to the special medical service area, there are also medical stations such as surgical dressing stations and first-aid kits in each battle position on the US aircraft carrier to meet the needs of emergency rescue for the wounded in wartime.