Staff Sgt. Robert J. Downing, the battalion’s mess chief, lay out vegetables in an eye-pleasing arrangement.

-Article- (left to right) Staff Sgt. Barrett A. Kahl, the battalion field food service system chief with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, and Staff Sgt. Robert J. Downing, the battalion’s mess chief, lay out vegetables in an eye-pleasing arrangement. The vegetables were served beside pita bread, lamb and chicken in a traditional Iraqi meal. Photo by: Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser