How Aircraft Carriers Prepare 17,000 Meals a Day

Imagine having to prepare over 17,000 meals per day to feed a bunch of hard-working starving sailors on a floating city at sea. Sounds impossible, right? Well, it's not. In fact, it is being executed right now.

The United States Navy has officially taken mobile mealtime to the next level. Every day that an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier spends at sea, it has to provide three square meals for the 5,000 hungry sailors who call the ship home.

How, you ask, is this even possible? Let’s find out.

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