kitchen patrol
Military cooking assignment
Kitchen patrol is military slang for the duty of helping in the kitchen—peeling potatoes, washing dishes, scrubbing pots.
Often assigned as punishment or rotated among enlisted personnel.
Usually abbreviated KP: He got stuck on KP for a week after mouthing off to the sergeant.
- KPKitchen police assignment
- mess dutyKitchen service assignment
- mess hallMilitary dining facility
- dishesEating vessels and utensils
- dirty dishesUsed plates needing washing
scrubbing · pots · pans · potato peeler · peeling · potatoes · elbow grease · duty · work detail · chores · military · army · basic training · pulling rank · galley · grunt work · sinks · soapy
- military dutiesguard duty, sentry duty, combat duty, active duty, reserve duty
kitchen patrolcombat duty
Military service in warfare
combat mission · active combat · field operations · combat patrol · battle stations
kitchen patrolhonor guard
Military tribute formation
leave · liberty · R&R · furlough · shore leave
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