Staff Sgt. Carlos Mercado, advanced culinary NCO, prepares a salad for judges, as the first of a four-course meal, during the Joint Culinary Training Exercise’s Armed Forces Chef of the Year category March 8, at the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence on Fort Lee, Virginia. The 44th annual JCTE showcases the talent of more than 200 military chefs from around the world as the largest American Culinary Federation-sanctioned competition in North America. The exercise, administered by the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, started March 9, and ended March 14. Mercado, an Isabela, Puerto Rico native, serves in 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lynnwood Thomas, 40th Public Affairs Detachment)
Date Taken: | 03.08.2019 |
Date Posted: | 04.02.2019 17:31 |
Photo ID: | 5232258 |
VIRIN: | 190308-A-WE348-1224 |
Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
Size: | 5.24 MB |
Location: | FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, US |
Hometown: | ISABELA, PR |
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