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Purpose. This pamphlet provides information and manual procedures for the operation and management of the Army Food Program. This includes subsistence supply and food service programs in both garrison and field operations. Army Regulation (AR) 30-22 contains policy for the Army Food Program. Administrative procedures in this pamphlet are for manual operations. Forms prescribed by this pamphlet are standardized and are to be prepared as specified. Submit requests to use other than these standard forms to Army Center of Excellence, Subsistence (ACES).

Applicability. This pamphlet applies to all Active Army, Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve units performing a food service mission in the absence of an automated information management system. During mobilization, the proponent may modify chapters and procedures contained in this pamphlet. The procedures in this pamphlet are not applicable to cadet mess dining facilities at United States Military Academies. Academies are governed by DOD 7000.14-R, volume 12, chapter 20.