DFAC breakfast. Do you consider it the best deal around?

CPT Jacob Swartout — Fri, 16 May 2014 23:03:00 -0400

You only pay $2.55 for breakfast in the DFACs. Your choices are more than plentiful, considering what all you can choose from each morning. The same choices at restaurants would cost you approx. $10-$14. If you don't eat there, you buy something at the Shoppette which equates to usually around $9-$10. If anything, you just bring in your own breakfast from home or don't eat.

Response by MSG Wade Huffman made May 16 at 2014 11:21 PM

MSG Wade Huffman — Fri, 16 May 2014 23:21:08 -0400

I've always said the same thing... and even in a 'not so good' DFAC, breakfast is still good. To me the omelets were always the best part.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2014 11:21 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 16 May 2014 23:21:49 -0400

Sir, I think the DFAC breakfast is a great deal for all Soldiers. Pretty much all you can eat, for a cheap price, What irritates me is when Soldiers will pay $8.00 for a burrito at the GUT truck, but not support the DFAC.....I never understand!

Response by SSgt Gregory Guina made May 17 at 2014 12:17 AM

SSgt Gregory Guina — Sat, 17 May 2014 00:17:37 -0400

BY FAR the best deal out there. $2.65 for eggs, bacon, toast, waffles, pancakes ETC. Bout the only thing I look forward to when I have staff duty.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made May 17 at 2014 8:57 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 May 2014 08:57:33 -0400

The issue, at least as my previous unit, was not whether it was a good deal (which it is)...but rather if you could get in, eat, and get out in time to report to duty. Many installations, due to fiscal restraints, are closing and consolidating DFAC facilities and the staff that run them. The 2nd and 3rd order effects are longer lines and slower service.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 17 at 2014 9:20 AM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 17 May 2014 09:20:15 -0400

The DFAC is a really good place to get breakfast for a good price. Most people I know don't go due to time constraints though. It is faster to go to the shopette or a drive thru on their way in than leave early and stop at the DFAC.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 29 at 2014 8:09 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:09:41 -0400

CPT Jacob Swartout Yes, I definitely consider the breakfast meal at the DFAC as the most cost effective and usually tastiest meal!

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2014 10:46 AM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 10:46:15 -0400

Short answer: Yes.

I feel my current DFAC is probably the best breakfast I've seen in my career thus far. It's usually a place to bond after PT and discuss what we're going to get done that day, month, or year as well.

That being said, it would be helpful to either automate charges for personnel not on meal cards, or make it divisible by an easier amount. I would still call it the best deal if they raised the price to $3.00, and then I wouldn't have to sweat change. Limited places to put quarters and dimes in PT shorts. That's as close to a complaint as you'll get from me.

Response by SFC Benjamin Parsons made Aug 31 at 2014 12:59 PM

SFC Benjamin Parsons — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:59:04 -0400

Thirty-five some years ago one of my Drill Sergeants told me it's real hard for an Army cook to mess up breakfast.
Longer ago than that, USMC breakfasts had made to order omelets and the rest (including bacon) was self service - don't take more than you can eat though.
Later in my career, time was the issue. Rarely missed an opportunity to sit down and eat good food cheap.

Response by SSG Tim Everett made Nov 11 at 2014 10:17 AM

SSG Tim Everett — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:17:08 -0500

I got out before paying at the DFAC was apparently a thing. Breakfast at the DFAC was one of the few things I looked forward to eating.

Response by SSG Christopher Freeman made Nov 17 at 2014 12:57 PM

SSG Christopher Freeman — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:57:56 -0500

Of course it is the best deal around. You can barely get an orange juice and a biscuit for 2.55. However, some people are really against eating in the DFAC because they ahd one bad meal back in '84. I eat there for breakfast maybe 3 times a week, but I still bring my food in most days.