Sgt. 1st Class Patrick W. Gowan, a culinary specialist attached to the 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, waits in his normal spot to greet and fist bump service members in the Zone 2 dining facility on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Nov. 15, 2021. Gowan deployed to Kuwait in March with the Los Angeles, Calif., based 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and served as the dining facility’s contracting officer representative. “It’s very hard work, long, long hours, not a lot of people appreciate it—a lot of people complain about your food but that’s OK—I’m here to provide morale in the form of chow to people, and I try to do that,” he said.