If your recruiter is anything like mine was he somehow evaded this question or never fully gave you an answer. If you have never thought to ask about "chow" go ahead and see what they have to say about it. I was completely unprepared for chow time at Lackland. I figured that we would be allowed to eat because of all of the marching and PC and work we were expected to do. On the contrary; eatting they don't care so much about, it is how much liquid that you get that makes them happy. Getting chow takes a long time and you have to have great military bearing to make it out of the chow hall in one piece. The first thing you do is "fall out." This consists of your entire flight lining up in you dorm. Then you run down the stairs just to "fall out" on the damned dots that you will learn to HATE! There you will take out you BMTSG (something else you will learn to HATE) and you read whil at attention. It is hot and you are usually starving so reading is the last thing on your mind but SO IT ANYWAY! Never look up or you are in trouble. Finally you chow caller will tell your flight that it is time to enter the dining facility. Whatever you do, pray that you never, ever get stuck with chow caller or chow runner. Those are the worst jobs; you have to face the snake pit three times a day and I can promise you that it is not a fun time. Your flight files into the dining facility by elements (you'll hate those too) and then you make lines of threes. You sign you PAYROLL signature and then get in a single file line along the wall. LOOK FORWARD and stand at ATTENTION at ALL TIMES!! This got me my first day and got a lot of other people as well. You continue down the line until you get to the tray and the silverware. Here you grab a tray and untensils and place you hands plams down on the tray. Keep you eyes forward at all times. NEVER LOOK AT THE FOOD!! Side step down the line making sure that you click your heels together and keep them together when standing still. When you get to where the food is make sure that you use you manners and don't fuss to much about what you pick to eat. You aren't eating it anyway. You side step down the line until you get to the liquids. You have to take three glasses of liquid with every meal and you have to comsume them before you can get up and leave. I always took water because they claim that it is gatorade but it tastes like warm piss. Leave it alone unless you really hate water. The same with the "juices" in the morning. The orange juice is horrible, the grape juice is like Kool-aid and the cranberry juice sour. Don't ever worry about asking for milk. Our flight didn't get any untl our second week. After you get you liquids pick up your tray and keep you eyes straight forward. DON"T look at your tray. You will just get yelled at because it is "dead" and you don't have to watch it. You will proceed to the table where you will place you portfolio and wet belt (Don't worry, I will get to those soon enough!!) under you chair. Don't sit donw until you table is filled. After you sit down you better chug, chug, chug you liquids because when your TI's say it is time to get up and leave you had better have them down. After you drink a glass TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN. You will get yelled at for that so just do it. My first day, we sat down and just as I finished my last glass of water my TI's told us to fall out and get back outside. I did not eat anything for the first week. Every time that we sat down we were basically told to get back up. If you feel sick from all of the liquid that you just sucked down; suck it up! If you throw up you are just going to get picked on. Trust me; just wait until you are back in the dorm and can do it in the toilets. It saves you a lot of trouble. If there are any other questions that you have about chow just post them. I will do my best to answer them. there is a lot more to eatting, believe it or not but that is a basic view of what you are going to be facing your first few weeks.