PEARL CITY, Hawaii - Many often confuse the Army profession with being full of only infantrymen and tankers, but three culinary Soldiers from the 8th Theater Sustainment Command and the Hawaii Army National Guard visited a local high school to set the record straight, March 27, and show that the Army is more than just guns and tanks.
The students from Pearl City High School were given the opportunity to watch a presentation and see a hands-on demonstration of the Army's culinary arts in action.
"We wanted to show these kids that there is a whole world in the Army that isn't as glamorized as our infantry brothers and sisters," said Staff Sgt. Cesar Sumauang, the hands-on demonstrator and the noncommissioned officer in charge of the 8th TSC's Protocol section. "An army marches on its stomach after all."
The students spent 90 minutes watching the intricacies of Army cooking and a short video of the Army's annual Culinary Arts Competition held at Fort Lee, Va., but the highlight of the class was when Sumauang gave a hands-on demonstration.
"It was awesome how he could take food I could find at home and make it into animals and other things," said Kaimana Chong, 15, a sophomore at Pearl City High School. "I'm going to try some of it when I get home."
The students and the school's culinary arts instructor, Shawn Kimball, were able to ask questions about Army life, the Army profession, and some of the opportunities afforded to both active duty and Army National Guard Soldiers.
"It was a great opportunity to show the students what the Army does, because it is a very different world from civilian life," said Kimball. "They loved the visual demonstration, and I know that several of them will head home tonight and try to recreate some of the dishes they saw here."
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