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Nydia Ekstrom, CEC CFE, left, a Military Corporate Chef with the National Restaurant Association, Master Gunnery Sgt. Marco Barnes, middle, and Lt. Col. Gary Spinelli, right, both representatives from Headquarters Marine Corps, taste test a meal that will be evaluated for the Maj. General William Pendleton Thompson Hill Memorial competition in the field mess category aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 22, 2016. Food Service Company, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, competed against the other major subordinate commands in the region and earned the opportunity to be evaluated against field mess representatives from the East Coast and Okinawa, Japan.