Dining in
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Dining in is a formal military ceremony for members of a company or other unit, which includes a dinner, drinking, and other events to foster camaraderie and esprit de corps.
Mess Night at Camp Lejeune
Dining in at Fort Dix, New Jersey
U.S. Navy Mess Night Invitation, 1986
Grog
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Grog is a term used for a variety of alcoholic beverages.
Dining in
…drawing a sword except in ceremony At some mess nights, violators of the mess are obliged to publicly drink from a grog bowl in front of the mess attendees. The grog is sometimes contained in a toilet bowl, consisting of various alcoholic beverages mixed together. As a…
Nondistinct grog
Royal Navy grog ration
Royal Navy grog tub, found on HMS Cavalier