Editor's note: an earlier version of the video featured a soundbite from a West Point dietician that said that the cadets are provided with 1,200 to 1,500 calories per day from the mess hall.

It is said that an Army marches on its stomach. Plentiful and healthy food is vital for Soldiers’ success in battle.

At 7 o'clock the Battalion is marched down to the mess-hall, for breakfast ... Indeed, during the Summer months West Point presents the appearance of a fashionable watering-place.