Dining FAQs

Here's a look at their options while they are on campus and when they leave campus to travel to athletic competitions.

On Saturdays, cadets have the opportunity to sleep in and enjoy brunch from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the dining hall. The brunch is all you can eat. On Sunday, cadets attend church services. Many of our local churches provide food, such as donuts, at their services, and then cadets eat brunch (again served from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.) when they return to campus.

During brunch, one food line has lunch items and the other has breakfast items, including waffles with whipped topping and fruit or a made-to-order omelet bar. Later in the day, dinner is served. This meal is optional because many cadets will get food in town during general leave. They can also order food from off-campus for delivery.

If cadets are leaving campus for an athletic event, they will make a to-go meal to take with them on the bus. By doing so, they can pick the items they want to eat. We encourage them to select — from healthy, nutritious options — foods they like and will eat so that they are full and nourished. 

Cadets have ample food to eat on the weekends. They do need to be thoughtful about their food choices and disciplined so they eat according to the schedule and are not hungry later. We provide and encourage them to eat high-value, nutritious meals.

To view the cadet dining menu online, please click here. 

Yes, but only a small amount. 

From the MMA Cadet Handbook: “All food will be stored in the lockbox. Open food packages will not be stored overnight in the residential hall rooms.”

An appropriate amount of food to be stored in a cadet’s lock box would fit into a shoebox-sized plastic container. Any additional food that does not fit in his lock box will be confiscated. There are no refrigerators or microwaves in the barracks.

In the past, we have seen some of our best cadets at all grade levels get themselves in trouble over food in the barracks. This is unnecessary and preventable. Excessive food in the barracks results in the following:

• Increase in discarded or partially wrapped food items in the barracks, potentially attracting bugs and rodents.
• Arguments and conflict among cadets over food items.
• Reports and allegations of cadets stealing food from each other.
• Cadets trying to skip meals since they have food stored in their rooms.
• Use of food items to barter for contraband.
• Lack of storage space in cadet rooms with food stored inappropriately everywhere in the rooms.
• Temptation for cadets to try to sell food to other cadets for cash, which could then be used to attempt to buy contraband.