

Many of these establishments have lodger units (such as air squadrons, army regiments, etc.) who also have their own messes. Most bases and stations have three messes (officers', warrant officers' and sergeants', and junior ranks'). Certain other bases, mainly training establishments such as HMCS Venture have messes known as the gun room for the use of subordinate officers (naval or officer cadets). Some bases, such as CFB Kingston in the 1980s, had a master corporals' mess separate from the junior ranks' all of these, with the exception of the CFB Valcartier master corporals' mess (known as the Mess des chefs), have been amalgamated with the junior ranks' messes. Īs in the British Forces, there are normally three messes: the officers' mess (called the wardroom in naval establishments), for commissioned officers and officer cadets the warrant officers' and sergeants' mess (Navy: chiefs' and petty officers' mess), for senior non-commissioned officers and warrant officers and the junior ranks mess, for junior non-commissioned officers, privates, and seamen. Basic regulations regarding the establishment and administration of messes is contained in the King's Regulations and Orders and the Canadian Forces Administrative Orders. Messing in the Canadian Forces generally follows the British model (see United Kingdom below), from which most traditions have descended. This sense of mess, which appeared in English in the 13th century, was often used for cooked or liquid dishes in particular, as in the " mess of pottage" (porridge or soup) or Eton mess. also the modern Italian portata with the same meaning, past participle of portare, to bring.

modern French mettre), the original sense being "a course of a meal put on the table" cfr. modern French mets), drawn from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send" and "to put" (cf. The root of mess is the Old French mes, "portion of food" (cf. In some civilian societies this military usage has been extended to the eating arrangements of other disciplined services such as fire fighting and police forces. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the officers' mess, the chief petty officer mess, and the enlisted mess. The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. Stand easy in the stoker's mess of the corvette HMCS Kamsack, 1943 For other uses, see Mess (disambiguation).
