While thousands of soldiers and defense industry professionals gathered at the Crown Expo for the 2023 AUSA Warfighter Summit & Exposition, a two-day leadership and professional development event held on July 26 and 27th, a smaller skirmish was taking place behind the scenes. As often happens in the kitchen, Oak View Group Hospitality staff behind the scenes at the Crown were facing the enemy of chefs everywhere – time. Luckily, reinforcements had been called in and six students from local community college, Fayetteville Technical Community College’s, culinary arts program were geared up and ready to help win the day.