KP duty means " kitchen police " or " kitchen patrol " work under the kitchen staff assigned to junior U.S. enlisted military personnel . "KP" can be either the work or the personnel assigned to perform such work. In the latter sense it can be used for either military or civilian personnel assigned or hired for duties in the military dining facility excluding cooking.
21-478: [REDACTED] Look up kp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. KP may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Komsomolskaya Pravda , a daily Russian newspaper KP (newspaper) , a Ukrainian newspaper KP Snacks , a United Kingdom food manufacturer Kaiser Permanente , a U.S. health maintenance organization Kerala Police ,
42-478: A recording released by American performer Kyle Patrick Kp (digraph) , in written language k͡p, the voiceless labial–velar plosive KP duty "kitchen police" or "kitchen patrol", U.S. military slang for mess-hall duties Knight of the Order of St. Patrick (postnomial KP) Kim Possible , American animated television series See also [ edit ] KP4 (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
63-454: A statement condemning the allegations as a "fabrication" and "intimidation tactic" against Panarin after speaking out against "recent political events", most notably expressing his support for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny , who was detained upon return to Russia from Germany. The newspaper's editors in chief, in reverse chronological order, have been: A "European" edition ( Komsomolskaya Pravda v Evrope ), aimed in particular at
84-525: A unit of pressure Kilopixel (1,000 pixels), a measure of image resolution K P , the equilibrium constant expressed in terms of partial pressures Kp index , a measure of the global average geomagnetic potential Kripke–Platek set theory , a mathematical axiom system Pentax KP , a 2017 digital SLR camera Kernel panic , a computer stopping in response to an unrecoverable error k·p perturbation theory , for calculating properties of crystalline solids Other uses [ edit ] KP,
105-485: Is also related to the newspaper. KP duty Duties include washing dishes, food preparation, and bussing tables . The image of enlisted soldiers peeling potatoes (to remove the skin) in an installation's kitchen was once associated with the popular culture image of KP duty due to its frequent appearance in mid-twentieth century movies and comic strips about life in the US services. The U.S. military sometimes uses
126-478: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Komsomolskaya Pravda Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russian: Комсомольская правда ; lit. ' Komsomol Truth ' ) is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper that was founded in 1925. Its name is in reference to the official Soviet newspaper Pravda 'Truth'. During the Soviet era, Komsomolskaya Pravda
147-714: Is the son of the founder of the Baltic Media Group, Sergei Rudnov, who indirectly controls 45%. Until 2011, it was owned by Media Partner, which in turn was owned by ESN Group ( Евросевернефть ), an energy company led by Grigory Berezkin . In December 2000 the Norwegian media company A-Pressen bought 25 percent plus one share of the paper. It is published in tabloid format by "Izdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda" (Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House). Komsomolskaya Pravda reached its highest circulation in 1990 when it sold almost 22 million daily copies. In 2001 it
168-833: The Russian diaspora in Germany , as well as Russian-speaking tourists on the Croatian Adriatic coast, is distributed in several EU countries, while a special Baltic-region edition is available in Latvia , Estonia , and Finland . A number of similar, but independently owned, newspapers can be found in other member or associate-member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): The radio network Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russian: Радио Комсомольская правда ; lit. ' Komsomol Truth Radio ' )
189-459: The Internet domain name for North Korea KP-bil , or Terrängbil m/42 KP , a Swedish armoured vehicle Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation , describing waves Keratosis pilaris , a human genetic disorder, also known as "chicken skin" keratic precipitate , an inflammatory cellular deposit on the cornea of the eye Kilogram-force ("kilopond"), a unit measure of force Kilopascal (kP),
210-719: The LTTE Kristaps Porziņģis , Latvian basketball player Places [ edit ] Cambodia , WMO country code Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , a province in Pakistan North Korea (ISO 3166 country code KP) Kensington Palace , office and residence of some of the British royal family Castletown KP, a common name for Castletown-Kilpatrick , a village in County Meath, Ireland In science, technology, and mathematics [ edit ] .kp ,
231-532: The United States since as early as 1918. In the U.S. military, it is often more formally known as mess duty, and is restricted to enlisted personnel. A service member is sometimes "put on KP" for some minor infraction committed while on duty, in uniform , or on a military installation , something that would not require an Article 15 or non-judicial punishment hearing. In the British Forces
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#1732772475151252-443: The equivalent punishment is known as Jankers . However, KP is usually assigned out of necessity, not for punishment. In this latter case, all junior enlisted personnel assigned to a mess would be put on a roster and regularly receive assignments to KP duty on a rotating basis. KP duties, however, can include any tedious chores in the military mess at an installation or in the field, such as food preparation, although not cooking, or
273-826: The law enforcement agency for the state of Kerala, India Kings Point, the US Merchant Marine Academy Communist Party (Serbia) , the communist party of Serbia Kamphaengphet Pittayakom School , a public secondary school in Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand People [ edit ] Katy Perry , American singer Kawan Prather , American record executive Kevin Pietersen , English cricketer Ko Wen-je , Taiwanese politician, physician and professor KP Sharma Oli , Nepalese politician and current Prime Minister of Nepal Kumaran Pathmanathan , member of
294-478: The modern U.S. military are often contracted out to civilian firms, making KP duty less common today than it once was. In the U.S. Navy all sailors are assigned to 90 days of Temporary Assigned Duty (TAD) upon reporting to their respective commands. For most sailors this will mean being sent to a shore-based or shipboard galley, which includes, but is not limited to, washing dishes in the scullery , food prep, mess deck cleaning, and/or line server. The only exception
315-425: The more obvious dish washing and pot scrubbing, sweeping and mopping floors, wiping tables, serving food on the chow line, or anything else the kitchen staff sees fit to assign to its KP crew. KP duty can be particularly onerous because it is on top of all regular duties, as institutional kitchens often open before and close after regular duty hours, and generate large volumes of unpleasant food wastes. Mess halls for
336-863: The paper was also the most visited news website. In January 2015 a front-page article in Komsomolskaya Pravda suggested that the United States had orchestrated the Charlie Hebdo shooting . In May 2017, columnist Alisa Titko went viral for writing that the English city of Manchester was "full of fat people" and that she found the sight of same-sex love "disgusting". In 2021, the tabloid published an article in which former Kontinental Hockey League coach Andrei Nazarov accused New York Rangers winger Artemi Panarin of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Latvian woman in Riga . The team released
357-632: The same 14 to 28 demographics as its parent organization, focusing initially on popular science and adventure articles while teaching the values of the CPSU. During this period, it was twice awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labour (in 1950 and 1957) and was also the recipient of the Order of Lenin (in 1930), of the Order of the October Revolution (in 1975), and of the Order of the Patriotic War (in 1945). The paper's largest owner
378-401: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KP&oldid=1250352235 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
399-485: The word "police" as a verb to mean "to clean" or "to restore to order". For example, after a company picnic on a U.S. Marine Corps base, a group of Marines might be assigned to police, or clean up, the picnic grounds. Its origins in this usage probably came from the French sense of maintaining public order. Kitchen police then may mean to restore the kitchen to order, or clean up the kitchen. The term "KP" has been used in
420-884: Was an all-union newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Komsomol . Established in accordance with a decision of the 13th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (b) , it first appeared on 24 May 1925 in an edition of 31,000 copies. Komsomolskaya Pravda began as the official organ of the Komsomol, the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). As such, it targeted
441-567: Was the ninth-top European newspaper with a circulation of 785,000 copies. It was the top-selling newspaper in Russia in 2006 with daily circulation ranging from 700,000 to 3.1 million copies. Its March 2008 circulation, certified by the NCS, was 660,000 copies and it was the most read paper in the country based on the findings by the TNS Gallup Media . In the same year the online version of
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