KP duty
（重定向自Kitchen police）
![U.S. Army soldiers on KP duty in the staging area for a field mess at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin in April 2002.](/Images/godic/202501/22/DOD_Mess_Duty_Field4711.jpg")
![A U.S. Navy sailor working in galley duty aboard the USS Saratoga in March 1986.](/Images/godic/202501/22/DOD_Mess_Duty_Aircraft_Carrier4712.jpg")
KP duty is "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.