In the israeli navy although hebrew speaking, dining rooms on missile boats, submarines, and the kitchen in patrol boats are named messes, Also, every special meal brought by a crewmember, say celebrating a birthday or a rank promotion, is called mess. Birthday fondue would be a hot mess.
it can also be the place where the soldiers eat on a hot day..... http://207.57.244.141/blog/image.axd?picture=2009%2F7%2Fmess_hall1942a.jpg
