Where soldiers are social (4)

I believe the answer is:

mess

(Other definitions for mess that I've seen before include "State of confusion and disorderliness" , "Place to eat" , "Where sailors eat" , "terrible state" , "pickle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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