Culinary specialist (United States Navy)

Culinary specialist

Rating insignia
Issued by United States Navy
Type Enlisted rating
Abbreviation CS
Specialty Main Space Engineering
A culinary specialist buttering loaves of bread aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington

Culinary specialist (abbreviated CS) is a United States Navy occupational rating. It was formerly the mess management specialist (MS) rating until 15 January 2004,[1] and commissaryman (CS) and steward (SD) prior to 1975.[2]

Duties

Culinary specialists operate and manage U.S. Navy messes and living quarters in addition to many other duties including but not limited to:

Navy culinary specialists run the White House mess for the President of the United States.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Mess Management Specialist Rating Name Changes". Navy.mil. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  2. "Navy Ratings". Bluejacket.com. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  3. "Navy enlisted manpower and personnel classifications". Bureau of Naval Personnel. US Navy. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  4. "Culinary Specialist Career Roadmap" (PDF). Bureau of Naval Personnel. US Navy. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
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