++ABOUT++ In the Navy, the galley, or dining area, is the heart of every ship. This is where the crew gathers to eat, socialize and relax. As a Culinary Specialist, you run the show by providing one of the key components of every Sailor’s quality of life. Whether you’re serving up a spaghetti dinner on a submarine, preparing a gourmet meal for foreign dignitaries on a carrier, or even cooking for the White House, your work will always be essential to keeping morale at its best.

++RESPONSIBILITIES++

Culinary Specialists operate and manage Navy messes and dining facilities, providing hospitality and meal services to entire Navy bases and ships. There are two types of Culinary Specialists depending on whether or not you choose to serve on submarines, both with corresponding responsibilities:

Culinary Specialist (CS)

• Preparing menus for meal service and catering service
• Operating kitchen and dining facilities on shore and at sea
• Providing meals for fellow Sailors, Commanding Officers, Admirals, senior government executives and foreign dignitaries
• Operating the White House Mess for the President of the United States
• Managing inventories, food orders and financial records
• Overseeing shipboard living quarters and on-base hotel lodging
• Serving as a flight attendant aircrewman
• Ensuring food safety programs and regulations

Culinary Specialist Submarines (CSS)

• Preparing menus for meal service
• Operating shipboard kitchen and dining facilities
• Managing inventories, food orders and financial records
• Ordering necessary supplies
• Serving as personal food service specialists for Commanding Officers
• Operating and managing living quarters aboard submarines
• Ensuring food safety programs and regulations

++PAY AND BENEFITS++ From the day you start, you’ll receive:

• Competitive salary
• Potential to earn a bonus upon enlistment
• Free health insurance
• Free housing
• A retirement plan
• Paid training
• College credit

++QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS++

• A high-school diploma or equivalent is required to become an Enlisted Sailor and a Culinary Specialist.
• In addition to an interest in nutrition and culinary arts, applicants should possess good arithmetic and verbal skills, creative ability and record-keeping skills.
• Important personal traits for this role include the ability to follow instructions, perform detailed work, and cooperate well as part of a team. You should also enjoy working with people.
• Culinary Specialists who wish to serve aboard submarines as a CSS must volunteer for submarine service.
• General qualifications may vary depending upon whether you’re currently serving, whether you've served before or whether you've never served before.

++**PART-TIME OPPORTUNITIES **++

Serving part-time as a Navy Reserve Sailor, your duties will be carried out during your scheduled drilling and training periods. During monthly drilling, Culinary Specialists in the Navy Reserve typically work at a location close to their homes. For annual training, you may serve anywhere in the world, including locations in the U.S., at bases overseas, or in areas where humanitarian needs are great.

America’s Navy is approximately 450,000 Sailors, 300 ships and submarines, and 3,700 aircraft strong. Water and salt flow through our veins in the same proportion as the sea. That mighty force is the lifeblood of the greatest Navy ever to sail unstoppably upon it, slip stealthily beneath it or fly unchallenged above it. And we defend with honor, courage, and commitment every hour of every day. We are America’s Navy. We are forged by the sea.