After "A" School, Culinary Specialist are assigned to deploying units or shore stations in the United States and/or overseas. During a 20-year career in the Navy, CS's spend approximately 60...

Annually over 1,100 sailors arrive in Fort Gregg-Adams for the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence for Culinary Specialist (CS) “A” School of the Joint Center for Air Transportation Specialist...

After “A” School, Culinary Specialist Submarines (CSS) candidates will continue their training: Basic Enlisted Submarine School (9 weeks) in Groton, CT, for training in basic submarine systems. Note that this training is only for Culinary Specialists Submarines.

Culinary Specialist "A" school is nine weeks in duration and is located at the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, Virginia. Following "A" school, members of the CS (Submarine) rating will attend the four week Basic Enlisted Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut.

The Culinary Specialist “A” School is a 5 week, 25 training day course beginning with nine days devoted to academics (Organization of the General Mess, Sanitation, Wardroom, Nutrition,...

There are opportunities for CS members to obtain civilian professional certifications through the American Culinary Federation (ACF). Certifications align military duties as food service managers with civilian food service

CS’s operate and manage navy messes and living quarters established to subsist and accommodate navy personnel. They prepare menus, manage and account for subsistence inventories, and prepare...

Jun 17, 2024 · During Navy Culinary Specialist “A” School training, sailors learn food preparation, nutrition, and dining service through both group instruction and practical application. CSSN Cook prepares refried beans for lunch on board USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

Culinary Specialist (abbreviated CS) is a United States Navy and United States Coast Guard occupational rating. The Navy rating was created on January 15, 2004 from the Mess Management Specialist (MS) rating.