Food Service Specialist
Food Service Specialist
Posted on Oct 11, 2020
I am changing my MOS in July. How bad is being a cook?
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I wanted out of combat arms. It's just not a good fit for me in general. The only way out of combat arms while staying in was to 1) get promoted to SGT, and 2) extend. I did both. unfortunately, I was told there are only two options for non-combat arms: 88M(I'm not a good driver) or Cook. I chose to cook. But I have to wait until July (I re-enlisted in AUG2020) to go the school. My question is 2 fold. 1) were those really my only 2 options. I have a GT of 109. and 2) Are cooks dumb? I know it is a dramatization but, everyone says you get sent to infantry or cook if you are too low of scores.
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Re-enlistment
92G: Food Service Specialist
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SGT (Join to see) if you think 92G will suck, it will be a self fulfilling prophecy. SFC (Join to see) answered the question on availability. You'll likely start with being a First Cook or Shift Leader.
As you advance, there are positions in the BDE S4, Support Operations, and Sustainment Brigades where you'll be asked to bring your on the ground field feeding and Garrison operations to help food service operations, train junior NCOs, and go fix broken DFACs, which directly makes soldier's lives better. I will forever be thankful for CW4 Nate Barley, SFC Jim Dennett, MSG Boyd Bentley, MSG Ricky Smith, and the entire 1994 11th ACR Connelly Field Feeding Competition Team. They have taught me volumes on sustaining soldiers and did the heavy lifting.
If you ever looked at a DFaC and thought, man this sucks. This is your chance to make a difference at the BN or BDE level.
As you advance, there are positions in the BDE S4, Support Operations, and Sustainment Brigades where you'll be asked to bring your on the ground field feeding and Garrison operations to help food service operations, train junior NCOs, and go fix broken DFACs, which directly makes soldier's lives better. I will forever be thankful for CW4 Nate Barley, SFC Jim Dennett, MSG Boyd Bentley, MSG Ricky Smith, and the entire 1994 11th ACR Connelly Field Feeding Competition Team. They have taught me volumes on sustaining soldiers and did the heavy lifting.
If you ever looked at a DFaC and thought, man this sucks. This is your chance to make a difference at the BN or BDE level.
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Maj John D Benedict
Concur. I tell everyone that when they get a new assignment. If you think it will suck, it will suck. However, if you think it will be okay or fun, you will find ways to enjoy it. I've never had a bad assignment...despite the locations.
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MSgt Dale Johnson
I have told one piece of advice to many young airmen, that is "Attitude is Altitude." meaning your attitude to a post or job is exactly how it will end up.
The story started when I was stationed at a Remote site in Alaska for a year, the only way to get there was by Boat or Airplane, and no wife or kids. OACAF chose to send me to a 3 day conference and for two days I listened to one guy who on every break pissed and moaned about being stationed at Hickham in Hawaii. He was only an E-5 and couldnt afford to take his wife and kids anywhere except McDonalds (which after 5 months with NO fast food sounded good to me), blah blah blah how bad it was to be him in Hawaii. I finally had enough and told him to shut the hell up and count his blessings. I had a weekly call to my wife and kids, two boys ages 4 and 1, and hadn't seen them in almost 6 months and was tired of hearing his BS about how bad he had it.
Point is the man was stationed in what many would call Paradise, plenty of opportunities on Base for dining out at reasonable rates, all the Beaches are free and mass transit cheap to get to one of them from just about anywhere on the island. He could not be any unhappier.
He had a shitty attitude so had a shitty assignment that over 90 percent of people would jump at the chance of having.
Go into your new job, look for the advantages of that job, and learn everything you can. People will always need to eat so I'd say you are getting a job with very good Job Security in the future.
The story started when I was stationed at a Remote site in Alaska for a year, the only way to get there was by Boat or Airplane, and no wife or kids. OACAF chose to send me to a 3 day conference and for two days I listened to one guy who on every break pissed and moaned about being stationed at Hickham in Hawaii. He was only an E-5 and couldnt afford to take his wife and kids anywhere except McDonalds (which after 5 months with NO fast food sounded good to me), blah blah blah how bad it was to be him in Hawaii. I finally had enough and told him to shut the hell up and count his blessings. I had a weekly call to my wife and kids, two boys ages 4 and 1, and hadn't seen them in almost 6 months and was tired of hearing his BS about how bad he had it.
Point is the man was stationed in what many would call Paradise, plenty of opportunities on Base for dining out at reasonable rates, all the Beaches are free and mass transit cheap to get to one of them from just about anywhere on the island. He could not be any unhappier.
He had a shitty attitude so had a shitty assignment that over 90 percent of people would jump at the chance of having.
Go into your new job, look for the advantages of that job, and learn everything you can. People will always need to eat so I'd say you are getting a job with very good Job Security in the future.
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There is no specific MOS that’s dumb in the Military. Each MOS has a vital role to play and the majority of the MOSs take their job serious so they put their all into it. Any MOS will be what YOU make of it and how YOU apply yourself to be the best in whatever MOS you chose. Good luck to you.
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If 92G and 88M were what you were offered then that’s what had class seats at the time. I’m sure you met the requirements for a dozen or more jobs based on your grade, clearance, and other line scores at the time of reenlistment. But you can only reclass into a job that has an open class seat.
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