MOS 92G Culinary Specialist

[@thisguy1868]

Show the parts where you'll work every weekend, holiday, donsa, shutdown for inclement weather, from 0445 until sometimes 2200. Or show the field where you won't do any training, might only get 2 hours of sleep a night for weeks at a time. While you cook for everyone else that goes to ranges and gets actual experience. Or show the schools you won't be able to attend because the dfac won't let you.

[@edsontorres9861]

I know they work you mfs to the ground 🤣🤣🤣 we see it

[@mydrebrantley1214]

Fucking facts and don’t start on the specialty meals.

[@thisguy1868]

@@mydrebrantley1214 the meals where they'll have you not only cooking the regular meals, but where they'll have you at the dfac all night to cook the next days special options and you won't even get to eat them?

[@davedelacruz6594]

Hey bro were you stationed at Fort hood? Sounds like cooks I served with at hood they looked miserable in garrison and in the field

[@thisguy1868]

@@davedelacruz6594 worse. Fort Carson. First brigade cooks on carson (where I was) were always treated like garbage, worked to the bone, punished with mass ADA punishment, and essentially lived in the dfac. It gets freezing cold in Colorado during winter, and at one point they were disciplining solders for wearing even army issued cold weather gear while they walked to the dfac if they didn't have a car, or someone to drive them to work. This mos needs to be investigated army wide for the abuse of the soldiers. I have a million stories about army cooks being abused, to the point where if something like this happened in the civilian world there would be lawsuits like mad, or people arrested. 92g is by far the worst mos in the army.

[@trevorlange3514]

Being a 92G in the army is the best choice I've ever made. Especially when I got done with AIT, I was sent to Hawaii for a first duty station

[@macburger5026]

Trevor Lange Good to see you enjoy it. It's a miserable MOS for most in it. I can't wait to reclass if possible. The only thing I really like about it is I don't have to do PT. I love to work out, don't get me wrong, but I hate the Army's PRT. Then again, if I had known what I know now, I would have joined the Air Force since they don't do PT all the time. Other than that, this MOS sucks badly. Even if you were at a nice duty station, you'd be so exhausted and your hours would suck so bad that you couldn't go out like those who aren't cooks could.

[@basedsavage4793]

mac burger still doesn’t suck as bad as infantry

[@macburger5026]

@@basedsavage4793 Unless of course you're a cook attached to an infantry unit and they make you do infantry stuff in addition to cook while you're out in the field.

[@streetdreamz210]

Do they offer advanced training ? Like how do I see army cooks cook some fancy gourmet meals but most are just cafeteria workers or heating food up in the field , how do they get that advanced training that I see on videos sometimes?

[@thisguy1868]

@@streetdreamz210 only a very select few will ever even have the remote chance. 99.9% of the people in this mos hate it

[@flyingknee23]

Every time I go to the defaq, they look unhappy asf lmao

[@golfery5119]

True. I'm a spoon so I know first hand. Of course videos like this are going to be wildly misleading.

[@mikejohnson3713]

We hate our jobs yes we are always unhappy

[@alanmartinez3476]

@@golfery5119 is it I’m planning on doing it ?

[@alanmartinez3476]

@@mikejohnson3713 can you give me more context ?

[@golfery5119]

@@alanmartinez3476 don't know if he is a cook or not, but lots of people in the army, especially lower enlisted soldiers hate their jobs. I'm sure people in the air force do too, but no where as much as army. That's even when we actually DO our jobs (people in jobs like infantry hardly ever actually do their jobs. Think about it, we're not in any major wars right now so the only thing they have to do is training in the woods-which is something they're not going to actually ever do since combat zones today tend to be in the middle eastern desert of Iraq/Afghanistan and not the jungles of Vietnam from 50 years ago- or they're put to work picking up trash on the side of the road or mowing lawns) since lots of the time a lot of us in the army (more than other branches apparently) spend a lot of time cleaning out the motor pool than actually doing their jobs. But still I've had people who hate their jobs (like 92 Alpha or the 15 series where theyre outside in the heat/cold/rain all day long) tell me they still would not want to be cooks. That's how bad we cooks have it.

[@christianbusto3319]

I am a 92G, It is not bad at all. BUUUTT the hours of work suck. Imagine working at 0500-1300 morning shift 1300-1900 Late, and these schedule is the easy schedule. Some defaq Work from 0500-1900 and not split the shifts. Reclassing after this

[@basedsavage4793]

Christian Busto damn I chose infantry and I wish I had your job lol

[@destinycurby6437]

@@basedsavage4793 what's infantry like

[@macburger5026]

@@destinycurby6437 Not only spending more times and longer times out in the field (like a month), but doing more ruck marches and harder PT. Even if you are in great shape it is guaranteed to ruin your body. And when you're not in the field, you're spending most of the rest of your time sweeping out the motor pool all day and taking stuff out of sheds and putting them back in, in a certain order...over and over and over and over again.

[@macburger5026]

Clint Gibson Yes, right now I have cooksmount (cook formation for those who don't know) at 0445 and we don't leave until usually around 1430. I am so tired that I often just black out when I get back to my room after I shower. Then I only sleep for a few hours and wake up in the middle of the night, then I have to fight myself to go back to sleep for three hours so I can get up at 0400 to do this all over again. And that is considered "easy" compared to "ADA" for "All Day Action"

[@valley14bay]

Not to mention. No weekends or 4 days, and we work ALL holidays

[@blehnya0w0]

Thank you cooks :) defiantly appreciate them at my dfac, they actually put effort

[@macburger5026]

Dat Kitty thank you since 92 g is said to be thankless.

[@macburger5026]

I'm a 92 Golf. They make this sound so much better and nicer than it actually is. The "certificates" and culinary competitions are *VERY RARE* and only come the way of a few 92 Golfs. Most 92 Golfs won't see anything about this. This is a *BRUTAL* MOS and is considered one of the hardest jobs in the military. At least Air Force cooks don't have to cook out in the field like we Army cooks do, and at least Air Force cooks (called "services") work in a variety of places where they're not slaving away cooking all the time. We Army cooks have to cook out in the field too. It's bad enough going a few weeks without a shower. Howabout going weeks without a shower with all that stench from the stale food on you for all that time? How about setting up those trailers in the pouring rain or the freezing cold? It's not worth it. *DON'T* choose this MOS. In fact take your ass in the Air Force instead of the Army. You're welcome.

[@reynerenee4284]

Im crying rn. I have to do this job

[@macburger5026]

@@reynerenee4284 I would highly suggest doing something else. Like 27 D Paralegal Specialist. Or either that, try seeing if you can go in the Air Force. Trust me, *when my e7's say that being a cook is one of the worst jobs in the military, and they also say that the Army is the worst branch to be a cook* , it's worth a listen.

[@tren6893]

ReyBeauty4Life do you like it? I swore in yesterday. 92G was my only job choice so I chose it. Looking at the reviews I regret doing that. Have you started this MOS yet or no?

[@tren6893]

mac burger I swore in yesterday and I picked this job because it was my only job option . Looking at the reviews I kinda regret picking this job.

[@macburger5026]

@@tren6893 I'm sorry about that. I picked 92G because even though I had an 88 ASVAB score, at the time my recruiter was done, I was a couple of weeks away from my 35th birthday and at that point there were only about a dozen jobs available, most were mechanics. I probably could have tried harder to join the Air Force (and definitely regret not doing that especially after I found out later the differences between the branches), but I didn't want to take a chance. The only non mechanics jobs available were 88 Kilo (watercraft operator) and 92G. I didn't have time to study what a watercraft operator was (I later heard that it was a pretty good job), so I went with 92 G. I hope you weren't swayed by whatever extra bonus money that they offered to sign a longer contract than 3 years.

[@leftismtoday6072]

Fun fact, this is Jen Taylor, the actor for Cortana in the Halo series

[@niovus4053]

Its not Master Chief, it's Master Chef. Good luck to all of the future army cooks.

[@thelidkaroi5606]

Well I was looking at this career but with so many people saying you’re treated worse than dirt I will not be choosing this

[@thisguy1868]

This isn't a career. It's a "turn and burn" mos. Most of the people that get this mos don't finish their contract. They last maybe a few months before they try to get themselves kicked out of the army.

[@kennylanqua6512]

​@@thisguy1868so many of the people who stay in the mos and rank up are people who were favored by their superiors which happens in all mos, but definitely you're not going to the promotion board if your bosses dont like you regardless of how well you do your job and stay out of trouble. Also Ive seen a lot of cooks especially girls who stay in this mos because they are in admin or something else other than shift work. The people who remain on shift work and don't rank up are the ones who typically get pushed to the point where they do drugs and test positive or get a DUI or just get burnt out.

[@thisguy1868]

@@kennylanqua6512 I know many people that used drugs and got kicked out from the burn out. My 1sgt, squad leader, and platoon leader all signed me up for plenty of things to help get me points and promote, only for the dfac to say "no." Women have it easy in this mos. They can get out of anything just by complaining enough, or giving the "head and spread." This mos is nothing but a joke.

[@autumnhayes1673]

So would this be considered false advertising?

[@macburger5026]

Autumn Hayes absolutely

[@jonathanramirez232]

Without a doubt

[@macburger5026]

@@jonathanramirez232 And I want to add that if somebody tells you something like "it's what you make of it," that's a sign right there that it most likely does suck badly.

[@RikkiSan1]

@naitethagr8 on that we can agree

[@captainjok572]

The most depressed mos ever

[@trader-matt]

What about for the air force. I heard army cooks is the worse mos. Is it true you're out in the field with showering for days while still having food smell on you?

[@thisguy1868]

@@trader-matt days? That's cute. It could be weeks. Up to even a month, like at ntc. You'll be cooking every day in 130 degree heat plus the heat of the burners. When you're on "the pads" everyone else will be spending all day in air condition tents and buildings sleeping, relaxing, on their phones, whatever. You'll be up all night setting the pad up, and cooking breakfast. You MIGHT get an hour or so to chill after breakfast and you clean up, if another pad isn't done cleaning or whatever, you'll be helping them. I have stories for days about how garbage this mos is, and how nothing it allows to happen to soldiers would come even close to being legal in the real world.

[@lilal8848]

That would be the laundry and shower specialists

[@mikejohnson3713]

Join the Army didn’t know how to cook left the army cooking a ton of stuff

[@un-trackable5705]

I did this. I drive a forklift now. I love life.

[@naithngr81-jh2bb]

A whole lot of jobs would make you feel way better after being a military and especially an Army cook. Being a military and especially an Army cook (an Air Force cook might not have it quite as miserably) would really make you hate your life.

[@Mo-ok9vg]

This should not be an MOS tbh it’s basically slavery. Long hours, weekends, four days, donsas, DFAC is open every day of the year (even the clinic is closed on Christmas) why is the dfac open? You are bound to get in trouble in the mos because at a certain point you just want to leave and you’re exhausted from overworking. Don’t get me started on the field. You wake up mad early and go to sleep mad late. I guess the only good thing about being there is when everyone is cold you’re warm in the CK but it still sucks and it’s unsanitary in my opinion(not showering and cooking for numbers of people🤮) I wish I saw these comments before I picked this job (I didn’t even pick it, it was the only option😭) RUN don’t walk from this Mos. Matter of fact go Air Force or officer. Good luck🫶🏾

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

NEVER listen when an army recruiter says only option.

[@golfery5119]

To be honest anything in the military would be basically slavery including the cushiest most relaxed job in the air force or space force. But yeah this mos is most definitely rough. I did this mos for over four years and would definitely not want to do it again.

[@golfery5119]

When you say "mad early" in the field, just in case anyone reading this is wondering....the last time I was in the field in may 2022 we had to get started at 0300 and for anyone reading this that doesn't know military time...that's 3 o'clock in the morning.

[@thisguy1868]

The only reason this is still an mos is because the way they treat soldiers in the dfac wouldn't be legal for them to treat civilians the same way.

[@dingbat4]

Thank you for your service “Thanks, I made cake for 6 year”

[@nathanbrooks974]

The POG ass cooks in 1/87 NEVER cooked shit like this. MREs were better than the shit they were dishing out in our DFAC.

[@macburger5026]

Nathan Brooks You do realize that no cooks in the military ever cook stuff like what is seen in this video in DFACs (or mess halls or chow halls or whatever). This food in the video is from culinary competitions (which extremely few military cooks and especially Army will *EVER* do) and is only used to sugarcoat (very heavily) talking about the MOS to not come right out and say how much it sucks.

[@nathanbrooks974]

@@macburger5026 Yeah. I think I understood that.

[@culinarycommoner]

Ok so I already have a culinary degree and what not. Love cooking. Want to go into the guard, possibly full, but they seem to be asking me if I want to do anything else. The thing is I want to succeed wherever I end up and already know I’m a good cook who can turn and burn. Is there a benefit for someone who already has the education and experience to join 92G or would it be wiser to look into other options?

[@golfery5119]

I am an active duty Army 92G. You don't have to take my advice but I would recommend looking at other options. Do not be an active duty cook in the military. If you still insist on being an active duty military cook, then I would say at least try to consider Air Force "Services" than Army 92G because at least Air Force services don't have to slave like hogs in the motor pool or field when they aren't cooking like Army 92G's do, and also Air Force services aren't made to do ruck marches and other stupid things for PT like Army 92G's do and STILL have to be in the DFAC.

[@golfery5119]

If you insist on being a cook in the military, my advice would be to do it in either national guard or reserves (and even then I would recommend doing Air Force guard or reserves because of the fact that you would get shorter deployments if you deploy and other things). But I would advise you that no matter how much you enjoy cooking or the fact that you have a culinary degree, to not be a military cook at all. Your degree may get you in as an E3 or even an E4 but you are still a lower enlisted member (which is going to be worse in the Army than in Air Force since Army treats lower enlisted more like children), but it is not going to mean much if anything as a 92G (and probably even an Air Force Services). You'd still have to follow a strict recipe card or what the sergeants in charge tell you they want you to do. Please take this into consideration from an Army cook on active duty: All jobs in the military have some stress in them but rest assured that military cook *IS A VERY HIGHLY STRESSFUL MOS* with a whole lot of headache and heartache. You will see a whole lot of games played on the lower enlisted by the sergeants (keeping lower enlisted standing around forever after they are done before letting them go) and once in a while you'll see heated arguments or worse breaking out. You will see this MOS listed as one of the worst MOS for good reason. It does really, really suck and I've even had sergeants in this MOS admit that. Not to mention the MOS is not only emotionally stressful but physically stressful as well. Your body will hurt doing it on top of the bad hours you'll have. I can go into a lot more detail, but bottom line is think long and hard about doing this MOS, and if you insist on it, what branch you want to do it in (meaning Army or Air Force or Navy) and what component (meaning active duty or national guard or reserve)

[@maxtaylor12]

Don’t do it .. Air Force services or any other option

[@salvab13]

I have a buddy who is in the guard an works as a cook. You want to ask him questions?

[@lilal8848]

Go officer

[@skysoldier2803]

Always Be friendly with your 92s they will hook you up with coffee and snacks and the food menu 🫡🫡🫡

[@golfery5119]

I've met only two soldiers, each in a different unit, in my five in a half years in the Army whom I knew were 92s. Neither of them ever did anything related to their job, as horrible as being a 92s sounds. One of them , an e4, stayed in the motorpool like so many other soldiers do, and the other, an e6 drove an lmtv in the field to collect trash at different sites.

[@davontaemorrow821]

I dont know bout any where else but here at Fort Lewis the cooks are super cool nco's and all

[@wallywest7800]

DON'T DO IT DUDE!

[@thisguy1868]

I was a cook in the army. Im glad I got myself kicked out. It is by far, unequivocally the worst mos in the army. Bar none.

[@gslopez297]

@@thisguy1868 dude I'm currently in ait as a 92g and you are right this mos sucks bad. How did you get kicked out? What type of discharge did you get ?

[@thisguy1868]

@@gslopez297 since you're in ait, your best bet will be "failing to adapt." When you get to your duty station, show up to work late, screw up at work, leave your room a bit messy, play stupid as often as you can, fail your diagnostic pt test, and any you get in ait. Make excuses for everything. At worst case, you'll get a general discharge under honorable conditions. Which after you're out for 6 months you can appeal to get turned into an honorable. will threaten you with a dishonorable all day long, but it's a hollow threat. It's actually very difficult to get a dishonorable.

[@gslopez297]

@@thisguy1868 did you get kicked out in your duty station or ait?

[@thisguy1868]

@@gslopez297 i got kicked out at a duty station. I had been in for 4 years, got scammed into another contract, and just "gave up." The kicking out process takes a long time. Like months. Your best bet is to start now while you're in ait. It will still take a while, but will be much shorter by comparison.

[@Brotschnider]

Would you learn how to use tactical air fryers ?

[@JackyWongWorld]

Tactical Ice Cream

[@-AuroraPhotography-]

Is there an officer position for this mos? If so what is the mos designation?

[@golfery5119]

no. 92g does not have an officer position. in a cook company aka "field feeding company" you will see officers in charge but those officers are typically either human resources or logistics. but there are no cook officers. there are however cook warrant officers.

[@bseries8826]

Looks fire

[@steveboothby7981]

Yeah i wanna protect our country&become a Green beret

[@captainjok572]

92G is the worst mis EVER!!!🤣😂😂 Working in the DFEC is not good

[@johnrodriguez7742]

The ONLY raison d'etre why I enlisted in The Army, post-Marine Corps, wasn't to be a " 🥄" ( MOS 92G ) , but to be a Soldier. Through the MOS , I received Air Assault, Airborne, PLDC ( now WLC), Combat Lifesaver, NBC Defense Course, SERE High Risk and RANGER training. Hooah US Army!!🇺🇸🗽🦅🔫💀🔪

[@nataliaklinko2758]

seems legit

[@nmazer]

@@nataliaklinko2758 😂

[@thisguy1868]

You must not have been at a dfca like the one I was in. You could almost not even go to your scheduled appointments much less get them to let you do anything that didn't concern the dfac.

[@bebylouissaint]

How do I sign up?

[@golfery5119]

how have things gone for you in the month since your post? I'm a 92 golf and I would strongly advise you NOT to sign up for it and if you do insist on still being a cook in the military, at the least sign up for Air Force services instead of Army 92 G.

[@lechevree1579]

don't

[@bebylouissaint]

@@golfery5119 thanks for the advice

[@MediocreMedic123]

Don’t do it

[@Yunandmochi]

@@lechevree1579 why not

[@NgJackal1990]

Remember: no matter how bad/good your life was before, don't ever pick 92G!

[@golfery5119]

even after 4 years of this mos, i wake up dreading it whether its in the dfac or the field or even the motorpool doing layouts on the mkt/ck. when we say this mos sucks, we mean this mos really drains the life out of you. this mos is absolutely miserable and will make a lot of people including myself absolutely hate their lives. for the last month now since my window has been open, i have desperately been trying to reclass and run as far away from this mos as possible but so far it's been one let down after another

[@thisguy1868]

@@golfery5119 be careful about the reclass thing, dude. I heard horror stories from my old duty station that they sent a guy to the wrong ait which was an advanced version of the school for people with prior experience. Needless to say, he failed the school and sucked him right back into being a cook for another 4 years. Your best bet would be to just ets, take your dd214 to a recruitment office the next day and tell them "I want back in, but a different mos. If you can't do that, I'm leaving." They will screw you over just to keep you a cook man. Im so glad I'm not in the army anymore.

[@golfery5119]

@@thisguy1868 Thanks. Though I did reenlist just yesterday for 68 P. If worst comes to happen and I fail, I'll be back to being a cook for another three years, but at least I'll no longer be in the current unit and duty station I am in right now. But I'm definitely going to work and study as hard as a can like I've never done before in order to pass this AIT which is almost a year long.

[@FM-ig3th]

Army Cooks.."Death From Within"

[@alibolink0719]

Future ARMY MOS 92G in 4 years

[@kennylanqua6512]

Rethink it. Rethink it.

[@alibolink0719]

@@kennylanqua6512 What else am I supposed to pick? Cooking is one of the only things that I'm really good at

[@kennylanqua6512]

@@alibolink0719 I love cooking but I definitely can't recommend this mos at all. What you hear about this mos is true and then some. .so many of us either want to reclass or get out because it's such a toxic and draining mos. Like others have said if you insist on doing it, either do it in reserve or guard or if you insist on active duty then do it in the air force instead of the army so you won't have the extra nonsense on top of it. You're still pretty young with quite a few more years ahead of you. But rethink this mos.

[@alibolink0719]

@@kennylanqua6512 What MOS should I work towards?

[@thisguy1868]

@@alibolink0719 literally anything else. This mos is not what you think it is. I can go on forever about why it's horrible. For your own sanity, DO NOT PICK THIS MOS.

[@stealthboy5767]

Why am I seriously considering this?

[@golfery5119]

Isahi Castillo I would strongly advise you, if you are seriously considering being a cook in the military, to either do this in national guard or reserves, or to consider going air force and doing air force "services" instead of army 92 golf (yeah it's still going to suck, but at least you won't also be stuck doing crap like constant connex and mkt layouts like we army cooks do) Trust me, I AM an army 92 golf on active duty. It's not ALL BAD.... but it is not as good as it is bad.... trust me.

[@stealthboy5767]

@@golfery5119 I do..thanks.

[@golfery5119]

@@stealthboy5767 YW and if youre still considering being a cook in the military, and specifically army 92 golf (again, air force 3f111 might not suck as badly), let me know if there's anything youd like to know about it)

[@JoeSmith-pm8um]

@@golfery5119 It is a shame you feel this way. Clearly you have had poor leadership, or you may just be unhappy...This MOS is thankless, but the satisfaction you can get out of making a culture change can be so rewarding. I say this because this is the culture I lead...I manage a facility in Europe and we are making waves in the modernization of what we do

[@golfery5119]

@@JoeSmith-pm8um Sorry I haven't seen you until now. I guess if you become a sergeant, and especially a senior sergeant (if you're a manager, I assume you probably are either an E7 or an E8, though I have seen one DFAC where a manager there for a time was an E6), life won't be quite as bad for yourself as it would be for lower enlisted, especially since you would actually be in the position to make things better for your DFAC whereas a lower enlisted can't do anything but shut their mouths, do what they're told and move as fast as lightning the whole time they're on shift as well as ignore the physical and emotional pain they're experiencing. Thanks for sharing. But never say never, but I honestly don't think, that if I did stay in the Army on active duty, that I would even want to stay in this MOS long enough to be that high of a rank. The only thing I can do now is try to keep a positive attitude during the countdown till late next year when my reenlistment window finally opens and I can finally see what other options I have available.

[@soldierboywannabe267]

😂 y’all just reheat food from baba in hot water

[@thisguy1868]

I was a cook. We wish it was that easy. It's the worst mos in the army by far. Getting myself kicked out was the best thing I ever did.

[@golfery5119]

the only person who would make a comment like this would be somebody who was not a meal card holder (someone married or an officer or a sergeant especially an upper level one) whose only experience with cooks is when they are in the woods. in the dfac cooks do way way way more than just reheat bagged food in hot water. all that aside, cooks arguably work their asses off way harder than most other soldiers whether in the field or in garrison.

[@caillouhead]

1:25 to 1:35 Yup that is all the intelligence you need to become a cook. Brainless job. Try to become any other mos. Don’t worry if you fail that mos, 95% chance the army will make you a cook.

[@thisguy1868]

They make you a cook because that mos is always understrength. Once cooks see how bad it is they do everything in their power to get kicked out and be done with the army and the abuse it is. Cook is bar none the worst mos in the army, and I couldn't be happier I got myself kicked out of the army.

[@TehKaiser]

Don't go 18X because this might be your chosen fate if you don't make it.

[@llanos2707]

Don't believe this lol you'll hate your life and worst part you'll have time for absolutely nothing

[@golfery5119]

Can't say that 100 percent all the time. I mean fellow cooks i deployed with still found some time to screw around female soldiers (at least fraternize if not outright screw, which a few actually did) and also drink themselves stupid when we did have time off. And we usually worked six days a week and sometimes seven and there were times when we had to do all day action from 0530to after 1900.

[@golfery5119]

But yeah most of us hate out lives including so many of the ones who stay in and become sergeants. I've seen several e5s just look for any excuse to not be in the dfac and one e5 told me a few days ago she out herself in culinary class again just so she won't be in the dfac. Speaking of culinary I really hope not too many people will fall for the scam shown in this video.

[@steveboothby7981]

I want to train&fight

[@Hsutheguard]

Good to know, go infantry

[@Julia_Unofficial]

With this mos all you'll be fighting is your vegetables

[@BrezzyEntertainment1]

I just swore into the Army Reserves as a 92G today.

[@thisguy1868]

You made a mistake. Im very sorry. I has a 92g. Its the worst mos in the army.

[@BrezzyEntertainment1]

@@thisguy1868 why is it the worst job? I would love to hear your input about it. If it's the hours that you work that doesn't bother me. I used to work 5am-5pm 7am-6pm just to name a few. It's something for me to get my foot in the door with the military. Eventually I will want to switch. But im opened to hearing your thoughts and input about it.

[@thisguy1868]

@@BrezzyEntertainment1 youre reserves, so it won't be as bad as active duty. But the field will still be horrible. And when you go to ntc, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. If you think a 12 hour day is bad.... you'll be doing 15+ hours every day for a month straight in 130 degree heat, plus the heat of your burners. I was an active duty 92g. There isn't enough paper in the world to print the amount of money, or enough gold in fort knox to make me do this mos again.

[@golfery5119]

@@thisguy1868 I am pissed that just this month the army decided to shorten the reenlistment window from 15 months to 13 months. Had it still been fifteen months my window would be this upcoming January now I gotta stay stuck as a cook till April. I so regret not doing a three year contract instead of signing for five years.i could have been out of this most a while ago. The retention sergeant told me that if I get my promotable status he can show me some mos where I don't have to be in my window (though he hasn't told me what those are) but my e5s keep jerking me around and won't recommend me for the board or blc even though they claim in their counselings that my job performance is good but they don't think I'm ready but they claim they'll work with me. Lately they actually been putting x marks for "agree" on the counselling and only showing me the counselings in text message because they know I'll put "disagree" I really wish I could go back and do this differently. The toxicity of my leadership as well as having one of the most toxic mos around is too much.

[@thisguy1868]

@@golfery5119 dude, I'm glad I'm not a cook anymore. People I know back at my old duty station that are cooks have been working ada for weeks, new leadership, management, and everything is toxic af and uses ada as a mass punishment now. Which I can totally believe. There is no winning in that mos. There will always be something for them to complain isn't clean enough, isn't done right, isn't to their liking, even though 4 people told you 5 different things. I dont miss coming in at 0445 and sometimes not leaving until 2200 and having to he back at 0445 the next day and do it all over again. Every dfac should have an EO rep and some kind of officer or sergeant major overseeing the ncos and do some kind of check in at least once a week to make sure the soldiers aren't being mistreated or abused. 92g is an mos full of abuse, and poor leadership. If anyone ever says they like that mos, they either aren't one, are lying, or have never left admin... or like a certain few female nco's and soldiers, got out of everything by by sucking and fucking their way out of everything.

[@abenasaaba9130]

Me as a college degree holder in this mos makes me feel like I’m dumb. I so hate this mos. Reclassing tho

[@golfery5119]

Don't feel too bad because you aren't by yourself. I myself had a degree as well as a high asvab score (88 AFQT) and got into this MOS but that was because of bad timing (joined way too late and was at the point where I was unable to wait for anything better to open). And yeah I also knew this MOS wasn't going to be good, but wasn't prepared for just how absolutely miserable and sucky it is. I recently reclassed and can't wait to start my new AIT in a month in a half from now.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Why do you hate it so much?

[@golfery5119]

​@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 The only thing I liked about being a cook (can't count my chickens and say I'm no longer a cook just yet because I have to pass my new AIT and if don't pass it, it's back to being a cook) was when we are in the DFAC (as opposed to the field and motorpool), and we have food left over (not all the time) we can eat more than what the "customers" are served. There were also times, especially on first shift, where being a cook wasn't so bad because we (usually, not all the time, but usually) didn't have to do PT (I LOVE to work out but I HATE army's organized PT aka "PRT," that's one of the many reasons why I wish I had have listened and joined the air force instead of the army) or a stupid morning formation in the cold or be in the motorpool (if I was scheduled to be in the DFAC that day instead of the motorpool) or some stupid pointless ruck march. Basically, stupid army stuff, especially forscom nonsense that makes you wish you had have joined the air force instead where they either do that crap less if they do it at all. Other than that, I can't honestly think of anything good about being a military army cook and on one of my last days when I was clearing, even one of my companies E6's told me " *fucking move. get out of this MOS* "

[@thisguy1868]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 because you work all day every day, hardly get time off, and if that time off doesn't fall on a Saturday or Sunday, they have you doing bs in the motor pool. When you go to the field, you might get 2 hours a sleep a night if you're lucky, and you won't get to sharpen your skills as a soldier. You'll just be working. While everyone else is either sleeping, or doing the cool army training. There isn't enough paper in the world to print the amount of money it would take to make me be a cook in the army again.

[@pewpew5733]

what about vanessa guillen?

[@golfery5119]

sad case

[@crisn565]

Let’s be honest. We all wish the food actually looked like this at the DFAC🤣

[@courtneybrooks7661]

Clearly, some people do not know how the culinary business is. It is boot camp, but lots of fun if you love what you do. This looks like a great program

[@kennylanqua6512]

It actually is. Unfortunately however that is the most fun an active duty army cook will have during his or her time in the army. Truly one of the worst mos

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

❓ Which branch of the armed forces has the best food?

[@golfery5119]

Marlon Moncrieffe Air Force and Navy obviously have better food than Army and Marines.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

@@golfery5119 I do not know how that is so obvious but thanks anyway.

[@golfery5119]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 A few months late, but I wouldn't be surprised if Coast Guard also has better food than Army and Marines.

[@jasonbent97]

Salvation Army. We have Jimmy John’s drivers swing by all the time and Door Dash.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

I have been to a Coast Guard dining facility, a few times now, and they were certainly nicer than the ones I was at at Fort Lee, @@golfery5119 .

[@zachgamez9508]

😂😂😂

[@Unique2U05]

Lies.

[@Unknown_Ooh]

Looks and sounds BORING. Out of all the MOS's the Army offers i don't know why someone would pick this. Should be a civilian position.

[@golfery5119]

As far as boring goes, i don't think it was (for the most part) boring. Keep in mind that doesn't mean the job isn't absolutely terrible.

[@theatom5593]

Imagine joining the army to be a fucking cook 😂😂😂

[@golfery5119]

Hey lower enlisted peacetime infantry are pretty much unskilled day laborers and janitors. So yeah there's jobs in the military especially the army that are similar to low paying low skilled jobs in civilian.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Hey, an army marches on its stomach. So don't knock them.

[@RR_DM]

Well, Mz. Chung I just don't want to take any chances, you took a pretty hard fall. I want to make sure your hip isn't fractured, hairline or similar. I just want to ensure you don't go into blood sepsis and are 100%

[@RR_DM]

I'm going to order a battery of x-rays, 360°, to rule out any bone fractures (ejemplo)

[@JohnRodriguez-si9si]

My Favorite part of 92G( Formerly known as 94B, Food Services Specialist) , was, when I Myself Served in 3d Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment ( USASOC) . Airborne, Air Assault, Ranger, SERE Hi- Risk, Combat Lifesaver, Ranger Team Leader's Course, NBC Defense Course, and, even got to serve food and beverage to Special Operators, Sailors and MARDET ( Marine Detachment ) on board the USS Enterprise ( CVN-65) . SUA SPONTE SUPERINTENSIFIED, RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!!🇺🇲🇺🇸❤️🪖🎖️🪂🧑‍🍳

[@Skylar_Spirit]

Show the parts where you'll work every weekend, holiday, donsa, shutdown for inclement weather, from 0445 until sometimes 2200. Or show the field where you won't do any training, might only get 2 hours of sleep a night for weeks at a time. While you cook for everyone else that goes to ranges and gets actual experience. Or show the schools you won't be able to attend because the dfac won't let you.