92G MOS: What to Expect 2020

[@TheOfficialRickyBowden]

What do you guys think about this Army career? Let me know! Also, go SUBSCRIBE to Skinny_Golf and comment a 📸emoji to let her know I sent you!

[@golfery5119]

I've mentioned quite a few comments about this MOS, (including on Skinny Golf's channel) for anyone really thinking about choosing it. It definitely is not for everybody including just about most people who are in it.

[@armyveteran729]

I was a cook in the Army in 1994 in Darmstadt Germany and we were 94Bravo and it sucked being a cook lol. But we didn't have PT and had fun at the same time and partied hard with good friends through the years !!!

[@golfery5119]

unfortunately because this is the army (not the air force), that can vary depending on where you get stationed and the unit you're in. I was at ft campbell and was in a unit where we still had to do a fair share of ruck marches (it is fort campbell) and we still had to do the motorpool, not just "motorpool mondays' but also constant connex layouts from tuesday to friday. Usually half the cooks would split rotations between motorpool and dfac (or mess hall as it was known in your time). Those assigned to dfac would still have to do PT if they were on second shift. Those on early shift in the dfac usually did not have to do morning formation pt, but there are various times depending on who's in charge of the company, where morning shift mess hall "dfac personnel would be made to do PT after shift (which sucks because of course by that point you're exhausted and your body is in pain already).

[@rahb2009]

My job was 92 golf in 2011 thru 2014. I served in south Korea and my experience was pretty okay . She's right you gotta follow directions and pay attention to detail. Pt is a must because alot of times you gotta fit it in to your schedule on your own with some units. Cooking for the army is not hard at all. It may be long days . But definitely worthwhile. I'm proud to have served and was a army cook.

[@golfery5119]

@ 4:38 about the aprons, yes. People will steal aprons. You got to have an apron for "cooks mount" formation and it always has to be cleaned. Plus, while I'm not completely sure, you may have to turn your aprons back in to CIF when you leave the army. so people will always try to have as many extra aprons as possible so when they get the chance they will steal one if they see one laying around unattended. I myself have actually done this too, at least twice.

[@Unique2U05]

Yes.I recently left the army this past June and had to turn in all of my Aprons and Cook uniforms.

[@golfery5119]

@@Unique2U05 can you say how long you were in and what rank you got out as? So far I've been in for over three years and my leadership keeps telling me I'll go promotion board (most recently January 2021) but so far it hasn't happened even though I haven't gotten into any trouble. I think what it is is that I had let it be known a while ago that I want to change my mos as soon as my reenlistment window hits, so my sergeants are like "forget him he doesn't want to be here anyway" and keep giving me lip service about the board I got two year left on my contract

[@Unique2U05]

@@golfery5119 I got out as a E-4 which I managed to make in under 2 years.If I would have stayed in I could have been a E-5 by the time late 2020/early 2021 came around.I too had to deal with bitter sergeants in Korea who were only interested in getting their favorites promoted.Never tell them you want to switch your MOS because,depending on your leadership,they will hold that against you.

[@golfery5119]

@@Unique2U05 thanks for sharing. I should have known to not talk about changing my MOS to anybody and letting my sergeants know about it. The only reason I went with 92g is because it was one of my only choices since I was so close to the cutoff and I was forced to pick a MOS right then (I had to be at basic by the next week). But honestly now at this point I really don't even know if I actually want to stay in the Army on active duty. I'm tired of missing funerals back home and things like going on deployment where I have to have my folks come from another part of the country to get my car (you know all the post will do is store your car. They're not going to actually maintain it for you while youre gone on deployment, so there's a possibility your car might be inoperable by the time you get back) might be that much harder if you get sent to another duty station even farther away from home. I'm thinking right now I should just finish out my term and then go, and if I still have anything to do with military then go guard/reserve, especially Air Force guard/reserve instead of Army.

[@POKEFAN023]

@@golfery5119 ima give you some advice brother but I’m sure you already know by now but, ima still give it to you, don’t tell people your plans. Hope you figure everything out bro

[@mr.alexander2560]

Leaving basic July 6th🙌 and got the mos for 92g

[@TheOfficialRickyBowden]

Good Stuff bro!

[@RushdiProLLC]

Love cooking!

[@halael5803]

I'm also leaving july 6th!!!

[@mr.alexander2560]

Halael wow really??

[@halael5803]

@@mr.alexander2560 yeah!! Are you nervous? I am

[@barryjohnson2159]

BEST MOS IN THE ARMY. Been at it for ten years!

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Really? I hear many complaints; notably that the hours are brutal.

[@barryjohnson2159]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 every MOS has their own bull shit. You work long hours yes, but we get our time back.

[@Unique2U05]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 I hated it.lol I was compensated nicely by the army for getting fucked up in the line of duty though.

[@golfery5119]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 it may not be quite so bad after becoming a sergeant At ten years he would have to be at least e6 if not e7. But still you can look at the sergeants and it is still pretty stressful on them making sure the lower enlisted don't mess up. Yeah that's any mos but it's a special.kind of stress with being in the cook mos

[@thisguy1868]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 it is by far the worst mos in the army. Bar none. You dont ever get your time back, you might get one day off a week, and the one day off you do get, if its not on a Saturday or Sunday, you'll be in the motor pool doing pmcs, or some other bs they need done. Your unit has a donsa? No you don't. You'll either be in the dfac, or you'll be with them, but instead of having fun, you'll be there on the grill making hotdogs, burgers, and such for them, and then you'll be in the dfac. 3 or 4 day weekend? Holiday? No. Not for you. You'll be in the dfac. You might get one day off. Or a day where they split the shift, and you'll get to go back to your barrack for a few hours, or leave a little earlier. Oh wait, not everyone showed up? That's fine. You can work all day. From 0430 to 1930 to cover down for them. Just got back from a month in the mojave at ntc? Awesome! You can go back go the dfac now! Awww your commander gave you a pass? Nah. We need you at the dfac. These are all things that have happened to me, and my section. If I wasn't about to reclass, id get myself kicked out of the army. This mos is garbage to the core. My 1st sgt and commander, and the unit career counselor all came to work an "ada" all day action with us not long ago to see why we never want to, have free time, or partake in company functions.... they all left that day and said "we had no idea how bad it really was. We see why you all want to get out."

[@kennylanqua6512]

Also 92 golf. Yeah fuck this mos.

[@yaboicus1526]

Going to basic tomorrow glad I chose this job

[@angelramirez3775]

Where you gonna be doing basic?

[@golfery5119]

@@angelramirez3775 sigh... Hopefully dude is able to keep that same optimism a year and more in the future. This mos is one of the more soul crushing mos around

[@fgsguap9983]

@@golfery5119 how come

[@golfery5119]

@@fgsguap9983 92golf is my mos and I've been doing it for three and a half years now. I can give you a whole essay of information about 92g that you won't see online, but I'll keep it short unless you want more detail. Basically, while all mos jobs in the military have stress to them, regardless of how good they are, believe me when I tell you, and this isn't just my opinion or my experience, that being a cook in the military on active duty is a very, very highly stressful mos. This mos really is a major headache and definitely deserves its reputation as one of the twenty - and I'm being generous, really not even ten but five- worst mos in the military. I believe that being a cook in the army would be even worse than an air force cook also because army cooks would go out to the field more and even when they don't go to the field they have to cook so much for the field (called "mermites") in addition to having to cook for "in house " (the dfac). Cooking for "mermites" also involves having to report to the dfac even earlier at times (there have been times where I have had to come to the dfac at four o'clock in the morning for mermites.). I might be wrong but I'm sure that since most people in the air force don't have to do the field quite like the army and Marines, that their cooks don't have to do this quite so much. Army cooks also have to spend time in the motorpool (you don't cook in the dfac all the time) and lift tents out of connexes (storage sheds) like so many other people in the army also do (I've been told by people in air force that they don't do this like we do either). I believe that when air force cooks arent in the dfac they are working in gyms or making beds in lodges (air force cooks are called "services" for that reason) which honestly doesn't sound so bad as being in a hot motorpool lifting heavy tents all day. Then we also usually have to do mandatory organized pt especially if we work late shift in the dfac. Having to do a heavy hard run or a very long ruck march before working so long in the dfac when your body is hurt isn't good. So I think being an army cook is even worse because we have to do all the army stuff on top of the dfac stuff So for anyone who insists on being an active duty military cook I would recommend doing it at least in air force instead of army. And you would be surprised as to not only how emotionally draining working in the dfac is but also how much it physically hurts your body. Your back and legs are in pain. I can go on a whole lot more but I would strongly recommend avoiding this mos altogether. Really any mos that has a low asvab score requirement. But again if you're going to insist on it, then either do it in air force or do it in guard/reserves (whether army or air force) All mos have ups and downs but this mos definitely has *way, way more downs than ups* . Even sergeants who stayed in this.mos will tell you that this mos sucks. Heck even my ait instructor told us this mos is one of the worst. I do not recommend this mos at all. Real talk. But then again the more people who do join this mos the more "balanced" or "overstrength" it will be which is a good thing for people in it like me because that will give me a better chance of changing my mos when my reenlistment window comes up. I know that sounds selfish but you really can't grasp how so many of us want to get out of this mos when we are finally able to do so.

[@golfery5119]

@@fgsguap9983 I can't tell you how many times I've seen someone brand new out of ait with so much optimism about this mos turn sour after a few months. This mos truly is terrible.

[@ARMYprinncess]

lol I love the music in this video. Mario took me ooouuuuttttttt🤪 Seriously though.....great tips and opens up opportunities for people looking to choose a MOS!

[@TheOfficialRickyBowden]

😂

[@andeshamontgomery4050]

Does any youtuber know of where I can get informed about a few things about a 92g that I haven't watched in this video or any other by the girl in the video?

[@TheOfficialRickyBowden]

@@andeshamontgomery4050 she has her own channel @skinnygolf

[@anthony4513]

I’m going to basic on the 12th, chose this mos! Hopefully all goes well

[@thisguy1868]

I'm very sorry. Youre going to woefully regret your decision.

[@thisguy1868]

Do you regret it yet?

[@anthony4513]

@@thisguy1868 yes

[@ipodpancakes2874]

@@anthony4513 how’s this mos going for you? Where did they station you?

[@thisguy1868]

@@ipodpancakes2874 he already said he regrets it. 99% of the people that are in this mos hate it. Avoid it at all costs.

[@yukisanscorner3582]

92 GET DOWN!

[@marlowhadnot]

Quick question where you in school with a India Sanders ?

[@Snorky_88]

What to except?? Hmmmm the pogiest of pog life

[@chijaytavaakachija1513]

Harder than your job

[@Snorky_88]

@@chijaytavaakachija1513 I was in the infantry. Never would be a POG. Way to PC and gay

[@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?

[@golfery5119]

B A A small number of 92G's do get to serve on culinary teams for more advanced training in "chef" stuff. Most 92G's don't.

[@streetdreamz210]

golfery how does a 92 g go and serve on culinary team ?

[@golfery5119]

@@streetdreamz210 Sorry for the late reply. I honestly really don't know. It seems like most of the few 92g's I've seen do culinary were girls who were super cool with various sergeants who were on the team (I didn't say "sexual" or anything like that with sergeants, but definitely they could laugh and joke with them in ways other lower enlisted can't). I guess if you really like cooking and chef stuff and you can do politics, you can try to make your way onto the team. But it is something that is definitely a lot less common than what they had us believing at JCCoE (the 92g training at fort lee). And this might be purely speculation, and I'm not trying to hate on my branch the Army (like a few people have accused me of doing), but as far as "better opportunities" or "further training" for military cooks in general, some of my sergeants have claimed that cooks in other branches may have it better than army 92g's do. Again, that is probably speculation and "the grass is greener on the other side" Which it probably actually is... I'm not sure how often Air Force "services" have to do the field and work in the motor pool compared to army 92g's. I can definitely tell you for sure that while I certainly saw trainees from other branches in DFAC training at JCCOE..... when it came time to training for the field, which is another type of pain in the butt, it was all army trainees and army instructors out there. Aside from certain types of Navy jobs like obviously Navy seals, and aside from Air Force security forces, the average person in those branches don't do the field like army does. But check them out first before just going to army 92g (which I'd advise against being a military cook at all given all the crap that comes with it probably more than other jobs)

[@zab683]

Sorry for the late reply, not sure if you still need it but here you go. In order to get into the culinary team, all you need to do is sign up for it when it's available. Usually, the Dfac manager will have a meeting with all the 92G in the Dfac at the end of the week and they will bring it up if it's available (Anyone can sign up for it, literally anyone). After that, they will gather everyone that signed up for the team ( All Dfac on post, 1 post = 1 team) to complete with each other. Whoever did the best get to be in the team. A team is consist of 3 NCO ( usually) and 3-6 soldiers, but only 3-4 soldiers will actually complete in the real completion.

[@cxeejay9027]

Ship to basic august 10 💪

[@thisguy1868]

Do you regret it yet?

[@cxeejay9027]

@@thisguy1868 yes

[@thisguy1868]

@@cxeejay9027 just think, you haven't gotten to your duty station yet.... just you wait until you're in your dfac working all day, nearly every day for 15+ hours, never having a weekend off, a holiday, and the days off you do get youll be doing pmcs on vehicles, classes on how to shine boots, or sweeping the sun in the motor pool. You haven't seen hell yet.

[@khemadhikari4231]

Are the food good

[@christiangarza1694]

DO 92G ever out of the wire on combat deployments?

[@golfery5119]

Christian Garza "DO 92G ever out of the wire on combat deployments?" It's not too likely but it's not impossible and has happened. One of my sergeants in AIT says that when she was deployed, instead of cooking, she was put on duty looking for roadside bombs (don't ask why a cook would have to do this when the Army has EOD's). Remember, you are in the Army, not the Air Force or Navy, and pretty much everyone's primary job is basically infantry like Marines. Everyone in the Army gets issued "TA50" infantry gear for that reason while pretty much most people in the Air Force (aside from "security forces" which is their version of infantry mixed with military police) do not get issued it. So if you got a combat deployment in Army (which by the way has the longest deployments of all the branches, including longer than the Marines), don't assume that you wouldn't be put into any dangerous situations just because you are a "POG" If you want to join the military and be a cook, and don't want to face too many risks on combat deployments as a cook, then it might be a better idea to enlist in Air Force's "Services" instead of Army's 92G. Not to mention Air Force's "Services," while they still have to go through a lot of crap given that they are still military cooks, probably don't have to deal with as much of the same crap that Army 92G's do (example is Air Force cooks maybe put to work as gym janitors when not cooking, whereas Army cooks, like so many other people in the Army, get to sweat like hogs out in the motor pool lifting tents all day and doing maintenance on vehicles when not cooking).

[@fgh918]

Yes. I lived outside the wire north of mosul for 5 months literally

[@andeshamontgomery4050]

Is this MOS crappy or not? This one of the few options I have. I do not want to retest right now

[@Mr.Jaquaveon2k]

Lol can you cook?

[@andeshamontgomery4050]

@@Mr.Jaquaveon2k is that question addressed to me? If so, yes. I have experience having jobs that r in food. I was a cook. I absolutely hate it that's why I left everyone of them jobs. I didn't get the choice by meps to wait a month to retest to bring my lime scores up by 6 points. I had to take what was offered or walk away

[@Mr.Jaquaveon2k]

@@andeshamontgomery4050 Damn really..thats sucks 😕. Are still serving or you’ve moved on?

[@andeshamontgomery4050]

@@Mr.Jaquaveon2k I'm not in the army yet! i ship Jan 5th. But I have worked at a handful of restaurant/food places and I hate it. I hate dealing with food and all. 92g wasn't a choice on my list. But since I have it. I need all the info I can get on it. I don't know what to expect about the job at all

[@Mr.Jaquaveon2k]

@@andeshamontgomery4050 Wait how you choose it and it wasn’t an option?

[@erikn.7153]

This my MOS, I ship out in 1 month to Fort Leonard Wood I'm excited to be a 92g

[@golfery5119]

good luck in keeping that exitement. hopefully when you get to your unit (if active duty) then at some point you'll either be put in admin or rations or maybe even actual culinary team so you can keep feeling alright about being 92g. Being on shift though might really make you hate life.

[@erikn.7153]

@@golfery5119 Yeah I'm enlist as active duty and I will ship out this Monday, thanks for your words!

[@thisguy1868]

@@erikn.7153 i remember you.. i tired to talk you out of it....dont say I didn't warn you.....

[@thisguy1868]

@@golfery5119 i talked to him before about the mos... I tried to warn him. His fate is now sealed, and if he tires to get himself kicked out later, they'll drag the process out as long as possible just to keep another body in the dfac. Im so glad I'm done with this horrible mos.

[@golfery5119]

@@thisguy1868 he won't be the first or last. Reminds me of a E4 92g I know in my company (I was also deployed with him) who admitted to me that he was warned about choosing this mos. And this dude had a high gt score, 124. He told me he picked the mos because he wanted to be a chef and he actually believed being in this mos would actually help him become a chef. He said his recruiter (even though recruiters are notorious for lying and exaggerating) actually tried to talk him out of it and tried to get him to choose something better with his score (obviously there's a whole lot you can do with 124 score), but he didn't listen and insisted on it. At the moment now, for the last month or so, he was moved to rations because that's where his new.e5 is (who just got promoted to e5 like two months ago). Even so,.he hated his life so much from being a 92 golf that he wants to get out the army altogether and apparently is ETS in December 2021. Another E4 I know is also fed up and is getting out in next few months. Whereas the previous dude had 124 gt, this guy had 125 gt score and said he insisted on picking this mos because he could ship out the fasted time with it (and a few other sucky low score mos like infantry). So yeah unfortunately these folks will have to see for themselves but then it will be too late to back out since they're in a contract. Maybe more folks in the future, and probably also the two guys I mentioned, would give things more thought if it was explained with some detail just why this is regarded as one of the worst mos even if you do actually like to cook. But me personally I wouldn't mind if more folks are still gullible to sign up for this mos and on active.duty and in the army ( not that it matters because military cook sucks no matter what branch, but I think air force services work in gyms and hotels when they're not cooking instead of the motorpool like army 92gs do and I'm not sure just how much air force services have to do mermites since apparently the average air force person doesn't go to the field like army). The more people gullible enough to sign up for 92g...even after they're told about how terrible it is.....the more likely it is for 92g to stay "balanced" ( or maybe even go to "overstrength"). Which when I finally, finally get to my window in January 2022, I'll finally be able to reclass and escape this misery. I'm so tired of being tired from this mos. *my body actually physically hurts* from.being in the dfac and it screws me emotionally... Nevermind my toxic leadership (been in army for almost four years. Aside from the month after I got out of ait, I haven't been in trouble or flagged yet my leadership still hasn't had me go for the promotion board or blc and now I'm being bossed around in the dfac by sgts and corporals who have less time in service than I have). I know all mos have some stress but damn how many other mos aside from like mechanic, where you are actually in physical pain when you're done and your back,knees and ankles feel like theyve been bitten by rattlesnakes??? Fuck this mos

[@streetdreamz210]

I’m a 91 b rn mechanic but always wanted to go to culinary school and be a chef thinking bout reclasing but I wasn’t sure if this would set me up everyone tells me your just a cafeteria worker and the skills you learn are minimum. What do you think

[@golfery5119]

B A As bad as 91B might be, I would advise against reclassing to 92G and I'm a 92G. Anyway, 92G's are more than just cafeteria workers, though many of us don't learn that much. It is definitely not culinary school even if the Army nowadays calls it "culinary specialist" to try to make it sound more appealing than "food service specialist"

[@tt-wx7ko]

Do not reclass to 92g (I was one) you will regret it.

[@golfery5119]

@@tt-wx7ko Definitely probably the *ONLY* way I can see someone reclassing to 92G is if they are an E5 so they won't have to do as much of the real stupid stuff and instead most of the time just give orders. But even then, I still can't see reclassing to 92G

[@tt-wx7ko]

@@golfery5119 you hit the nail on the end. It is a dead end job.

[@barbershop8554]

you can do stuff like culinary school being a 92g. You just have to tell your NCO that you want to join the culinary team.

[@kdubyaw3246]

I hear a hint of New York in your accent...

[@TheOfficialRickyBowden]

She’s 🇯🇲

[@nuwanchamara904]

As a army culinary specialist you have enough time to go to collage?

[@ernestovasquezcortez8027]

You feel like all time is used up 😭

[@misskareed]

Barely I’m doing it now and as a single parent It’s stressful at times

[@golfery5119]

Nuwan chamara Obviously, you are not going to be doing college on campus (nevermind COVID) if you are active duty military, and especially with lots of people in the Arm. Unlike lots of people (not all or most, but lots) in the Air Force, who have more time to themselves, get to do their own PT, have shorter deployments and don't go to the field, lots (not all or most, but lots) of people in the Army have to do an hour and a half (at least) of organized morning group PT plus have to go to the field for weeks on end and the Army has the longest deployments. Add this to the very long hours a military cook would do (and an Army cook, which just like other Army jobs have to go to the field, deploy, etc) and you would not be able to find much if any time for college. I would imagine that an Air Force cook, who again, has shorter deployments and doesn't go to the field, would have more time than an Army cook. You can however do one or two courses online. I myself (I am an Army cook on active duty) have done this, but it was interrupted by deployment Of course if you reenlist you can do "school ops" But really don't be a military cook if you want more time to complete things like online college. It would be a better bet, if you insist on being a military cook, to do it in the Air Force instead of the Army.

[@Unique2U05]

I did it and managed to make the Dean's list...but it was haaard.You have to have great time management skills

[@golfery5119]

@@Unique2U05 congratulations..I got like nine courses left to get my bachelor's in criminal justice but it's been rough doing the mos (some periods having to work all seven days a week but usually six days and at times having to work from 0530 to after 1900) and being on deployment with bad internet. I know it can be done but you got to really find some will power in addition to time management.

[@vivianasanchezgarcianl.3184]

My question is how old do you need to be??

[@golfery5119]

At least 17 to 34 for army and navy. 28 for marines, and 39 for air force.

[@RicheyVlogs]

Do you get a US military uniform by working in the kitchen

[@golfery5119]

you get the uniform period

[@barbershop8554]

you get 2 uniforms one for the kitchen and one for being a soldier

[@thegospelpreacher3889]

Her message wasn’t clear

[@thisguy1868]

Avoid this mos at all costs.