We want to say thank you to everyone who participated in this process for all the hard work and dedication since we started this team in February of 2021.
To the Content Leaders, CWO Nicholas Wernicke (MVP), CWO Matthew Wernicke and CSCS Adam Shelton. You were responsible for overseeing the 9 man development team, overseeing the overall production and content of this manual. Working on the manual for two years was a process and you did not give up. From development, to Field Validation, to Program approval, you stood your ground until we presented the document for O-6 Level Approval, Admiral Approval, and Concurrent Clearance. Unfortunately, the CG wide FSMS implementation put a hard stop to the whole process. Despite all of this, along with changes in your billets/rank, you persevered and never stopped while this project was in progress. Now, we have final signature, and it is posted.
Also, thank you to the Manual Working Group members CSCS Ed Fuchs, CSCS Javier Pagan-Pagan, CWO Jeffrey Masse, CWO Hunter Robinson and CSCS Brian Tillinger.
A special thank you to the Field Validators for their time, persistence and expertise LT Corey Jones, CWO Stephen Bishop, CWO Todd Wall, CWO Anthony Ciurlino, CSCM Josh Mc Bride, CSCS Ivan Garrido, CSC Brian Black, CSC Ron Rice, CSC Karla Rivera-Guzman and CS1 Thomas Gaulke.
Lastly, we want to thank the Project Leads over the last 14 years: CW04 Kreider, CSCS Eric Toler, CWO Dustin Web.
To ALL of the above, the invaluable technical insight, knowledge and expertise you were able to provide stands as an example of what can be achieved when a crack team of passionate CSs come together. It is clear that your writing skills combined with the time you devoted to making sure every necessary fragment of our CS rating operations was covered has truly paid off – resulting in a much needed update to an outdated manual from 2009. We are grateful to you for making this possible, and we are looking forward to hearing your feedback and working together in order to improve our CS rating in the future.
Thank you for all your support team!
Master Chief Swenson (RFMC), Mr. Chad Adams (Culinary Program) and Mr. Lewis Winston (Product Line)
CS FORCE Master Chief "LIVE" Force Notes 