Culinary Specialists,
Good evening. Please review the Commandant/MCPOCG’s email sent to you today. Also, please go to AY24 Force Alignment Initiative Information Hub (SHAREPOINT)to update yourself and your CS team on the way forward during this Workforce Alignment. The last few years have been tough on the CS Rating. We are short 150 CS3s and the impact on our rating has been nothing short of a crisis. The constant TDY requests on land and the shorthanded CS teams underway have taken a toll on our ratings retention, our families, and our souls. We need this change. We appreciate this change. We are grateful for this change. A reduction in responsibilities is imperative to alleviate the workload caused by the CS shortage. We made a plea for assistance, and our voices were heard.
If you are on a cutter please review (SHAREPOINT):
https://uscg.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/USCGPortalOnline/SitePages/Cutter-Forces-Force-Alignment-Initiative-FAQs.aspx
If you are at a station please review (SHAREPOINT):
https://uscg.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/USCGPortalOnline/SitePages/CG-731-Force-Alignment-Initiative-FAQs.aspx
If you are in an affected billet please have your spouse review (SHAREPOINT):
https://uscg.sharepoint-mil.us/:u:/r/sites/USCGPortalOnline/SitePages/Ombudsman-FAQs.aspx?csf=1&web=1&share=EQnbcHpzOD5Ai-o2aW7k91QB05foS2jJ9O65waTutLCAIQ&e=zzVce0
Every decision, no matter how necessary or positive it may be for the greater good, has both its good and bad sides. This may greatly impact some of us as individuals. If you, or one of your shipmates, are struggling and hold a billet that is affected by station changes or a cutter layup, please do not hesitate to reach out to me, your Culinary Support Branch (CSB) Representative, or your AO for guidance and mentorship.
Contacts:
– Rating Force Master Chief: 860-389-4470
– Assignment Officer CWO2 Nicholas Wernicke – Work Cell: (202) 841-1106
– Culinary Support Branch (CSB): The newly created CSB will provide remote administrative and technical assistance to the Coast Guard’s Culinary Specialists (CS) and their Commands in the complex operations of Coast Guard Dining Facilities (CGDF). CSB will be available for technical assistance, systematic oversight, and provide units with tools for continuous improvement by providing ongoing support and mentorship.
Email – SPL@uscg.mil
Culinary Support Branch Duty Phones
District 11 and District 14:
CSCM Vernon Joiner
757-579-9850
District 01 and District 05:
CSCS Crystal Wiggins
757-579-9640
District 13 and District 17:
CSCS Mason Champlin
757-579-0967
District 07 PATFORSWA:
CSC Michael Franklin
757-579-0270
District 08 and District 09:
CSC Michelle Sacco
757-990-1997
Thank you for your passion, resilience, and service heart. You are an amazing rating and I’m so lucky to watch the results of your talent and ambition.
Very Respectfully,
Culinary Specialist Master Chief James Swenson
Rating Force Master Chief (RFMC)
Phone: 860-389-4470
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