Video! Summer CS State of the Rating Review and Quarterly CS Leadership Departments Update

On 8/8/2024 the first Quarterly Culinary Specialist FORMC State of the Rating teams meeting with the CS Leadership Departments. For transparency we went live on Facebook and are posting this video so the fleet can watch to see what their Senior CS leadership is up to. Topics includes:

State of the rating:

• Recruiting is working
• Quality VS Quantity (New CS’s)
• Most billets are filled but many may not be truly “filled”
• 1 more year of Bonus Support/Vested Crew Members
• Operational Analysis – In progress
• MCAP – CS Leadership is functioning well
• CS support is at an all-time high
• Billet Banding E4/E5
• Advanced Ed applications
• ACF National Champs
• Leadership Meeting Sept 15th

What the FORMC/RTAC main priorities are currently:

• Test Run “CSA TRACEN Petaluma” Separating the galley from A School
• Operational Analysis – Coming to you soon
• Realigning Sea-Time requirements for the CS Rating
• Create CS Pay Grade Progression system to include Competencies/Certifications/Qualifications

What do we need from the fleet:

• Fueling the fire of our new Chefs types
• Mentoring our new disgruntled CSs types
• Provide feedback on Vested and Lateral Entry CSs
• Take the OA Survey

Leadership Departments FORMC Collaborations discussion:

• RTAC/FORMC Collaborations
• Program/FORMC Collaborations
• A School/FORMC Collaborations
• AO’s/FORMC Collaborations
• COSL/FORMC Collaborations

Message to our CS Senior Leadership:

Good afternoon. We often send information up the chain but rarely communicate it back down. This is your chance to share all that valuable information, initiatives, finalized projects, successes, ways you’ve supported the fleet, current issues, and how you plan to address those issues with the fleet. The same information you send to your superiors can be shared with the fleet by simply copying and pasting it.

Please send me this quarter’s update on your Department for the CS Force Master Chiefs “LIVE” Force Notes: CS Force Master Chief “LIVE” Force Notes – This page will act as the Culinary Specialist Force Master Chief (FORCM) Force Notes to include updated links, Culinary Specialist news, user guides, templates, message traffic, solicitations and a CS search engine.. (coastguardculinary.com) This page serves as the Culinary Specialist Force Master Chief (FORCM) Force Notes, including updated links, Culinary Specialist news, user guides, templates, message traffic, solicitations, and a CS search engine (coastguardculinary.com).

I know some of us are already providing updates through newsletters or emails, and that’s excellent. For everyone else, please submit your quarterly updates on what your CS Department is doing. Good example formats are in the emails below (AO email update and SPL/CSB update). This is not for me; it’s for the fleet. Even a small update is greatly appreciated. I will post these on social media as well. People want to hear from you.

CS Leadership Departments and Sub Departments:

1. Program (+ FINCEN + Advanced Culinary) – Mr. Adams, CWO Webb, SC Schuler, SC Bartlett
2. COSL (+ CSB, DLA) – Mr. Bush, MC Rivers, MC Joiner, SC Oellrich
3. A-School (+RKM + C-School) – MC Ball, MC Reed, SC Shelton
4. AOs (+ SCAs +EPM) – CWO Wernicke, MC Jeffries, MC Wright, SC Rohrs

Send together as a Department or if I receive separate updates from sub departments (IE: SCAs, RKM, C School, DLA, FINCEN, Advanced Culinary, ) I’ll combine with your parent Departments update. Looking forward to seeing something from each of you.

Also, in conjunction with the quarterly updates due date on the first Monday of each Quarter, I would like to set up a Teams meeting to hold a CS FORCM Rating Brief with all the CS Leadership Departments.

Thanks!

-James

Very Respectfully,
Master Chief James Swenson
Culinary Specialist Force Master Chief (FORCM)
Phone: 860-389-4470
http://www.CoastGuardCulinary.com