92G Food Service Specialist
About the role
As a Food Service Specialist for the Army National Guard, you provide the sustenance your fellow Soldiers need to perform at their best and protect the nation. You will manage all dietary and nutritional needs, ensuring Soldiers are prepared for their challenges. This role involves planning and preparing menus, cooking and serving food, and maintaining food safety and facility sanitation—whether feeding 25 Soldiers or 2,500, in the field or in a fixed facility.
Responsibilities
- Prepare meals using Army recipes, including baking, frying, braising, boiling, simmering, steaming, and sautéing
- Operate, maintain, and clean field kitchen equipment
- Perform preventive maintenance on garrison and field kitchen equipment
- Manage standard and dietetic menus and recipes
- Order food and supplies
- Store meats, poultry, and other perishable items
Skills you’ll learn
- Cooking techniques and kitchen management
- Menu planning and dietary nutrition
- Food safety and sanitation practices
- Inventory and supply ordering
- Mathematics, accounting, and chemistry as applied to food service
Civilian career opportunities
Through your training, you will develop skills applicable to careers in restaurants or organizations with dining facilities. Depending on your specialty, you could pursue roles as a cook, chef, meat cutter, butcher, or baker.
Benefits
- Paid training
- Monthly paycheck
- Montgomery GI Bill
- Federal and State tuition assistance
- Retirement benefits for part-time service
- Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage)
- 401(k)-type savings plan
- Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000 for existing loans)
- Health care benefits
- VA home loans
- Bonuses, if applicable
Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change.
Requirements
- Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
- Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
- Must be between the ages of 17 and 35
- Must pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
- Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details)
Programs and benefits are subject to change. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability.