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Article: Name change of the mess Management Specialist (MS) rating to Culinary Specialist (CS).
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- Navy Supply Corps Newsletter
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Since the concept of rates, ratings and occupational entities to describe naval careers was first used in 1775, the rating structure has undergone considerable change while maintaining long and healthy traditions.
The profession of a "cook" has a long naval history. The historical rating of cook was established in 1797, changed to ships cook in 1838, and again changed to commissaryman in 1948. In 1975, the mess management specialist rating was formed from the merger and subsequent disestablishment of the commissaryman (CS) and steward (SD) ratings. The progression from cook, to ships cook, to commissaryman, to mess management specialist is an excellent example of ...