Adopt a Ship Program

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Comment by Mark Webster, CEC, CCE on November 7, 2009 at 1:37pm

Just an early Happy Veterans Day to everyone out there who has served/is serving our country. Please be safe wherever you may be and remember our brave men and women who are protecting our way of life 24/7. From this Navy veteran "Happy Veterans Day, thank you very much.

Comment by Hlumelo on October 30, 2009 at 6:03am

i am student at walter sisulu university in south africa doing my last year in food and beverage management and would like to join adopt a ship program, what qualifications must you have in order to be elected in the progra?

Comment by Mark Webster, CEC, CCE on October 28, 2009 at 3:01pm

John,
Reading your comments I see you visited the CS school. I tried emailing the Senior Chief at the school, but haven't had any response back. I know everything constantly changes and I would really love to be able to visit the school and just find out more as to how things are going. Chef if you have good contact info could you forward it on to me, especially if its an email address.
Thanks.
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Comment by John Reed CEC, CCA on October 21, 2009 at 10:02am

It's been nearly a year since I did my 10 days at sea. I think about that experience every week. I wonder what menus they are running and the challenges they have.

I visited the Culinary School at Great Lakes several months ago and saw the facilitities where sailors train to become CS's and got an overview of the short time they are exposed to formal education. They learn at sea as the those before them. So whatever you can do to support this program even pushing letters on a key board to spread the word it is welcome

I will take advantage of this opportunity again in the future. If you can't make the trip to Japan as I did, there are still plenty of opportunities to support at home. Contact Michael and so you can experience as Mark puts it "see the haze grey and be underway".

Once again lets thanks Michael and remember this is the most memorable and meaningful continuing education hours you will ever experience.

Comment by Mark Webster, CEC, CCE on October 21, 2009 at 9:13am

Paul,Thoughts and prayers out to your Mom.

Comment by Paul Patterson on October 21, 2009 at 3:06am

Sorry everyone, Had to cancel at the last minute and I mean last minute, mother had a mini-stroke at dinner the night before I was to leave. So back to work. Doctors could find nothing wrong but at 87 it was something that passed in the night.

Comment by Mark Webster, CEC, CCE on October 14, 2009 at 10:35am

Hello all,
I'm not sure how many of you knew this, but yesterday was the U.S. Navy's 234th birthday (October 13, 2009). While I am sure we celebrated with cake cuttings taking place around the world on both shore and ships at sea I wanted to take a minute to add a special Congratulations and thannk you to the men and women who keep the Navy Fed and ready to go 24/7. Thank you CS's! We have had a phrase that withstands time in the Navy. Whenever we had a command picnic, party, steel beach picnic or nearly any function we always heard the term "Holiday Routine" which really means " Holiday for the crew, routine for the cooks" ô¿~ While we all enjoy a good party remember our CS's out there putting their touch on each and every party.

Comment by Mark Webster, CEC, CCE on October 8, 2009 at 5:15pm

Chef,
What an excellent review of your time onboard the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. I am pretty familiar with that class of ship since my first was the USS Forrestal CV-59. Being prior Navy I just want to say that every time I hear of a Chefs visits in the "Adopt a Ship" program I guess you could say I share the experience with the CS's and crew that you visit. Thank you for your service.

Comment by Ray L Duey, CEC on October 8, 2009 at 4:32pm

AHOY THERE CHEFS!!!!
by
Chef Ray L. Duey, CEC

After getting the e-mail from Chef Michael Harants, CEC at NAVSUP about an opportunity to travel to Japan to board the USS Kitty Hawk, I could hardly sleep! At 12:30 pm on Friday October 19th,, 2008, I boarded my 12 hour American Airlines flight to the Narita, Tokyo airport. Upon arrival at 4:30 pm Saturday the 20th, I was greeted by two culinary specialists from the ship. We had a 2 ½ hour drive to the naval base at Yokosuna where I was processed aboard ship. Meeting my contact LCDR Osbourne, I settled into my rack for some well deserved shut eye. At 0600 the next day with reveille blaring over the intercom my day began. Working with CS’s in the main galley proved to be fun and challenging. Changing thinking in young minds is what it’s all about.

Mustering on the mess deck each day gave me a chance to address the CS’s on the previous day’s activities. Over the next several days I moved between galleys showing knife skills, equipment maintenance, and recipe substitutions. Working with the chiefs, senior chiefs and the chow boss was great fun for someone outside the military sphere of thinking. Being 3 levels below the flight deck I was greeted by the sound of take-offs and landings of the flight wing’s F-18’s. If you want to know what it is like to sleep under a bowling alley then this is your trip! I will NEVER watch TOP GUN again without hearing that sound in my mind!!!

On Thursday morning at 0230 with two CS’s banging through my door, I knew it was man overboard drill time! On Thursday the 25th I donned my flight gear and was catapulted off the deck on a C-2 Greyhound aircraft. Six Flags will never be the same! We flew an hour to the Naval Air Facility at Atsugi. Spent the night on base and caught my flight back to Los Angeles. Having taught all week and leaving centerpieces for the gala reception at Muroran on Friday which the crew and I created, I felt a sense of camaraderie and pride in the crew of the Kitty Hawk!

Having witnessed F-18’s coming and going, refueling at sea, and the amazing logistics of a small city at sea, I can truly say that I am VERY PROUD of the United States Navy! I encourage all of my fellow culinarians to participate in the Adopt-A-Ship program. You will get back many times more than you thought possible!

Comment by janie ebinger on October 4, 2009 at 7:07pm

I AM A CHEF AND AUTHOR OF RECIPE BOOKS, "SIMPLY VINAIGRETTES FROM ANCHO CHILI TO WHITE WINE" AND "JANIE'S SIMPLY ENTREE SALADS FOR TWO" IF YOU ARE A COOK IN THE NAVY AND I CAN VARIFY THAT I WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF "SIMPLY VINAIGRETTES". MY BROTHER WAS IN THE NAVY ON THE USS GALVASTON BACK IN THE LATE 60'S DIED OF CANCER IN 97' I MISS HIM STILL AND I AM VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT HE WAS A SAILOR AND HELPED DEFEND OUT COUNTRY, MY FATHER WAS IN THE KOREAN WAR SERVING IN THE ARMY, MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN THE ARMY PROTECTING THE BORDERS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA FROM PONCHO VILLA. CONTACT ME WITH YOUR NAVY INFO AND AFTER I VARIFY IT I WILL MAIL YOU A COPY OF "SIMPLY VINAIGRETTES"

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