Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Jacksonville's Commanding Officer presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the new Navy Food Management Team (NFMT) teaching galley on Naval Station Mayport, Fla., March 28.

Commanding Officer Capt. Re Bynum cut the ribbon to open the newly constructed teaching galley.

The new galley will allow NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville NFMT food service instructors to provide necessary on-the-job training (OJT) to Culinary Specialists, significantly improving the overall Navy food service program within the Southeast region.

Emphasizing high-quality food preparation, progressive cooking, proper serving techniques, food service safety, operating procedures, sanitation, and personal hygiene, the training offered at the new teaching galley will center on preparing meals from scratch vice using approved heat-and-serve options.

Heat-and-serve options may be convenient due to operational tempo and manning set-backs, but freshly prepared items are more sustainable world-wide, help Sailors make healthier food choices, and when properly prepared, are tastier.

"I personally believe taking something out of a box and heating it up is not a skill. Culinary Specialists will gain much more with scratch cooking skills. It will benefit the Culinary Specialists and members of their crew," said Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Sarmaine Johnson, Officer in Charge, NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville NFMT.

"With OJT at the teaching galley facility, Culinary Specialists will have pride in creating freshly cooked meals, and the Sailors on ships will enjoy some really good food," said Johnson.

The training galley is a scaled simulation of a shipboard galley. The first training session is scheduled to begin on April 24, 2017.

NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville, one of eight fleet logistics centers under NAVSUP Global Logistics Support (GLS), provides operational logistics, business and support services to fleet, shore and industrial commands of the Navy, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and other joint and allied forces. Services include contracting, regional transportation, fuel, material management, household goods movement support, postal and consolidated mail, warehousing, global logistics and husbanding, hazardous material management, and integrated logistics support.

NAVSUP GLS provides global logistics for a global Navy. The organization is made up of approximately 6,300 military and civilian logistics professionals operating from 105 locations worldwide, providing an extensive array of integrated global logistics and contracting services to Navy, Marine Corps, joint operational units, and allied forces across all warfare enterprises.

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