Cook
Requirements
- Experience as a cook is an advantage
- Tidiness, responsibility, endurance
- Fitness for service in terms of health and moral qualities
- Age 18 to 45
Responsibilities
- Preparing meals for the unit's personnel
- Observing sanitary standards and food storage times
- Food stock accounting, inventory control
- Organising the work of the field kitchen
Terms
- Mobilisation until the end of martial law, or contract service
- Basic and specialist training as required
- Pay: base pay of UAH 21,000 + an additional bonus of UAH 30,000 — approximately UAH 51,000 – 55,000 per month in total, depending on the position and conditions of service
- Full social package
- Full provision of protective equipment and military property
- Opportunity to obtain combatant status (UBD)
Vacancy: Cook
A hot meal after a shift is not a domestic trifle but what keeps up the strength of people returning from the positions. The brigade understands this, and the cook's work is valued here more than it might seem from the outside.
The cook prepares hot meals for personnel, observes sanitary standards and organises the work of the field kitchen.
This is a position for someone who knows how to cook for a large unit and can do it in conditions far removed from a restaurant kitchen.
Who can become a cook
No military experience is required. Culinary experience is — any kind, including civilian.
What really matters:
- Experience cooking for large numbers of people is an advantage
- Observing sanitary standards: food poisoning in a unit puts more people out of action than shelling
- Endurance: the work starts early and finishes late
- The ability to work with whatever ingredients are available
- Medical fitness — determined by the military medical board (VLK)
On the main question: this is a military position, and everyone goes through basic military training. But you are hired for this specific job — in your profession.
What a cook does in the 141st SMB
In addition to what is described in the requirements above:
- Preparing hot meals for personnel
- Organising the work of the field kitchen
- Observing sanitary and hygiene standards in storage and preparation
- Checking food quality and expiry dates
- Keeping track of food stocks and submitting requests for resupply
How you will be trained
The path is the same for everyone: 51 days of basic military training, then the brigade adaptation course — 14–15 days with instructors who have combat experience.
Next comes adaptation to working in a field kitchen: equipment, standards, volumes. Civilian culinary experience counts in full here.
Tactical medicine is drilled until it becomes automatic. Our instructors' principle is short: the priority is to survive.
What you will be provided with
You will be fully kitted out: gear, protective equipment, field kitchen equipment.
You won't be alone. The cook works in the catering service — alongside other cooks, the logistics service and the drivers who bring in the food.
What the terms include:
- Pay: base pay of UAH 21,000 + an additional bonus of UAH 30,000 — approximately UAH 51,000 – 55,000 per month in total, depending on the position and conditions of service
- Full provision of gear, protective equipment and military property
- The social package provided for service members
- Opportunity to obtain combatant status (UBD)
Where you can grow
- Senior cook, head of the field kitchen
- Logistics service — accounting and planning of food supply
- Related support specialities
- Professionally — experience of organising catering for a large team
In the 141st, competence and results count — not length of service.
Frequently Asked Questions
Logic and process: we answer the key questions about enlistment, training and status.
Apply for this positionDo I need culinary experience?
+It is an advantage, especially experience cooking for large numbers of people. But we also take people without formal training.
Is this a combat position?
+No, this is a support position. Everyone goes through general military training, but the main work is feeding the unit.
How many people will I have to feed?
+The volume depends on the unit and the task. We do not publicly disclose specific figures on personnel numbers.
I have no military experience. Can I still join you?
+Yes. Most of our best specialists were civilians yesterday. What matters to us is your motivation. We’ll match a role to your skills: if you understand machinery — you’ll go to the mechanics; if you know electronics — to UAVs or communications. Everything military — we’ll teach you.
How long does training take before deployment to the unit?
+Every recruit completes Basic General Military Training (BGMT) at a training center. After that — additional specialized training depending on the chosen role. We send only the prepared to the line of contact — that is our core principle.
What happens after I fill out the form?
+Your application goes to the recruiting center. Within 24 hours our specialist will call — it’s not an interrogation, just an introduction and answers to your questions. If we’re a match, the brigade issues an official request and our liaison helps you get through the TRC and MMB as fast as possible.
Can I transfer to the 141st SMB from another unit?
+Yes, we consider transfers — including via the Army+ app. Fill out the form and select the status “Active service member” — a recruiter will advise on your real chances and the steps involved.
I am AWOL (SZCh). Can I join?
+The law allows a return to service. If you’re motivated to fight in a sound team — fill out the form and state your status honestly. Our specialists will advise you individually on legal ways to return. Confidentially.
Do you provide uniform and equipment?
+Yes. The brigade fully provides basic kit, body armor, helmets and weapons. Plus — thanks to a strong volunteer network, we have additional technological support: drones, EW, transport.
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Tell us which role you wantWhat happens after you apply
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A call within 24 hours
Your application goes to the recruiting centre and a specialist calls within a day. It is not an interrogation — just an introduction and answers to your questions.
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Interview and choosing a role
Together we look at what you can do and where it is most useful. If we are a match, the brigade issues an official request for your transfer.
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Enlistment office and medical board — with support
Our liaison helps you get through the enlistment office and the military medical board as fast as possible. You do not navigate the queues alone.
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Training first, then the unit
Basic general military training takes 51 days, followed by the brigade’s 14–15 day adaptation course with instructors who have combat experience. We send only prepared soldiers to the front line.