Retail Services Specialist


Retail Services Specialist is a rating in the US Navy. RSs are responsible for managing and operating all shipboard retail and service activities, including the ship's store, vending machines, coffee kiosks, barber shops and laundry operations. They play a large role in the morale of the ship.

History

The RS rating was established on October 1, 2019 with the renaming of the existing Ship's Serviceman. The SH rating was established in February 1944 in four specialty ratings: Ship's Serviceman B , Ship's Serviceman C , Ship's Serviceman L and Ship's Serviceman T . In April 1948, the four specialty ratings were merged into a single rating. The rating abbreviation was changed to SH. SHs specialized as barbers, cobblers, laundrymen, store clerks or tailors in pay grades E-3 and E-4.

Duties

Retail Services Specialists perform the following duties: