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Dumping some Coast Guard pics. In return, lets talk about it.
Were you in the Coast Guard? stories
Are you joining the Coast Guard? why?
How does the ethos of the coast guard differ from the navy?
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>>31438073
I was in USCGSO (us coast guard special ops) between 2007-2015. Had 6 deployments to the persian gulf. Can't say much more than that.
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>>31438102
special ops... Coast Guard doesnt have any SOF units though... they had the DOG... but that doesnt fall under SOCOM. If you are serious, within the coast guard do they refer to it as special ops?
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for never can sailor salty be, until hes sailed the bering sea
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>>31438102
I really really doubt you went back to back tours of patfor or bahrain, let alone 6 times
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>>31438206
jesus, do all coasties look this fucking sad?
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>>31438218
Great pic. Were you in the Coast Guard?
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>>31438268
Why sad? They are all smiling and dressed in their awesome uniforms. I personally like the coast guard uniform more than the navy uniform
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>>31438273
what would give you such an idea?
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>>31438290
That you know what seems to be a snazzy little mariner saying
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>>31438287
not sad emotionally. Sad physically.
that guy has a THUMB for a HEAD
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Yup, currently in the uscg ama
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>>31438399
How many coasts do you guard on a daily basis?
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>>31438399
enlisted or officer?
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>>31438317
just alittle something to yell at CONUS ppl that complian about "hard work" or luxuries like internet, cellphone reception, mail coming faster than 2weeks, eating food thats not 50% beef 50% cartilage.
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>>31438425
Shit head officer here. For anyone interested, enlisted get to do a lot more "engaged" missions (only pilots and officers at dsf units get to do very active/tactical missions) the uscg is a great service to be in though.>>31438415
the Gulf of Mexico right now
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>>31438073
Thinking of joining talked to recruiter just got a knee injury from work. I think I can try for a waiver still might have a little surgery. I just turned 28 max age for reserves is 31. Really want security job. Coast Guard boot camp looks fucking hard.
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>>31438326
>FUCK YOU WHAALE!!
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>>31438451
why doesnt the coast guard have specialties or branches for officers? From what I understand everyone is basically a generalist.
OCS or Academy?
I am interested in going in as an officer. I know Coast GUard OCS is extremely selective. What can I do to make myself most marketable to get picked up?
Do most Coast guard officers get to far from shore? Or are most patrols restricted to US waters?
Do you get a choice whether or not you get to go to the arctic?
Do officers get to do boardings as well?
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>>31438461
What do you mean by security? Cg has no MPs, the law enforcement specialty is the ME (marine enforcement specialist) rate. You can always get in and put in for cgis when a solicitation comes out if you want to be an agent.
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>>31438461
cg is broke as fuck. by the time you make it to boot they have 36k invested in you. yes they are really short of nonrates, but they dont need to go wasting money of broken ppl to fix
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>>31438102
I bet your dad works for Nintendo as well.
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>>31438503
Maritime enforcement specialist. I just want that specific mos. My recruiter said they have hella open slots. Probable honey dicking me. Does the CG take waivers if said person is fully recovered?
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>>31438465
>Harpoons
>because it's a drug WAR, goddamnit!
>hey, XO, wanna get high?
>sure cap'n
>conn, take us about 500 yards downwind of that "fishing boat"
>weps, make it snow!
>everyone, breathe deep!
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>>31438508
I'm trying to fix me alright. I don't need them. Fucking trying dad people of 4chan
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>>31438493
I went neither ocs or academy. To be competitive ensure you have good grades, have held leadership positions, and other extra curriculars/job experience. Officers have specialties (prevention which is ship inspections, response which is a mix of search and rescue/law enforcement/pollution response, flight, and cutter man). Cutter man is the only officer path that gets u/w for long periods of time your patrols are dependent on your cutter. Officers rotate once every 3 years (4 for pilots). Officers can go on boardings (I have been on some) but if you want to do LE the best billets are TACLET or MSRT
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>>31438538
You should be able to, just know that the uscg doesn't recruit as heavily as others because of the high amount of applicants. Just ensure you put in for a school asap.
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>>31438545
The US coast guard is deployed to the persian gulf. It is a DHS asset except when employed by the Navy.
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>>31438508
Was boot camp hard? It's the second hardest in military service?
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>>31438594
Thank you.
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>>31438561
How did you commission then? Is being a cutterman the most competitive way to branch as an officer? Are you a cutterman? If i were interested in taking a crack at TACLET or MSRT, what would be the best way to branch as an officer?
Finally, what do you guys think of Admiral Zukunft?
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>>31438646
Goodluck, honestly if you are driven you should be able to get in/pass boot/get into ME A school. Also, as an ME you have the highest chance of going to a dsf unit
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>>31438613
now i have never been to anyother services boot/basic, but members who have say it is definitely more mentally difficult. realize that generaly boot classs' are 25-70 recruits. some less some more. could have alot of individual attention. could have alittle less.
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>>31438613
now i have never been to anyother services boot/basic, but prior service members who have say it is definitely more mentally difficult. realize that generaly boot classs' are 25-70 recruits. some less some more. could have alot of individual attention. could have alittle less..
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>>31438659
Went through the direct commission program (certain schools/degrees are eligable). I am not a cutter man, I am a response specialist. To get in as a cutter man, when you are going through your accession point (ocs, Academy, direct commission) you put in for cutter man billets and if selected, that's your specialty. To get into dsf billets you have to be in the response specialty (I put down a few of them for my next choice in billet.) no specialty is much harder than the others but obviously flight school selection is very difficult. Don't know enough nor have I heard enough from Admiral Z to have an opinion yet.
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>>31438737
well im sure you wear a unit cover. you can thank admiral z for that
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>>31438737
Why is no specialty harder to get? I feel like officers would want to specialize in something, right?
Are you MSRT or TACLET?
Sorry to repeat the question, but is it competitive to branch as a cutterman?
Finally, everyone ive ever seem to have met who did time in the coast guard has nothing but the best things to say about their time in. What is it about the coast guard do you think creates an environment so lacking in cynicism and resentment toward the service? Like what does the coast guard do right to make guys love being in it so much?
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>>31438815
If you want to look at it that way, the hardest specialty to get into would be pilot(due to the extensive application/selection process for flight school then 2 years of flight training). The USCG does its best to slot people into the careers they would want(helps keep members happiness up and increases retention rates).
I am neither yet unfortunately, I did apply for TACLET/MSST billets for my next unit.
Becoming a cutterman is as competitive as most other specialties. FYI, if you go to the academy, expect to go cutters your first tour(something like 90% of every USCGA graduating class goes cutters at first) which makes other accession points(OCS, direct commissioning) have a more selective stance for those people becoming cuttermans.
Why are USCG members generally happy? The missions feel worthwhile, the people you work with are excellent(bar a few bad apples), and the public has a favorable view of you(unlike the shit other services get over the middle east wars).
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>>31438861
First, thanks for answering so many of my questions. You really are helping me sort all of this out.
Second. Good luck with TACLET/MSST! Do you have to go to selection for it? Like how SOF is determined for other branches?
Third. I am 23 and currently a graduate student (finishing up and getting my masters this semester). So the academy definitely aint possible for me. Im also fluent in Russian and Persian. When applying for OCS, do you think language capability and having a masters is really something I should emphasize? Or does it not matter really? Like would it have any effect on my marketability and chances of getting picked up?
I definitely want to be a cutterman. So I am doing everything I possibly can to make that happen. Even if its pretty competitive for OCS guys
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>>31438930
So to simplify how the USCG does officer rotations, the detailer will look at my officer evaluations(reports from my bosses) and my qualifications. Based on that they determine if I am a good fit for one of those(I have some LE/Search and Rescue qualifications already, so I have a decent chance at being picked up). With better numerical scores on your evaluations, the better change you have of getting the billet you want.
A graduate degree will definitely help. If you have good grades you should be fine. Yes, ensure you get all languages down on your application. Your accession point would be OCS. Even if you go cutterman, you can swap specialties after the first tour(this doesn't apply to officers that start in the prevention/response/pilot specialties)
Anyways, going to bed all, goodluck for the guys applying. If another USCG thread pops up sometime I will do my best to answer questions again, I might try to pop into /meg/ sometimes to answer enlisted questions as best I can there.
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>>31439006
>>31438930
Before I go to bed, as an addition. You asked if the selection for TACLET/MSST/MSRT is similar to SOF for other branches, it isn't. Instead of a bootcamp style selection process, all of that training is conducted once the person has been selected for that billet, so the USCG runs into issues sometimes when members wash out of TACTLET/MSST/MSRT training after 3 months at the unit and the service scrambles to find a different place to put them(a shitty spot for the person to be in, make sure you are fit and a decent shot first)
ok night all.
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>>31438073
Wish these guys got more money. They're still operating ships from the 60s.
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>>31439064
Do more with less is the motto
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>>31439006
>>31439055
You are really awesome. Thank you so much for all of this honestly. Have a good night and stay safe out there.
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>>31438972
blue flight suits are the most operator of all I think.
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>>31439115
They are pretty badass for sure
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>>31439115
I think it's one of the TACLET or MSRT units, they utilize a coverall style uniform instead of the ODUs that most coasties wear day to day
>>31439116
This seems to be a team working with the bohemian coast guard I believe.
>>31439125
Based surfmen, they are fucking crazy.
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>>31439134
Why do operators wear coveralls?
Why are surfmen crazy?
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>>31439162
I can't attest as to why the DSF units wear coveralls, must be something for their gear or to ensure proper range of motion during missions(regular ODUs are fairly stiff and would restrict arm movement/flexibility needed during boardings)
Surfman are crazy because they go out in the shittiest of conditions, and (even though they claim to not do it intentionally) flip their self righting boats. They actually go into the surf as well(hence the name surfman) that regular USCG SAR units won't usually enter. They are SAR specialists.
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>>31438073
My father was in the Coast Guard. Him and a few other guys on a lighthouse south of Florida...during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Said an officer came over one day and gave them all revolvers and said 'You mean know what to do if the Russians land?'
One of his friends there said 'Ask if they want coffee.'
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>>31439201
I feel sea sick just reading that. How the fuck do these guys not puke all the time? Do they just get used to it?
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>>31439281
Based HITRON.
>>31439270
They are generally members who have been at smallboat stations again, they go to a specific training prior to becoming surfmen. Tough SOBs
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>>31439305
Is it common to get sea sick aboard cutters? And yea. HITRON seems like a badass gig.
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>>31439383
Usually, you get seasick once(your first time underway) then never again. Depends how shitty the sea state is and the individuals proneness to vomiting.
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I'm an EM in the USCG. I'm slated to rank up to E4 by Feb 2017. I'm what you would call a "boot-to-A".
I'm currently at a non-operational unit somehwere in the Gulf.
Nothing of what I do is considered to be tactical or operational, but I can answer what I can.
Expect to be a sailor first, and then a soldier second - if you can manage the nonrate life before you get to A-school.
I can't recommend joining the USCG just to live the tactical life. This is due to the 1-2 years you will have to endure as a non-rate scrubbing the decks off boats and/or sweating your balls off in the engine rooms.
If you want a tactical life go 11B in the Army.
The majority of what is considered tactical, as in ME, BM, or MK will require about 6 month wait time before you join the list to go to A school. From there you will learn your rate specialty first before you get a chance to become a Boarding Team Member or Boarding Team Officer.
ME is not a rate that actually involves boardings. The majority of the ME rate involves training others to board foreign vessels.
BM/MK is usually the rate that involves boardings but you can expect to do bitch work for at least a year before you can get the opportunity to wield the weapons and armor.
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>>31440018
What do you think of Officers in the Coast GUard? generally a high caliber of men? You ever do a patrol on a cutter?
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>>31438073
Anyone wish the Coast Guard was made really Yuge to counter Chinese shenanigans?
Like if Trump took over and he made our military huge as fuck, along with giving the coast guard aircraft carriers and their battle groups and the monies to fund it. Maybe surplus ones when the actual Navy is getting shitload of futuristic Zumwalt looking cruisers and shit.
I just want to see more ships in that sexy white and red.
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I used to watch a television show about the Coast Guard. It was really popular.
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>>31438472
Is that like "Fuck you Cow!" but with bullets?
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>>31438073
Why are Coast Guard cutters fitted with CIWS? I've always wondered, are they supposed to be in situations where they might take ASM fire?
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>>31438073
>Dumping some Coast Guard pics
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>>31442153
Fucking ruskies can into lines. Hnnng.
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>>31442161
1135 indeed are neat looking.
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>>31438177
Yeah, all the time. The ship I was on ran like clockwork because of me. Cleanest toilets in the fleet, floors you could eat off of. Sometimes a bathroom got so bad that they sent for me specifically, said they needed needed special forces in there.
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>>31440083
The chicom coast guard doubles as an intimidation force against neighboring countries, hence the larger ships and periodic rammings.
If the US needs to show people up, a CSG or a bomber wing appears and everyone else tends to scatter. Though cutters in the 80s had ASW systems, torpedos and harpoon missiles. I heard they were getting predator drones but mostly for observation.
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