Coast Guard Roll Call

No, did he just get there? I left from my tour in June. If he is there now, then we must have just missed each other.

 

He came from Kodiak Island. I do believe it was in June or around that time. I worked with him in Alaska for a few years.

 

yeah just missed him then. One of my good buddies just went to the CGPD in Kodiak though and his wife is the new YNC there. Great people!

 

Very cool. It's a great place (in the summer).

 

any of yal a BM or GM? i was in the Navy for a few years and separated due to downsizing and they offered full benifits and got out early(hated my job as aviation admin and had to volunteer/almost beg to go IA to afghanistan because i was miserable where i was)

been tossing around the idea of enlisting in the CG, but my only dealings with coast guard personnel was a CS Chief about 5 years ago, and a Reserve Captain while overseas, they gave some insight but not much about either rate.

Id like to get the most hands on/thrilling job and the oppurtunity to travel a whole lot which i was not able to do in the Navy due to a sexist LPO

 

I was a BM, didn't spend much time on the water though

What are you interested in in the CG?

GM's don't do a lot of shooting, mostly weapons maintenance and training. If you wanna shoot, go BM or ME and get into a Taclet or MSST/MSRT. You'll do quite a bit of tacticool training and work with the smaller boats in the service. For more hands on LE, try to get into a Taclet.

 

I'm a BM, it's a pretty sweet job if you get a good station or cutter.

 

I am really interested in being on a small boat of some sort. my time on an aircraft carrier was miserable ha.

Id really like to "do something" exciting, i have nothing tying me down anywhere and want to move around or just do something different as often as possible.

 

I was on an 87 as a non rate, and out of rate as a third class...

 

Taclet would be up your alley then.

I know a few guys as BM's that deployed to Iraq with Taclet South.

 

i assume Taclet will come up in a google search? so many damn abbreviations between each branch ha

 

Tacical Law Enforcement Team.

And Maybe some news articles will but I don't think the units will.

 

But can conversely be a miserable assignment when you get a bad cutter or a weird out of rate assignment. BMs drive boats, except the ones that run MAA divisions at random units (like Base and Air Stations)

Eric-I got your PM...I'm a officer/pilot so I can't give you as good a perspective on the Enlisted side of the ouse as these other guys, but I think they are on the right track w/ the TACLET/LEDET route. Do be aware that you might end up operating off of Navy ships to do some of the missions. Reserve Port Security Units mig be worth looking into as well.

Also realize that it's VERY competitive to even get a boot camp slot right meow and you'll be waiting for a while.

 

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Well looks like i got some research to do now. thanks for all the input from everyone.

 

Be a BM... Most opportunities. You can do any collateral, get to do all the fun shit.
Still as a BM you can get special assignment to taclet. I've tried but with no joy.
Just keep in mind. BMs in the CG are completly different the navy BMs

 

Was a BMC prior to jumping ship to Warrant MSSD. Was on a TACLET from 97-00. Second best tour I have had. Made the rounds of the Caribbean aboard US, British, and Dutch ships. Eight drug seizures. Three biggest of 4,4 and 5 tons. Learned to scuba dive in Guantanmo Bay, work with the Seals off the Coast of Iraq doing smuggling ops, and was part of Operation Frontier Lance II working off an Army LCU off of the Coast of Haiti. TACLET is definitely a good time. Best job hands down was my tour on a construction tender. Where else can you work with big ass power tools, a diesel powered hammer mounted on 60ft crane and smash telephone poles into the ground. Then once all the lights and equipment are mounted back the cutter away and say, "I built that."

 

I've heard buoy tenders are the shit. But hard ass work, they work hard and play hard.

Did you go to the buoy tender round-ups ever?

 

My first your was on a buoy tender in Alaska and I loved it. I'm hoping to go back to one after I leave here. Buoy Tender Round up was awesome. We had outs in Juneau around CG day every year.

 

Hickory?