Any Coasties in here??
12-08-2005, 04:52 PM
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whats up coasties!
I am getting out of the Army soon and was thinking about going in to the coast guard. I am in the infantry now as an e-4 promotable. I would like to be either a rescue swimmer or flight mechanic. what are the odds that I will get stationed in my home town of Wilmington N.C. or Hawaii? Would I carry any rank to the coast guard? Would I need to go to basic training? also thought about the coast guard reserve do they offer rescue swimmer as well as flight mechanic? Thanks for any info you can provide.
I am getting out of the Army soon and was thinking about going in to the coast guard. I am in the infantry now as an e-4 promotable. I would like to be either a rescue swimmer or flight mechanic. what are the odds that I will get stationed in my home town of Wilmington N.C. or Hawaii? Would I carry any rank to the coast guard? Would I need to go to basic training? also thought about the coast guard reserve do they offer rescue swimmer as well as flight mechanic? Thanks for any info you can provide.
12-09-2005, 09:44 AM
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Hey guys,
I'm a flight mechanic in Savannah, GA right now. You can get into the guard, being your infantry, you'll be an E-3 coming into the guard. Just gotta sign up for a school and graduate and your an E-4. Making rank is alot easier than it seems in the Army.
The reserves are taking away the aviation rates. And there would be no chance at all to be a reserve swimmer. They did have AMT and AET personel that went from active duty to reserve, but now they are doing away with them.
Aviation wise, there is Elizabeth City, NC, not Wilmington. Just go to a recruiting office and check it out, then come on here and tell us what they said, we'll try and tell you which parts are bullshit and which are true....We all know how recruiters are haha.
Dave
I'm a flight mechanic in Savannah, GA right now. You can get into the guard, being your infantry, you'll be an E-3 coming into the guard. Just gotta sign up for a school and graduate and your an E-4. Making rank is alot easier than it seems in the Army.
The reserves are taking away the aviation rates. And there would be no chance at all to be a reserve swimmer. They did have AMT and AET personel that went from active duty to reserve, but now they are doing away with them.
Aviation wise, there is Elizabeth City, NC, not Wilmington. Just go to a recruiting office and check it out, then come on here and tell us what they said, we'll try and tell you which parts are bullshit and which are true....We all know how recruiters are haha.
Dave
12-09-2005, 10:05 AM
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Not a coastie, but I do work for the coast gaurd here at camp lejeune, NC. I am the facility manager here, so if you have to come here for any PSU, MSST, OTH training you will have to come see me to get a place to stay.
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Originally Posted by TurboCoupe
Station Bellingham here. I got a bro in Miami on the Chandy with a Torrid Red 05 GTO too.
I used to work with your XPO or OIC @ Bellingham I think, BM1 "Bart Simpson" from the CGC Cochito?
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Originally Posted by TurboCoupe
Station Bellingham here. I got a bro in Miami on the Chandy with a Torrid Red 05 GTO too.
02-05-2006, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Birdman7389
<---BM3 at Sta Golden Gate
I used to work with your XPO or OIC @ Bellingham I think, BM1 "Bart Simpson" from the CGC Cochito?
I used to work with your XPO or OIC @ Bellingham I think, BM1 "Bart Simpson" from the CGC Cochito?
02-05-2006, 09:11 AM
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AET2 at airstation corpus christi, heading to ARSC in elizabeth city this summer. as far as aviation rates in the reserves, none are available. to become a flight mech you can either be an AET or an AMT, both share the job, so you need to figure out which you will rather be doing....working on engines/gear boxes, etc. or chasing wires.
