Tough question about the military. Only the most knowlegable people can propably answer this one.?

Question

I've heard that you can do more then on job in the Coast Guard, Such as being a CG boarding officer, Master at arms(CG's military police) and be a cook at the same time.

If this is true, can one be A CG boarding officer, Master at arms and a rescue swimmer at the same time.

If it's not to much trouble does it work like that in the Air Force.

Answer 1

It depends on the type of unit you are in and the size, but for the most part, you can train in a lot of jobs, but you will be slotted where you are needed. I had three military occupational specialties in the Army, but I could only work in only one that I was slotted in.

Answer 2

Ya usually do wear more than one hat on duty with the coast guard (and navy, similarly) One will have primary specialty such as engineer, machinist, etc. But the other "chores" inherent with ships will occupy thier other time. An example is on an aircraft carrier. Launch ops people will double as firefighters when the need comes.
Rescue swimmer, or Military Police is usually a bit different though. The nature of the job keeps them away from the general crew abord ships, and have very specific mission requirements that'd keep em from being tied up with various mundane jobs.

Answer 3

There are some fundamental rules to military service, for example when push comes to shove everyone in the military is a rifleman regardless of what their "day job" is.
It is my understanding (but I am not the latest expert in the field) is that anyone aboard ship might be a trained rescue swimmer, but that person would have a full time job besides being a rescue swimmer.
It is quite common with most "specialty units" that team members are trained to fulfill the responsibilities of other team members should it become necessary.

Answer 4

while it is possible to have specialty codes(Navy calls them NECs) for more than one job skill over a lifetime, you won' be filling multiple billets at once. At most, you might have collateral duties.

For instance, you use the jobs you specifically mentioned: You could be billeted as a Master At Arms, serve on a boarding team, and also be qualifed as one of the ship's rescue swimmers, although MA would be your primary duty. In the Navy, rescue swimmers are not their own job, they are secondary duties. In the CG, I do beleive it is a primary billet.

Answer 5

The Air Force is structured a bit different. Every enlisted person has a primary AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code) which identifies the person's primary duty. In addition, it's not uncommon for enlisted folks to have additional duties, especially when they obtain higher grades. Most additional duties are associated with support-type jobs, and the primary emphasis is always on one's primary job. But additional duties can dime you to death: voting NCO, Air Force aid, saftey NCO, cleaning details (usually for airman) building/facility custodian, and security police augmentee. The additional details are endless. We had a saying: we've been doing more with less so long that we don't need any to do it all!

Answer 6

Basically you get all that training when you enlist and go to bootcamp but my fiance' who is a U.S Marine (Military Police) Officer he had to go to bootcamp and also Military Police school. The Coast Guard is a little different then the other branches but you should definitely contact your nearest recruiter....Im in Northern California, if you need any more help plz feel free to contact me...

Tiffany

Answer 7

One job at a time. You may have different responsibilities within your department, but you will always be expexcted to be focused on your current MOS.

Answer 8

I not sure about the coast guard but army...You can ....my primary MOS code is MP 31bravo but I have a 2rd MOS-code as a Medic

Answer 9

You can be TRAINED to do them, but you can not possibly be doing 3 things at once.

Answer 10

denyse is that u?