Coast Guard?

Question

I am from another cauntry and I am A US citizen I Interested In the coast guard the most If any one has anything I need to know about it let me know

Answer 1

The United States Coast Guard is under the Department of Homeland Security except during times of war, when it is under command of the Navy (Department of Defense). It's missions are primarily maritime law, mariner assistance, and search and rescue. It is the smallest armed force of the United States. There are over 40,000 men/women on active duty.

The Guard is part of the military. You'll have to go through 8 weeks of basic training at Cape May, NJ followed by your speciality "A" school. There's usually a waiting list for both. However, pay/benefits are good and so is the pride of serving America.

Your best bet would be to look at the websites I provided below and learn more.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

Ok. The national guard(Air/army) are just state controlled components of their federal Big Brothers if you will. The National guard is definately going to have more options and career choices. As a Guardist you have access to all of the armies MOS choices 200+. Where in the coast guard you have very few entry level options. Also the NG is offering a 20,000 dollar sign on to the coast guards 0. As far as pay it just depends on rank but National Guard you will make roughly 150$ a month as drill pay untill you are mobilized then you would recieve full pay as a full time soldier. CG if you take the reserve route same thing once a month drill pay, but if full , full pay.

Answer 3

I would love to help you out, but there isn't enough info here to answer.

You need a high score on your ASVAB test to qualify. The higher the better. It is a small service and has the luxury of being able to select the best of the best. When I was in the Coast Guard, there were more people employed as NY City Police Officers than there were in the Coast Guard.

Other than that, you need to get more specific.

Answer 4

My son was in Coast Guard. The boot camp was pretty physical but, since he had been in a (not so good) band in high school he got out of much of the drilling and exercise as they make anyone with any musical training do that instead most of the day. Believe it or not. Anyway, the stuff they did sounded pretty physical and I am not sure a tiny person could do it, unless they lower the standards for your size. I would bet they have a size requirement that you need to learn about.
I know they had a requirement for eyesight level that you had to pass. I think if you're too small they won't want to bother with uniforms etc. in your size. So you better check that first. Coast Guard is wonderful. My son unfortunatly was booted out after 1 1/2 years but if he'd of gotten to stay he would of had a wonderful life. He had a great time. He was assigned some guy who was younger than him who wrote people up like crazy, got 3 of his 5 people he was in charge of kicked out of the military with a general discharge in the 6 months he was there. Before that my son loved it. This guy would make him do menial tasks 18 hours a day, which is fine to a point. I think the Coast Guard ended up demoting him to the bottom for what he did. But, they had no choice but to 'support' his decision to have these 3 men booted out, as what do you have if your c hain of command is broken. Well, that's it.

Answer 5

During times of war the U.S. Coast Guard answers to the Department of Defense. During times of peace it answers to the Department of Transportation.

Answer 6

well, all i can say is, i was in the US Navy and i wished i'd joined the Coast Guard--so go for it! seems like a better deal. more exciting. and you get to stay in one place longer, and close to family, maybe. more like a regular job.

Answer 7

the coast guard is the law enforcement branch of the waters. it should be fairly simple to join.