However, mid-size and smaller cutters as well as air assets generally function in and around the home base where your son or daughter is assigned and generally deploy for a few days to a few weeks at a time. Port Security Units PSUs are expeditionary forces primarily responsible for providing the Department of Defense layered defensive protection utilizing both waterside and landside security forces.
The PSUs can also provide limited domestic support to Captains of the Port in executing port security operations. Active-duty service is a full-time commitment for the period of the enlistment while reserve service is a part-time commitment, 2 days a month and 2 weeks a year. Please note that reservists are subject to active-duty activation in times of national need. All incoming Coast Guardsmen earn a competitive salary based on rank and additional benefits that are hard for young people to come by in the civilian world like free medical, dental and eye care, and for active - duty members, possible housing, meal and uniform allowances.
Your information will be forwarded to your local recruiting office. You will also receive an email verifying that your information has been forwarded. However, our recruiters are very busy and it may take up to 72 hours to contact you. Reserve Careers. Family and Friends. Mobile Menu Main Menu: Explore your options Show all answers. What are the job specialties for officers?
As a member of the Coast Guard, do I get paid time off for maternity leave? The huge minority base of the student population routinely receives scholarships to prestigious colleges and universities. OCS for college graduates interested in a career as an officer is 17 weeks of training designed to promote leadership abilities. If you graduate, you will be given the rank of ensign and receive an obligation to serve three years of active duty. Officers are the ones who fly in the Coast Guard as well, or you must have been a flyer in a branch of the Armed Services.
Commissioned Coast Guard officers may apply for flight school. Those with prior training may apply for Direct Commissioned Aviator status. In World War Two, the Coast Guard inspected merchant ships for the allies, and in the Coast Guard's authority to protect water life was broadened with the passage of the Water Quality Improvement Act. Today, the Coast Guard protect vital national security interests such as the prevent of illegal immigration and narcotics trafficking.
On an average day, the Coast Guard saves 14 lives. There are nine districts covered by the Coast Guard: the districts numbered 1,5,7,8 and 9 are all classified as Atlantic, and districts numbered 11,13,14 and 17 are all Pacific these include Hawaii and Alaska. So the good news is that no matter where you are sent to work, you will be somewhere in the United States. The bad news, depending on your point of view, is that you may still be very far away from your home state.
There are several landlocked offices of the Coast Guard, and if you want to work for Coast Guard public relations or mechanical repair, you might not need to see water, except for basic training. But if you suffer from aquaphobia, you need not apply. Leadership in the Coast Guard as in all of the armed forces is a sought-after commodity and those with talent can rise in rank very rapidly.
As responsibility increases, pay and privileges increase as well. The Officer Candidate School is pre-commissioning training for college graduates who want to become Coast Guard officers.
Candidates attend a week officer training course at Yorktown, Virginia. The physical and academic curriculum is demanding. In addition to physical training, candidates study navigation, ship operations, seamanship, Coast Guard orientation and leadership. Upon completion, candidates are commissioned as ensigns in the Coast Guard Reserve. Graduates from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association are eligible to receive commissions as lieutenant junior grade in the Coast Guard Reserve.
The applicant must be admitted to the bar of a state or federal court within one year of receiving a commission. Qualified graduates of state and federal maritime academies may also be eligible for a commission as an ensign or lieutenant junior grade in the Coast Guard Reserve. Engineers are highly sought and may be commissioned directly up to the rank of lieutenant. Occasionally, direct commissions may be available for ROTC students at selected colleges and universities, previous military officers and qualified military pilots.
Qualified military pilots may compete for direct commissions as aviators in the rank of ensign or lieutenant junior grade in the Coast Guard Reserve. This program provides students with valuable leadership, management, law enforcement, navigation, and marine science skills and training. It also provides full pay ment of school tuition, fees that are approved , some or all textbook costs, a salary, medical insurance and other benefits during a student's junior and senior year of college.
Each student is expected to complete their degree and all Coast Guard training requirements. Following the completion of OCS and commission as a Coast Guard officer, each student will be required to serve on active duty full time as an officer for three years.
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