Hello Everybody,
First of all, I know there are several people who feel strongly about not applying to USMMA as a backup to go into active service of a certain branch, so I just want to put out there that while I am very interested in active duty commisioning opportunities after graduationg, I am also extremely interested in the maritime industry and wouldn't be surprised if I changed my mind about active duty after a few years.
So my questions are: if you wish to commision into the coast guard after graduating, do you commision through the MARGRAD program or do you commision the same way than if you graduated from USCGA or OCS? Also is it difficult to commision into active duty coast guard? Are you pretty much stuck doing inspection work if you commision or are you able to choose what you do?
Thanks in advance!
First of all, I know there are several people who feel strongly about not applying to USMMA as a backup to go into active service of a certain branch, so I just want to put out there that while I am very interested in active duty commisioning opportunities after graduationg, I am also extremely interested in the maritime industry and wouldn't be surprised if I changed my mind about active duty after a few years.
So my questions are: if you wish to commision into the coast guard after graduating, do you commision through the MARGRAD program or do you commision the same way than if you graduated from USCGA or OCS? Also is it difficult to commision into active duty coast guard? Are you pretty much stuck doing inspection work if you commision or are you able to choose what you do?
Thanks in advance!