I can't speak to CG personally, as Devil Doc can of Navy, of life in the fleet. But I have gotten feedback from both sons who are, one commissioned and one enlisted. In general there are good and bad officers, and the word gets around. My enlisted son did a lot of checking on stations and cutters before putting in his dream sheet.
The commissioned and enlisted work a lot more closely in the CG. In the smaller cutters there is no separate wardroom, so they eat together on the mess deck. Enlisted son has had a lot of time with officers. Traveling to training, one fixed his frozen brakes after a long deployment (that officer was rated amazing). Both sons have been on 110s where only the captain has a cabin. XOs share with senior enlisted. On black hulls that relationship is pretty close too. I can can only relate one aviation story. When my commissioned son had a medical issue my wife and I went down to stay with him. We took him to medical at Base Portsmouth. Sitting in the waiting area across from us was a man wearing a sweatshirt which read USCG Rescue Swimmer. Eventually a Lieutenant Commander in ODUs came out, saw the swimmer and shouted out to him. They gave each other a big hug then sat and gabbed for 10 or 15 minutes. Is that unusual for the CG? I don't know. But I suspect it would be unlikely for the Navy.
The commissioned and enlisted work a lot more closely in the CG. In the smaller cutters there is no separate wardroom, so they eat together on the mess deck. Enlisted son has had a lot of time with officers. Traveling to training, one fixed his frozen brakes after a long deployment (that officer was rated amazing). Both sons have been on 110s where only the captain has a cabin. XOs share with senior enlisted. On black hulls that relationship is pretty close too. I can can only relate one aviation story. When my commissioned son had a medical issue my wife and I went down to stay with him. We took him to medical at Base Portsmouth. Sitting in the waiting area across from us was a man wearing a sweatshirt which read USCG Rescue Swimmer. Eventually a Lieutenant Commander in ODUs came out, saw the swimmer and shouted out to him. They gave each other a big hug then sat and gabbed for 10 or 15 minutes. Is that unusual for the CG? I don't know. But I suspect it would be unlikely for the Navy.