You do understand that if you get commissioned, you probably would be spending the next 5 years on a cutter?
It is not common for an officer out of the Academy to do his or her five years consecutively on a cutter. Usually 2 years afloat, 2 years ashore, then afloat again. This doesn't include those who go to flight school at some point, or start at sectors. Two ensigns from 2017 and from 2018 went directly to Cyber Command.
@AuxNoob is correct - it is not common and there is no "probably" that someone would spend 5 straight years on a cutter. The Academy is not entirely designed to produce cuttermen - contrary to the sometimes popular belief. The CG needs officers with other skills and the number of Academy graduates in a transfer cycle outweighs the number of cutter billets appropriate to their rank. Yes, the majority of graduates go to a cutter for two years. After that, people go to Flight School, Sector Response, Sector Prevention, Intelligence, Cyber, Search and Rescue Command Centers, Deployable Specialized Forces, Staff Tours in Finance, Logistics, Planning - there are a plethora of options out there and JOs are given the opportunity through the available job "shopping list" to explore their options.
Is it possible to spend 5 years straight on a cutter? Absolutely. Is it mandatory that you do so? Absolutely not. People perform better when they get to explore their interests - the detailers, for the most part, do attempt to align a member's interests w/ the needs of the service. I have a friend who is going into their fifth year underway - 2 years on a larger cutter and 3 years pre-commissioning as an Executive Officer. Other ways are 2 year first tour, one year tour in Bahrain, and then a 2 year tour in Command of a patrol boat. Those require high performance and high interest.
Certainly, there are no guarantees. Cyber is a growing field and the USCG would not authorize USCGA to introduce a new major like Cyber unless they had a vested interest in expanding that specialty for future and current officers. There are a decent number of Cyber jobs on this year's shopping list - CG Officers have the opportunity to apply for jobs at both CG and US Cyber Command. If
@CyberSecurity17 is interested in both the Coast Guard and Cyber - he can put the two together.
HOWEVER, he cannot do Cyber for every tour. CyberSecurity, if you are accepted and eventually commissioned, there is a high probability your first tour will be on a cutter. After that, you can apply for Cyber - do well on your first tour and make yourself competitive to get your first pick by focusing on the job you're in at the time - whether its Cyber or something else. The CG expects officers to diversify - you cannot do Cyber every tour for 20+ years. You will need to do other jobs, other specialties. If you're interested in the CG, research the various CG Officer Specialities. The other side is competing with your fellow officers - there are only so many leadership positions an officer in Cyber can hold. You can do cyber - but your primary goal is to lead and manage others. The Officer Corps is a pyramid - the number of jobs get smaller as you rise to the top.