Know it all? Sorry if I am wasting your time.

And Capt. is the AP style you'll find for captains of the O-3 and O-6 varieties, independent of service affiliation. So it's s little easier to remember, ha!
 

This sounds much better:

One of the five hard-working armed services of the United States, performing search & rescue, drug and illegal immigrant interdiction, as well as port security.
 
The Navy is good for at least one thing..... Sending sailors to hold on to your line two while you're springing (had to watch that happen more than once).
 
LineInTheSand said:
I think the only self defense you need deploying with the Navy is common sense and collision avoidance (the U.S. Navy lacking both). ;)
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Well, *stuff* happens, and then you find the Skipper on the front page of Navy Crime.
 
LineInTheSand said:
The Navy is good for at least one thing..... Sending sailors to hold on to your line two while you're springing (had to watch that happen more than once).
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Are the boatswains on cutters trained better? Do they go to school? The ones in the Navy are all OJT'd...

What kind of overseas port calls do you get?
 
ktnatalk said:
Are the boatswains on cutters trained better? Do they go to school? The ones in the Navy are all OJT'd...

What kind of overseas port calls do you get?
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BMs in the CG are trained better, yes.

Overseas port of call, depends on the patrol and the cutter, but a 378' or NSC or ice breaker can go anywhere a navy boat can.

My 210' would have been a little rough but 270's are bouncing around the Med and along the African coast.
 
A captain I had was stationed on a Navy boat with a LEDET. He was quickly warned by his predecessor to never be the first in the small boat going on a boarding. The navy guys had s knack for accidentally discharging their shotguns are they climbed down to the boat.

And of course, we won't mention their recent navigation difficulties in the NAG.
 
ktnatalk said:
Are the boatswains on cutters trained better? Do they go to school? The ones in the Navy are all OJT'd...

What kind of overseas port calls do you get?
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No, they are not trained better-most of the training occurs by doing the mission --call it OTJ training.

I served on an Ice Breaker for 3 yrs and went to the Arctic and Antarctic and many ports in between Atlantic and Pacific.
 
ktnatalk said:
Try not to take everything on its face value.
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All joking aside, the Navy, Marines and Army have very hard deployments 7-8 month stints. Their missions are in no way compared to the CG missions. Having an older brother and son USNA grad and another older brother USMA grad my missions and experience with the CG for the past 35 yrs is like a cream puff. My hat and heart go out to those guys and gals....
 
cga82 said:
All joking aside, the Navy, Marines and Army have very hard deployments 7-8 month stints. Their missions are in no way compared to the CG missions. Having an older brother and son USNA grad and another older brother USMA grad my missions and experience with the CG for the past 35 yrs is like a cream puff. My hat and heart go out to those guys and gals....
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7-8 months? Those are the good ones. 12-15 months was the norm for most of OIF and OEF
 
Totally agree. Cga82's 35 years were cream puff. ;)

So were my 5 or 9 years.
 
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AND IT MAKES YOU SO COOL or SO KOOL

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Look at me getting a lot of messages. So Cool
 
If there's anything more cream puff than life as a Coast Guard officer, it has to be the life as a Coast Guard civilian employee (with retirement, no less).
 
Cga82, I've had friends who moved from AD to civilian in the CG, and I've heard the CG treats its civilians as second class citizens. I didn't see that during my time in, but I guess I could have had blinders to it. Is that accurate?
 
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