Question about career paths

No, it means the Navy will complain about 20 year old ships while the Coast Guard makes due with 60 year old cutters.
 
While Navy and CG members get the same pay for the same rank, the Navy gets much more funding for operations and upkeep, not to mention new ships and submarines.
 
Excellent post CidGrad, that really helps the OP understand what a roll of the dice it is to get your "dream airframe". Thumbs up!
 
Base pay that is, other pots of money can vary.

Please explain....pots of $$ for what??

Things like hazard pay, combat pay, flight pay etc etc etc. Little add ons here and there.

75K dollar bonus for SWO officers to stay afloat...

1. So I guess all Jr Officers get the chance to be SWO officers...whether they are from USNA orUSCGA??
2. Can someone please explain the Billets and how they are determined/offered.
 
Base pay that is, other pots of money can vary.

Please explain....pots of $$ for what??

Things like hazard pay, combat pay, flight pay etc etc etc. Little add ons here and there.

75K dollar bonus for SWO officers to stay afloat...

1. So I guess all Jr Officers get the chance to be SWO officers...whether they are from USNA orUSCGA??
2. Can someone please explain the Billets and how they are determined/offered.


So, not quite. A SWO is a Surface Warfare Officer. A SWO is only in the Navy. However the Coast Guard Equivalent is a Cutterman. Upon graduation about 85% of the class will go to cutters. If you want to go afloat I guarantee that you will have the chance to.

Billets are offered based on the needs of the service with approximately 10% going to aviation, 5% going to land based units and 85% going to ships. In October before you graduate you will receive a list of available billets and you will put in a list of those you want. They will then assign them based on class rank and needs of the service.

Hope this helps.
 
I guess the other thing that should be mentioned is related to missions. While a time without war seems like a distant memory, it's good to remember that your primary Coast Guard missions, especially as a pilot, are the same in war time and peace. In the past the rallying cry was "we spend most of our time actually doing our job, not just training for it."

And a big downside to the Coast Guard is its budget. I think the Coast Guard brings some of this on itself. Instead of saying "we can do that…." it's constantly doing more with less….. well, eventually it will break. Yes, we can pretend that it's "honorable" but in reality, it's not a smart approach.

So does this mean that the Coast Guard graduate gets paid less than a graduate of another Academy??

No, Coast Guard officers are on the same base pay tables as our DOD counterparts as well as allowances.
 
Oh, and in the navy we have these things called SH 46, SH 53, SH 60, and V 22 :)

Good luck.

No more 46's in the Navy (been gone for quite a while). As far as V-22's, I think the navy is going to use them to replace their c-2's, but I don't think that will start until 2018.
 
Oh, and in the navy we have these things called SH 46, SH 53, SH 60, and V 22 :)

Good luck.

No more 46's in the Navy (been gone for quite a while). As far as V-22's, I think the navy is going to use them to replace their c-2's, but I don't think that will start until 2018.

I flew on a Navy 46 in 2010 or 2011…. so they haven't been gone THAT long…. it was an interesting, leaky experience. HAHA
 
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