I am retired Chief Electrician in the US Coast Guard. If there are young adults thinking on joining, you can ask me about it. I will give you the best answer I can. I am not a recruiter, so I will not try to recruit you. I won't steer you wrong, and I will not try to discourage you. I will just give you a few tips and answer you the best I can. Some recruiters make promises that don't always happen. Over all I am very happy I made the decision to join and fullfill my goal to retire. I had the opportunity to live places and see things I would have never gotten to do, if I had just stayed in my town working a normal job.

Clough

Besides the opportunity to live in places and see things that you might not have gotten the opportunity to see what would be some of the other advantages to joining the U.S. Coast Guard?

Scottish2008

Nice one to add. I will say that I am still enlisted for 12 years and still going strong. Done it all in the combat arms. You name it? DID IT. All questions are welcome.

JP317

My husband is considering joining ... I'm worried that he will rarely be home. Were you married while serving? Even if not, how often can I expect to see him or not see him. he probably won't join the officer program because he hasn't finished college. He's thinking of rescue swimmer but I doubt that's very realistic.