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Oil spills, boat collisions, boat-bridge collisions, cargo ship inspections and distress calls rarely occur on the base. If you're interested in working for USCG but never leaving the base, apply for one of their civilian jobs. (http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/a9uscg.asp )
It depends on which unit you join. Marine Safety Unit, Integrate Support Center, District Office and Electronic Support Units have a M-F, 7:30-4 job unless there's a spill or boat-bridge collision or other emergency. Guys serving at a small boat search and rescue station or air station report to the unit at 7 am and don't depart for another 48 hours. They spend the night at the station but their work day is 7-4 and wait for a call. Crews serving on cutters have a variable schedule. While their ship is in the home port, their day is 7-4. If the boat is underway, their workday is longer than that. They're put on a 24 hour schedule. Small cutters (65-150 feet) have short cruises away from home -- 1-4 weeks. The large cutters (175-400 feet) have long cruises -- 1 week to 4 months. The large cutters go every where -- Britain, Europe, Mediterranean Sea/Middle East/Persian Gulf, South America, central America, Africa, and Pacific island countries.
How much you're home depends on your rate and unit and desire for family life. Some rates (HS, MST, IV, MU, PA, IT, AV, AMT, AST) have mostly ashore jobs/billets. Other rates (GM, BM, MK, OS, FS, DC) can allow you to spend all of your career afloat on a cutter or at a search and rescue station. If you serve in one of the afloat rates, intend to serve more than 4 years and only choose ashore units, promotion might be impossible. A 20 year BM third class looks kinds of silly. |
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