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nwin posted:This is the Coast Guard's lounge thread. We can tell you a bit about joining and what it's like if you want, or feel free to contact myself via PM or whoever else is listed as a sponsor. It's still hard to get in due to high retention, but you can always give your local recruiter a shout and hopefully they'll tell you what you need to know. ~civ life owns bitch~
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nwin posted:I'm sure the commandant must be thrilled that his cutters crews will simply 'discuss' how they would do man overboards and small boat ops. His whole proficiency thing is going right out the window. You can do mob training at the pier.
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Oct 7, 2013 05:14
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nwin posted:Not very effectively. Says you. It'd be a good morale boost to just shove someone over the side at the pier.
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Oct 7, 2013 06:01
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Elendil004 posted:What about me? It's different when you get out on your own terms.
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Oct 8, 2013 06:33
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ElMaligno posted:Well poo poo. I don't even remember the last time I weighed in. 
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Oct 9, 2013 07:27
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sharkytm posted:The last time you came over and the floor creaked. WOW RUDE
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Oct 19, 2013 04:23
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Elendil004 posted:I was SUPER confused as to when I made that post but man it brings a tear to my eye to know you respect me so much man I'm getting all emotional over here. Hopefully your heart skips a beat. And keeps skipping them. 
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Oct 19, 2013 04:57
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Dose of the Clap posted:I'm curious about the Coast Guard and I don't know anybody in it to get information from. I'm looking at it as a possibility after graduation to either make a career out of, or gain some experience in my field to transfer to the civilian market. By graduation, I will have two degrees and numerous IT certifications. I've seen online that there are officer positions in IT, but can't find any direct information. My joining would be solely contingent upon directly going to OCS after signing up, which I've heard is possible. If, for whatever reason, I don't qualify for OCS immediately, I do not want roped into a contract. No offense meant, but I really don't have any interest in starting at an E1 level. My wife is severely anti-military, mostly due to the prospect of deployment or long periods away from the family. Apart from the time spent in boot or OCS, I figured Coast Guard would be mostly stateside, but I know nothing about it. Any info? Is this a real post? Don't join. e: enlist with two degrees
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Oct 21, 2013 23:37
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This HuffPo article is pretty cool.David Helvarg posted:What he might have said is, "The Coast Guard can no longer remain a world-class maritime law-enforcement agency and armed service given the inadequate resources you now provide." That is, he could have sounded more like the heads of the other Armed Services when they testified with great theatricality about the impact of the sequester on them. But in Admiral Papp's case he'd have the added advantage of telling the truth. The Coast Guard is the only armed service that actually has no fat to cut. In fact it is being starved of lean muscle. And no one seems to care enough to rescue them. MORE WITH LESS SEMPER P GUARDIANS e: too bad it's HuffPo 
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Oct 25, 2013 20:48
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ElMaligno posted:Here let me tell you the inside-scoop of the Coast Guard fleet: That's actually not a silver lining. Drug interdiction is a major point of justification for the continued existence of the CG. Anything that hurts those numbers hurts the CG.
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Oct 25, 2013 21:13
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nwin posted:Yeah, I don't know what the right answer is if we don't get money to do the things we need. Prevention, as far as my job goes-has been pretty much unaffected from what I've seen. However, response and all that poo poo? No idea, but it doesn't sound good. Admiral Allen did that, and it ended with the CG getting more money. Allen also wasn't known for being an organization sycophant, the same cannot be said for Papp. The GOBC also didn't like Allen as far as I ever heard so don't expect another one like him to be in the chair for a while. edit: I almost said "at the helm" but luckily I caught myself and smashed my head into the wall a dozen times to make sure I didn't.
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Oct 25, 2013 21:16
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nwin posted:Yeah, Allen took over shortly after I graduated boot camp, but I was a non-rate not paying attention to anything other than the A-school wait list, and I was on a Polar Roller doing a deep freeze patrol, so I was completely unaware of funding issues during that time. You'd think a guy that has such a hard-on for CUTTER LIFE would have made a bit more serious attempt at funding the ship-based missions better, but everything I ever saw of budget issues was that the CG was asking for less money. I guess to avoid answering hard questions like: Why can't you ever pass an audit? Why is your poo poo always broken? Et cetera.
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Oct 25, 2013 21:35
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Nov 11, 2013 03:33
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nwin posted:No man, I mean she'll move to North Carolina to be with her family instead of come down to D8 for another hellish 3 years. Especially if it's loving Houma or Morgan City. gently caress that. I really hope it's Morgan City.
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Dec 9, 2013 06:49
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nwin posted:Ouch bro-what did I do to you? Nothing, man. No hard feelings at all. I just hope you get to experience the joys of Morgan City. 
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Dec 9, 2013 11:16
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nwin posted:Welp, Morgan City looks not so likely due to the quals I have just not being needed there. Port Arthur apparently has 4 billets and definitely could use me. Oh joy. The wife will be absolutely thrilled about a 2 hour move due east into an area full of refineries! Told you to go to Alaska.
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Dec 11, 2013 06:21
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ElMaligno posted:(Whoever says "go join Quarterly Prophet" first is a legit sick gently caress) No one is gonna elevate you to QP status ever.
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Dec 14, 2013 19:04
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ElMaligno posted:I laughed at this, then I felt guilty. Then again I have been joking with the other OS about all the bridge jumper calls I'm going to get on watch. lmk when you get ptsd from relaying a message to sta golden gate about jumpers
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Dec 14, 2013 21:48
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Elendil004 posted:I think everybody knew a BM2 Gomez. I don't think then one I knew was the one who's going to jail forever though. Yup, saw that article the other day and laughed my rear end off. Anyone that knew him well should be completely unsurprised. Re: note taking, though it's not illegal people that write down every time they're offended by someone are the loving worst and I really wish an early death on all of them. if it's legit poo poo that's cool but if some guy is bein a butthole then shove him down some stairs or put your dick in his butt to establish dominance w/e
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Dec 17, 2013 06:39
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krispykremessuck posted:Re: note taking, though it's not illegal people that write down every time they're offended by someone are the loving worst and I really wish an early death on all of them. if it's legit poo poo that's cool but if some guy is bein a butthole then shove him down some stairs or put your dick in his butt to establish dominance w/e I wrote this part when I was intensely drunk but I still agree with what I said, writing poo poo down without ever going to the command and just firebombing the old man's inbox with weird rear end anonymous letters or a list of so-called grievances is mincy fairy bullshit and instead you should put a bullet in it not saying anyone here would do it, but I saw it a couple of times and it was always the most odious fuckin bullshit
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Dec 17, 2013 10:27
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ElMaligno posted:why are you being so creepy and stalking the two ex-coasting in the coastie thread? this is a welcoming space everyone is allowed to read and post here
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ElMaligno posted:Hearing the fishermen explain how the person fell overboard was depresing as gently caress. You could hear him cracking up over the radio. Probably should claim PTSD for this.
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Dec 21, 2013 01:55
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ElMaligno posted:You are a real rear end in a top hat, not against me but against those who actually fo have ptsd. Like my dad. Used to be you couldn't have an accent to be a TC/OS because of communication issues over radio, so I guess be glad they even let you do it? Either way man, settle the gently caress down before you have a stroke because of the internet (and crippling hispanic diabetes).
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Dec 21, 2013 07:33
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Merry Christmas, scumbags only a few days late
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Dec 28, 2013 10:00
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nwin posted:Anyone happen to know how soon after I receive my orders I can request HHG? No matter what you're entitled (or were, I guess it could have changed) to 180 days storage-in-transit. It won't stop them from calling you every day asking if you're ready to have your stuff dropped off yet, but you can set up the move on the website for whenever once you have orders. It also won't stop your wife from trying to kill you since all of your poo poo will be broken and packed up for 3 months before you can get to it. Where are you going? Morgan City?
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Jan 9, 2014 06:35
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Crash74 posted:Wow, surprisingly this thread is more of a OS human being circle jerk than normal. Great Job! I'm sorry your rating sucks
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Elendil004 posted:You're an O, you don't have an open brow? The M world is different.™
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Jan 24, 2014 20:08
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nwin posted:Anyone's commands decide how they are going to implement group PT yet? Ours is in the process, but just saying we better workout 180 minutes/week on the honor system for now. the honor system is the best way because no one gives a gently caress about group pt disband the cg
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Jan 24, 2014 23:26
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ElMaligno posted:Do you honestly want to know? Its basically the most loving stupid thing done by an O ever that only my shop would get butt-hurt over. did someone tell you moboards are dumb
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Feb 15, 2014 05:52
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Elendil004 posted:Wow who the gently caress even are you? If you're going to come out of the woodwork and attempt a sick burn at least get your poo poo straight, or make fun of Airsoft or some other low hanging fruit. was he wrong
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Feb 15, 2014 19:49
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Elendil004 posted:The second to last OIC put me on "probation" for a ton of stupid poo poo that I should have fought but didn't (and of course on "probation" I was still Coxn, one of the only OODs, and Weps). So I basically had "one strike left" bullshit when the new OIC got there. so ultimate shrek fan was technically incorrect because he said vault, not safe?
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Feb 16, 2014 03:50
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Elendil004 posted:He was wrong because he implied that I actually did something wrong idk man I wasn't at your station but I know it wasn't policy to leave the gunsafe or comsec safe unlocked unless someone was actively getting something out of it or putting something away regardless of whether the vault door was unlocked or not. v  vI guess the big takeaway here is from personal experience people don't accidentally end up on performance probation (a real thing) and at least in the cases where I had to put people on it, it required a lot of cooperation between persdiv at least at the sector level w/ a lot of supporting documentation. i guess you just found the poo poo confluence where nobody ever asked "hey should this guy actually be on performance probation???" though and obviously did nothing wrong Holland was a dirtbag though so at least you got kicked out by a dirtbag lol
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Feb 16, 2014 04:22
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ElMaligno posted:Even the hardiest most anal OSS3 would not bat an eye at an open safe in a maned space as long as people knew it was open. the hardiest most anal OSS3 will also never be an CO/OIC of a smallboat station and thus never be in the situation of having to worry about his OIC qual getting yanked because some BM2 left some random poo poo unlocked
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Feb 16, 2014 04:27
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ElMaligno posted:look at all those non coasties posting yes, and OIC quals get yanked for dumb poo poo so they can be understandably jumpy about guns comsec and money
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Feb 16, 2014 04:34
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alright gents lets post up evals and LESs to see who has the most 7s and seatime
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How do you propose to do live tissue training without ... live tissue? I mean the real question is why the CG is doing it on its own in the first place, and not just piggybacking on a DoD program, but the first question is still valid.
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Feb 17, 2014 22:14
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nwin posted:That's what I'm most surprised by. I figured we would just do some DoD training, not reinvent the wheel. It could be, it's a HuffPo article. They're not known for journalistic integrity, but it definitely reads as if its something the Coast Guard is doing itself. I have a hard time with the idea that I was in for 11 years and had my hands in close to just about everything the CG did and never once heard of this. Including with PATFORSWA training.
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Feb 17, 2014 22:24
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ElMaligno posted:Instead of using still living animals, how about humanely euthanized animals? Can't really do live tissue training with dead animals. The point of live tissue training is that circulatory and nervous systems are still intact and functioning. The idea is to simulate as closely as possible to the real thing. Think of training for BDS, but with actual blood and gore instead of goofy DCTT props. It's a really good way to train people, and to see who is going to pass out dealing with battle-dressing situations. As a reminder, I don't really understand why the CG itself would be doing this either way. I just understand the utility and value of live tissue training.
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Elendil004 posted:It's too bad that when we get new posts in this thread that it's simply people attempting to troll me. I'm glad I am so important to the lot of you. well I'm pretty sure you used vigo of carpathia as one of your models up there so uh ...
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