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re: Is the Coast Guard neglected as a military branch?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:51 pm to Danny Woodhead
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:51 pm to Danny Woodhead
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The Coast Guard is the smallest branch due to the requirement all members must be over 6ft tall
Is that fricking true? I was thinking about joining the Coast Guard, so I can actually do something with my life. Guess I'm destined to be forever alone and a loser still living with my mom.
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Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:53 pm to Gcockboi
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Is that fricking true?
Yep. If your dinghy sinks you have to be able to walk back to shore w/o drowning.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:54 pm to Navytiger74
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frick the Coasties.
Puddle pirates.
Bering Sea is no joke.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:54 pm to Gcockboi
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Is that fricking true? I was thinking about joining the Coast Guard, so I can actually do something with my life. Guess I'm destined to be forever alone and a loser still living with my mom
Ask for the "tippy toes" measurement.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:54 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:55 pm to Darth_Vader
Yeah, we have two. One downtown where the Buoy Tenders hang out and one where I live, where the Cruiser is stationed. There's also a radio station in between the two.
We had the helicopter from Sitka help out looking for a woman lost on a mountain last year. My kids and I were hiking and we became part of the search effort. They had a training session to try to get the local rescue group dogs accustomed to the choppers.
We had the helicopter from Sitka help out looking for a woman lost on a mountain last year. My kids and I were hiking and we became part of the search effort. They had a training session to try to get the local rescue group dogs accustomed to the choppers.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:55 pm to Navytiger74
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frick the Coasties.
Puddle pirates.
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Navytiger74
damn baw, what's wrong, a coastie fricked your boyfriend?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:56 pm to Broke
Doug Munro, Medal of Honor
Not sure why the USCG is getting disrespected on this thread but try jumping into 40 degree water in a storm sometime, let along flying the heli in that weather. SM1c Douglas A. Munro, USCG bought it helping some Marines.
Not sure why the USCG is getting disrespected on this thread but try jumping into 40 degree water in a storm sometime, let along flying the heli in that weather. SM1c Douglas A. Munro, USCG bought it helping some Marines.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:57 pm to Danny Woodhead
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The Coast Guard is the smallest branch due to the requirement all members must be over 6ft tall
How do people come up with dumb stuff like this?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:58 pm to lsewwww
Good read... I sure would like to read more. Could you list the other USCG MOH recipients?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:58 pm to Gcockboi
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Is that fricking true?
False
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I was thinking about joining the Coast Guard, so I can actually do something with my life.
It's nice you are thinking of getting off your arse.
quote:Yep
Guess I'm destined to be forever alone and a loser still living with my mom
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:00 pm to tgrbaitn08
I went Navy but if I had to do it again I would have went Coast Guard and probably stayed in. Almost always near a beach and don't have to spend half your career crossing one ocean or another. We used to fly down to Lampedusa Italy to do currency exchange and check cashing for a small coast guard post on the island and everyone fought to get to go, those guys ate like kings. Steak and lobster every time we went.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:05 pm to TheWhizzinator
Sure... join the coast guard if you want to spend more time away from family than any branch of the military and have people with little man syndrome in charge of you because they can't accept cg isn't that damn important.
Went to one of their leadership schools and calm down guys... it's not that serious. Wife has been on a boat 3 of our 4 years together. They are gone a lot.
Went to one of their leadership schools and calm down guys... it's not that serious. Wife has been on a boat 3 of our 4 years together. They are gone a lot.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:05 pm to Broke
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:06 pm to roadGator
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Coast guard members must be at least 6 ft tall.
This keeps getting posted, but it's not true.
Standard for height for all branches, including the Coast Guard, can be found in AR 40-501, Standards of Medical Fitness which is the same regulation that MEPS uses.
LINK
Damn some of y'all completely missed it
Freaking out as if there were actually some height requirement well above the average height
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Yep. If your dinghy sinks you have to be able to walk back to shore w/o drowning.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:07 pm to terd ferguson
There's only one. But way to be disrespectful of that one. He must have just got lucky......
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:07 pm to phison
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Damn some of y'all completely missed it
Super Coasties
THIS shite IS frickING SERIOUS
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:19 pm to tgrbaitn08
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damn baw, what's wrong, a coastie fricked your boyfriend?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:20 pm to Broke
The Navy's tall ship stays tied up at the dock
The Coast Guard's tall ship sails the seas
The Coast Guard's tall ship sails the seas
Posted on 2/9/15 at 1:28 pm to Jim Rockford
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Navy's tall ship
Built in 'Murica in 1790's, named by G. Washington, kicked arse in multiple wars.
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The Coast Guard's tall ship
Built by the Germans before WWII, won by the U.S. in a raffle, used as a pleasure craft for cadets.
Winner - USS Constitution
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