It was the standard until about 2oo4 that ALL pilots went to another duty station first from the Academy and a small number of pilots went direct from OCS. Since then about 1/3 of the pilots for the CG come direct from the Academy of OCS and the rest of second (or third tour) officers.Though getting an Officer slot with USCG is quite a hurdle alone, can you verify whether or not it's true that, once in the Coast Guard as an Officer, getting an aviation slot after your first tour is viable?
Lots of folks now don't have to do the boat tour thing before Flight School....
Yeah...I think I forgot to type this part. They were running out of spaces on ships and needed Operations Ashore specialized officers, just like Cuttmen, so brand new JOs were the option to go direct to flight school or direct to a selection of land based billets (Sector Command Centers, Districts, etc).Any idea how come that is?
Yeah...I think I forgot to type this part. They were running out of spaces on ships and needed Operations Ashore specialized officers, just like Cuttmen, so brand new JOs were the option to go direct to flight school or direct to a selection of land based billets (Sector Command Centers, Districts, etc).
More accessions-I do know we have not gotten a significant number more billets or cutters for first tour JOs but my class had 208 graduates which is more than past classes.That's what I was kinda curious about. Is that because of more new accessions or fewer cutters? Or both? My impression was that both numbers had stayed more or less stable, but my knowledges of the CG is O-Club level at best.