Hello all,
I'm hoping any / many of you can give me some information to help a student I know who is earnestly trying to find a way into the Coast Guard. I'm an EA-6B NFO stationed in Whidbey Island, WA, and am also the Blue and Gold Officer (USNA recruiter) for my town's high school. In my interaction with their guidance counselor, she told me about a young man who has a great deal of experience already with firefighting and EMT / paramedic-type work, including a rescue at a major fire at our town's oil refinery earlier this year. He is trying to find out if there would be any paths for his experience in the Coast Guard; however, he, his parents, and the guidance counselor have had ZERO luck in getting any of the recruiters they've contacted to email / call back. So my questions are:
1) are there any avenues in the Coast Guard where this young man would be able to use these skills, or work in a similar field?
2) if yes, are there paths on both the officer and enlisted side of the house?
3) do any of you have a reliable recruiting contact I might be able to pass to him? As we live two hours north of Seattle, there isn't a recruiting office / district nearby, and the closest one has been unresponsive as I mentioned above.
Any information you have, either regarding my questions or just "good to knows" about Coast Guard careers, would be greatly appreciated.
Doodles
I'm hoping any / many of you can give me some information to help a student I know who is earnestly trying to find a way into the Coast Guard. I'm an EA-6B NFO stationed in Whidbey Island, WA, and am also the Blue and Gold Officer (USNA recruiter) for my town's high school. In my interaction with their guidance counselor, she told me about a young man who has a great deal of experience already with firefighting and EMT / paramedic-type work, including a rescue at a major fire at our town's oil refinery earlier this year. He is trying to find out if there would be any paths for his experience in the Coast Guard; however, he, his parents, and the guidance counselor have had ZERO luck in getting any of the recruiters they've contacted to email / call back. So my questions are:
1) are there any avenues in the Coast Guard where this young man would be able to use these skills, or work in a similar field?
2) if yes, are there paths on both the officer and enlisted side of the house?
3) do any of you have a reliable recruiting contact I might be able to pass to him? As we live two hours north of Seattle, there isn't a recruiting office / district nearby, and the closest one has been unresponsive as I mentioned above.
Any information you have, either regarding my questions or just "good to knows" about Coast Guard careers, would be greatly appreciated.
Doodles