No, actually it's the opposite. The CG doesn't have any PT after basic training. Everybody at my unit had to lose weight just to pass a pysical to go to their next unit. There are different divisions of the coast guard, you never know wich one you will get asigned to. I got put on the BIG 378' cutters, something the public mostly doesn't ever see or know about. At my particular unit it seemed like mutiny could break out at any moment. One time I talked to an officer about starting a PT program to help everybody keep in shape, he said something like "gee, the men would really love me then" sarcastically, insinuating he basically wanted to just let the crew do their own thing and not be pissed at him. I sailed all over the pacific following a Navy fleet, that's how I saw hawaii. It's one of those thing where you ask your self where you see you in 5 years, for me it wasn't in the CG. I gave them a chance to send me to a small boat station, but they said my next unit would be another 378' so I declined to re-enlist. Since 9/11 they were taken over my Homeland Security, they were DOT while I was in there. I don't know how much they could have changed? From what I hear they've spent billions on the "deep water project" to retrofit/upgrade their ships (old vietnam era ships, BTW) and not one has actually been finnished. They tried to weld on extensions to each end to make the ships bigger, then the ships started breaking in the middleVisiting Stewardess wrote:Wow, that's a lot of up and down! I have had some up and down too, but in a completely different league. 127 was my highest (at 5'3") and 103 my lowest.
Why did you leave the CG (if you don't mind me asking! if it's too personal, you don't have to answer this), seems to be a fantastic opportunity to get paid to keep fit...Way to go! That is the only reason I run marathons. Just to prove to myself that I can do it.The Birdman wrote: For me it is just having the goal for like 1 or 2 years that will help me get fit, I know I can do it, I've done it before.
Ugh, I could go on. USCG stands for Uncle Sams Confused Group.ETA: I don't tell everybody not to join the CG, it can be a good deal, especially in this economy. I was a single guy, so I lived in a 3 high bunk bed and a locker about 12" wide, but guys with wives automatically get off base housing and get paid more for every dependent. So guys the same rank as me were getting paid twice as much and got all these freebees. Now remember this though: you COULD end up living rent free in honolulu hawaii, or you could end up in isolated duty in alaska (your spouse somewhere else) We used to joke with the guys going to isolated duty about "whos turn is it to wear your boxers backwards?" (gay sex joke) But in this economy, if you're broke and near homeless it can be a good deal.
