Hi Roman Sunburn,

Once upon a time, I visited a Coast Guard recruiter. I've always loved the ocean, and wanted to do everything I could to protect everything living in and around it.

What I failed to realize, until talking with the recruiter, is that the Coast Guard is like the Army or Navy. Especially nowadays, the Coast Guard is used to detect and stop shipments of drugs and other illegal activities. Their list of responisibilities has grown quite a bit since I looked 16 years ago!

They still save people, ships, and animals in trouble out at sea. Depending upon where the person is posted, their jobs could be very different though. Those in the Yukon are going to be a lot more like what I envisioned Coast Guard to be. Those in California and Gulf Coast are going to be a lot more into stopping illegal shipments of drugs and people. I don't know about East coast states.

Anyway, once I discovered that you have to go to Boot Camp, report to senior officials (Sir, yessir) I knew that it was not the job for me. :nope: No thank you! Don't know if I've helped you at all ~ but I sure hope so.