What are you doing now.

[Zulu 36]

I work for the GIBill! Getting a B.S. hoping to go back in and fly. Probably Coast Gaurd cause I don't want to deploy anymore and am now living the married life. I know that the Corps and marraige don't work that well.

Maybe the Coast Guard to avoid deployment? Hahahaha. You haven't done your homework. If you get on a high endurance cutter, you'll be at sea away from homeport for three - four months. Yes, cutters can replenish at sea like Naval vessels if they have too.

Get assigned to a Marine Safety Office and you could be deployed at no notice to major oil spills and be gone until the job is done.

Coastie boarding officers get assigned to Navy ships assigned to drug and pirate interdiction because they are the pros at examining ship's paperwork and knowing how commercial vessels are constructed so thorough searches can be done. Plus certified Coast Guard boarding officers are considered federal law enforcement officers, which Naval personnel cannot be. Certified boarding officers can be any rank from PO3 up.

My Ex was a Coastie for nine-years. She started as a deckie on 41-foot rescue boats and moved over as a Yeoman striker. But even as a Yeoman, she still had to work some operational assignments (and on one, for lifesaving, she earned a USCG Commendation Medal w/O device - essentially a peacetime combat V device). She also had other deployments for various reasons. She also worked at a Marine Safety Office for her last assignment, and while she didn't deploy, she was responsible for cutting the orders for the MSO response teams to environmental problems.

Coasties had been assigned to work around the oil platforms off Iraq and may still do so.

Coasties tend to be a little less "military" than Marines, but I associated closely with them for nine years and they take their jobs and training seriously. The CG also pushes high responsibility down lower. A PO3 or PO2 is often in charge of a rescue boat, a crew, and may be the coordinator of a major rescue scene, including directing other boats and helos. I like Coasties.

[USMC-SSGT]

I work for the GIBill! Getting a B.S. hoping to go back in and fly. Probably Coast Gaurd cause I don't want to deploy anymore and am now living the married life. I know that the Corps and marraige don't work that well.

Sounds like a good plan. Any flying questions you may have feel free to send me a message. I used my GI bill to get all my ratings while I was still in. I got a flight instructing job right out of the Corps and was working for a regional airline 10 months later.

I am now a captain at my airline as well as flying contract on a Cessna Citation. The job is not for everyone but it has more ups than downs for me.

[William Hardy]

Since I left the Corps I became a teacher and just retired last month. Spent most of that time serving in the Army National Guard (no local Marine units), served a tour in Iraq in 2006 and retired from military life in 2008. Now I am job hunting for another career for the next 5 to 10 years. Gotta keep busy!

[BetioBastard]

Maybe the Coast Guard to avoid deployment? Hahahaha. You haven't done your homework. If you get on a high endurance cutter, you'll be at sea away from homeport for three - four months. Yes, cutters can replenish at sea like Naval vessels if they have too.

Get assigned to a Marine Safety Office and you could be deployed at no notice to major oil spills and be gone until the job is done.

Coastie boarding officers get assigned to Navy ships assigned to drug and pirate interdiction because they are the pros at examining ship's paperwork and knowing how commercial vessels are constructed so thorough searches can be done. Plus certified Coast Guard boarding officers are considered federal law enforcement officers, which Naval personnel cannot be. Certified boarding officers can be any rank from PO3 up.

My Ex was a Coastie for nine-years. She started as a deckie on 41-foot rescue boats and moved over as a Yeoman striker. But even as a Yeoman, she still had to work some operational assignments (and on one, for lifesaving, she earned a USCG Commendation Medal w/O device - essentially a peacetime combat V device). She also had other deployments for various reasons. She also worked at a Marine Safety Office for her last assignment, and while she didn't deploy, she was responsible for cutting the orders for the MSO response teams to environmental problems.

Coasties had been assigned to work around the oil platforms off Iraq and may still do so.

Coasties tend to be a little less "military" than Marines, but I associated closely with them for nine years and they take their jobs and training seriously. The CG also pushes high responsibility down lower. A PO3 or PO2 is often in charge of a rescue boat, a crew, and may be the coordinator of a major rescue scene, including directing other boats and helos. I like Coasties.

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']I went on a coast guard forum and asked the officers on the aviation side of it. I was told deployments were usually either a few days or at max a few weeks. They all validated what you said but it is not my intention to get stuck on a boat of any kind. There are some programs that will guarantee a flight slot as long as I perform well on the ASTB. Thanks for your response, you taught me a lot that I did not know. >>[/font]

[USMC-SSGT]

My brother in law is on the rotary wing side of the CG on the Dolphin going on 9 years now. Combined total time away from home (not counting training) is less than 7 months I believe. He is working off the back of a cutter as we speak with his helicopter. It is his longest tour yet at I believe two months and its to the desolate land of the Caribbean. This will be his only tour he has done in the last 4 years. There was supposed to be a few others but they canceled prior.

[Kilgore Trout]

Got out a Sgt in 2006. Graduated college in 2010. Have spent the last year underemployed working part time in retail and trying to find a "foot in the door" job to start a career.

[jp2usmc]

@Kilgore Trout: Kindly update your profile with your location and state what your degree was in. Something could always pan out for you here.

[Danno77]

Electrical Engineer: Electronic Circuit design, Automotive safety applications. Airbag controllers, Side impact sensor, side impact pressure sensors. I worked in the defense industry for 6 years prior to entering the automotive industry. In the defense industry my area of expertise was Missile Inertial guidance and and Aircraft Inertial Navigation, I also did a couple of years at one company designing test equipement for sonobuoys.
I must say that I would have never entered this field or had this career without my experience in the Marine Corps. Which set me down the path of a career in electronics. I used the G.I. Bill to get a BS in Electical Engineering after my tour of service, after graduating in 86, I entered the defense electonics industry. I saw the defense industry as an extension of my military service in different form (far better paying, and in a very abstract way it was sort of like being an officer). Due to the state of defense electronics industry in 92 and for financial survival I entered the commercial automotive electronics industry. I always regret leaving the defense industry, although there wasn't that much choice at the time.
I always felt that I got much more out of the Marine Corps then they got out of me.

Semper Fi

[SGTTru]

Now that I'm finally retired after 21+ years of total USMC/Army Guard time, I'm attending the local community college, using the GI Bill, trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up!

Hoping to nail down a Public Management degree through Northern Arizona University, and pick up a decent paying managerial position in the Phoenix metro area...

Just joined this site a few hours ago, wish I'd known about it years ago!

Semper Fi, all!

[William Hardy]

Now that I'm finally retired after 21+ years of total USMC/Army Guard time, I'm attending the local community college, using the GI Bill, trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up!

Hoping to nail down a Public Management degree through Northern Arizona University, and pick up a decent paying managerial position in the Phoenix metro area...

Just joined this site a few hours ago, wish I'd known about it years ago!

Semper Fi, all!

Welcome - you are invited to join Morning Zephyr. We are a group of Marines and Docs who stop by often to say Good Morning and sometimes to chat. We have a WWII Marine Raider, and work our way to the younger Marines. Lots of nice people there. Come visit. We also have Evening Zephyr if you prefer or you can join in both (most do).

Gunny H

[blockhead5]

Got out June of 77. Drifted around for a few years and ended up working for a small family owned ready-mix concrete company. Well after 30+ years I'm still here and manage the concrete block plant for them. I'm good for another 6 to 10 years then I"ll be ready to retire under a shade tree somewhere.

[bpatk]

Truck Driver into seven states and three provinces. Did the 49 state by 10 provine thing for 10 years. This is far better. Never did use my GI Bill...hell of a waste on my part.

[jagger]

I am a nurse anesthetist. Put people to sleep for surgery but do a lot of Obstetrics...placing epidurals for a near painless labor and delivery experience.

[mkgal715]

Hey everybody, I work at a university as the Coordinator of Student Employment. I've been here for ten years but in this position only for two. Before that, I spent 10 years working at a private school in the DC area (my hometown). And before that, I spent 10 years working for the greatest fighting force on Earth, the United States Marine Corps; until running in boots turned my knees into a breakfast cereal - snap, crackle, pop!

[Sin]

Logistics Management Specialist w/ Navair.

Not sure if I hate it yet or not. It was offered and the path is great considering the economy.

Infantry to a cubicle. >.< F- my life.