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Hello, I am a Freshmen at Kent State, majoring in flight Technology, I would like to join the Coast Guard as a Pilot (fixed or rotary), what is the best route to do this, I read somthing about a requirment of previous military flight training, so do I have to join another branch first, like the navy, then join the Coast Guard later in life, or can the Coast Guard provide military flight training, also is there an ROTC type of thing for the Coast Guard.
Thanks ahead of time,
Sean Coyne
Hi Sean,
In most cases, the Coast Guard only accepts pilot applicants from those with military flight experience. In other words, you would have to first be a pilot in another branch.
However, the Coast Guard has a program called the Blue 21 Program for college graduates with no military flight experience. To qualify, however, you would have to meet certain minimum qualification standards. Details at: http://www.gocoastguard.com/dc/dcprograms/blue21.htm
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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