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Hello I Wanted to ask you a question i been wanting to know if I get accepted to the coast guard and I'm in the the program and the subject I want to learn about is computer technology do I have to of had a college degree to do that in the coast guard? Thanks for your time
Hi Mike,
The Coast Guard only has 23 enlisted jobs. For complete descrptions of those jobs, see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/cgjoin/l/blcgjobs.htm
While some of their jobs may deal with computers, the Coast Guard does not have any enlisted jobs that deal directly with computer technology.
Additionally, in the vast majority of cases, the Coast Guard does not allow you to enlist with a guarantee of a specific job. Instead, for most Coast Guard enlistments, you enlist and spend a year (or so), as a "general seaman," performing general duties ("swab that deck! Paint that rail! Man that bow-line -- look sharp, now!"), before you are allowed to strike (apply) for a specific job).
For details, see my article, "What the Recruiter Never Told You," (http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/recruiter.htm), most especially, Part 3 of the article, which covers job-selection processes of each of the branches.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers
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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.
Experience
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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