Coast To Coasties

In this episode of the Coast To Coasties Podcast, we sit down with Senior 1st Class Cadets Andy Schad and Mark Stutts as they tell us about their experience with the U.S Coast Guard Academy, which is a four year military college program that leads to serving as an officer in the United States Coast Guard. We discuss what majors the academy offers as well as how to prepare for your first year at school, and what our cadets like to do for fun. Anyone looking into attending the Coast Guard Academy is going to want to watch this episode!

In this episode of the "Coast To Coasties" podcast, I sit down with Operations Specialist 3rd Class Steph Deravel to discuss her 2 years so far in the U.S Coast Guard. We discuss her transfer from enlisting as a reservist to switching to active duty while in bootcamp, her time as a non rate on a buoy tender, and now her career as an Operations Specialist at a shoreside Sector. She has great insight on the life of an OS at sector for day to day operations and how command structure works in the OS world. Anyone interested in Buoy Tenders or the Operations Specialist rate, tune into this episode to hear Steph!

In this episode of the "Coast To Coasties" Podcast, we sit down with Health Service Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class Yates, who talks about his journey into joining the Coast Guard and becoming an HS. We cover day to day working life of what a Health Service Technician does both in shore side positions and on a cutter. We also cover ways to transition your Coast Guard career into a successful civilian career using your training and skills acquired as an HS. Anyone who has thought about being an HS is definitely going to want to tune in to hear HS2 Yates personal take on life as a Health Service Technician.

In this episode of the "Coast To Coasties" podcast, we travel to Coast Guard Recruiting Station Providence Rhode Island to talk to Senior Chief Boatswains Mate Monyhan, Marine Science Technician Sandoval and Public Affairs Specialist Majala. We cover important topics on what current Coasties can do if they want to get more involved with recruiting new members by getting involved with public events and local community visits. We also have some helpful advice for civilians who are considering joining the Coast Guard and would like some more information on who some of the awesome recruiters of the Coast Guard are and how you work with them to join. This is a great detailed episode with very knowledgable personnel from our local recruiters from Providence who are excited so share their knowledge with all of you! We hope you enjoy and please reach out to any of us if you have further questions after listening to this episode.

In this episode of the "Coast To Coasties" Podcast, we continue our conversation with Storekeeper Second Class Hurley in Part 2 of 2 in our two part series. We continue into a detailed discussion of Sean's life as a storekeeper in the U.S Coast Guard and some of the interesting jobs and opportunities he has had with this rating. We further go into discussing his recent trip up to Greenland for Joint Operations with Denmark and France. Many sailors have had an interesting journey during their time in the Coast Guard, but SK2 has truly a one of a kind adventure you do not want to miss hearing! Anyone interested or thinking about going storekeeper is definitely going to want to turn on this episode.

In this two part episode series we sit down with Storekeeper 2nd Class Sean Hurley to talk about his career as an Army Infantryman and life between services before rejoining the military and switching over to the Coast Guard to become a storekeeper. Episode Part 1 of 2 covers all of his Army adventures and transitioning from military to civilian lifestyle before discussing the process of entering the Coast Guard as a prior service member and the extra circumstances people in his similar position people have to considering when starting out in the Coast Guard as a prior service member. Part 2 will cover his time as a storekeeper and will be available soon to follow

In this episode I discuss the duties and responsibilities of performing as a cutter surface swimmer which is the collateral to being the rescue swimmer on a Coast Guard Cutter. Cutters are all required to have surface to swimmers so this role is essential to introduce to the viewers and hopefully increase interest in some of you becoming cutter surface swimmers as well. We talk about fitness requirements and roles/responsibilities of the swimmer.

In this interview we sit down with Electricians Mate 3rd Class Sprock and talk with him about what it's like to be an Electrician's Mate in the U.S Coast Guard. He gives us great details about the rate and what A-School was like for him. We also get the bonus privilege of hearing his detailed experience of living as a non-rate in Alaska and what expect for anyone who has prospects of living in Alaska. Great interview with a great guest, be sure to tune in!

In this episode we sit down with CS2 Grace Muchler who is a culinary specialist (CS) serving in the Coast Guard on the Coast Guard Cutter Oak. She provides us with great details on the day to day life of a culinary specialist in the Coast Guard and walks us through what it's like going direct from Bootcamp to A-School and then reporting to your first unit. Tons of valuable insight and anyone who wants to know more about the culinary specialist rate and appreciate good cooking will love listening to this episode!

In this episode I discuss in detail all the paths available to becoming an Officer in the United States Coast Guard. Many of these options are lesser known to people and my goal is to promote them so that people know every option they have at their disposal. The application process for these programs is very tough, so I have also included a segment in this episode where I give advice on how to give yourself the best chance during the competitive application process of becoming a Coast Guard Officer. Enjoy the show!