The best times I ever had were on the boat...and that was when I was chipping paint and peeling potatoes! And scary??? I was fresh out of boot camp and on the ship for maybe 2 or 3 months before we got a call to get underway for a SAR case. We left Boston harbor at around 1am. Seas were pretty rough...this was back in October/November of '91...it was a pretty nasty storm...someone actually wrote a book about it and later they made a movie about it...starred some guy named Clooney and Wahlberg, I think...Originally Posted by pinkeye714
You'll meet people who will become the best friends you've ever had...you'll put your life in their hands without a second thought, and they'll do the same...shipmates stick together through everything. Unless you've been there, it's really hard to explain...but don't forget...the Coast Guard isn't all boats...there are tons of shore stations...all over the country. Just depends on what you want to do.
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