Underway With U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach

[kman9327]

2 non-rates on a single 25' crew...woowwwyy must be nice at that station...

[Coastie731]

Yeah lets do high speed boat manuevers with people hanging on the back deck.

[CoNTaGiSs]

what is this boat called?

[treyster88]

@bekhang- safe way of clearing and loading his gun so if it does shoot off its not in the air somwhere

[Bekhang95]

at the beginning why did the guy empty his chamber?

[mpgarr]

I should have added---the 95's that I was on at CGC Miami Beach were the Cape Gull and Cape Shoalwater and when I first got out of boot---I was on the Cape Fox out of Key West.

After my days at Miami Beach---I did an extended TAD about the Pt. Barnes 82' that was assigned to Station Fort Pierce.

[mpgarr]

Semper Paratus my fellow Coasties--or I guess we are "Guardians" now.

I was at CGC Miami Beach before many of those kids were born!! I was one of the last members of the old WPB Patrol Boat Division that ran those old 95' WPBs--but they were great old boats---got to see the 110's come online.

I wished I were 25 years younger somehow--I would come back in the CG in a heartbeat since ya'all get to do so much cool stuff now!

Be safe out there my fellow Coasties!!!

[HardKorCurtis]

the BM2 was my company commander in basic

[lilyaman213]

we got pulled over 2 weeks ago we were gonnna fish

[djRata1]

wats the range of the small boat? name?

[sjerseyb856]

RBS 25 ft (response boat-small)

[sccrdude082]

damn the coast guard is small. BM2 crews formed us in boot camp. intimidating dude

[johsy]

how do you become a fireman after basic training?

[joescivic]

just enlist as it. you can enlist as a seaman, fireman, or airman. i wouldnt want to be a fireman though. i hated all the engineer stuff. being around the DC's and all. their kind of mean. and their watch sucks underway on a cutter. youd have to make rounds thoughout the ship, and sit in the hot ass engine room. it gets hot while the ships moving, especially out in the carribean. as a seaman, youd be driving the ship, and doing the lookout. that more fun if you ask me. especially 20ft seas. lol.

[20031200]

joescivic: I can relate too those thoughts of yours not wanting too be a "Snipe" I joined the CG at 26 and was the oldest deck ape on the cutter. Not a fun experience. As a seaman the deck work sucked. The BM's, MK's & DC's all encouraged me too become one of them. Instead I opted for cleaner and safer work. I became a SK.

[joescivic]

yeah, deck work is kind of crappy at times, but its easy. just painting the hull of this 270ft ship, repainting the flight deck, going through all the mooring lines and having to put it back up afterward. as a seamen, or even some BM3's and BM2's will work now and then just painting with us. ther isnt a whole lot to do if you're stationed on a ship. being an SK wont save you from being on another cutter though. =) AMT or AET is where its at IMO.

[20031200]

joescivic: Ha! During my 18 yr. stint in the CG I was only stationed on 1 cutter. After which I manipulated my way around duty stations. Chosing specific ones that would keep me high and dry.

[joescivic]

@20031200 haha. guess you play it smart then. my dads 30 years are up in june. him being a command mastercheif kinda helps me out. guess thats where i can get lucky.

[Brizbags]

@joescivic dude just stop talking!

[Donovancs1]

all i know is this is one amazing job

[vtecmarco]

BM2 Crews was my CC in BC LOL.

[BrokenLegAcy]

It's called 14 USC 89 in action!!!

[Tphai]

was that an inspection at the end?