First the good news:. Now the bad news:. That means that all the information the 8-week recruits have 8-weeks to learn, you have to jam into your brain in only 3 weeks. Oh, and once you learn a topic, you are responsible for knowing it. Like I said, congrats on being accepted. Having said that, those 3 weeks will feel a lot longer than 3 weeks of your normal everyday life will. Being awake for hours a day and having to constantly absorb information while exercising in between, amounts to a VERY long 3 weeks.
Being that you only have 3 weeks to complete the program and that you are older, the Company Commanders will somewhat expect you to show up knowing your stuff. The training staff at Cape May is there to help, but time is short and training is intense. Come prepared.
By the end of training, you and your fellow reservists will be a confident and disciplined team of Coast Guardsmen.
In the first year, basic training or DEPOT satisfies the two-week annual training commitment for both reserve enlisted and officer recruits. Coast Guard class 'C' courses, open to both enlisted and reserve members, provide advanced training in your chosen specialty. This prepares you not only to perform your specific job or duty in the Coast Guard, but also equips you with unique jobs skills not found elsewhere.
And some 'C' school courses are designated "Reserve Only. Because the Coast Guard is the smallest branch of the military, every job is important and everything you do gets noticed.
As a reservist, you will receive more training in your field by taking class 'C' courses, which means higher advancement in rank, greater pay, and ultimately more leadership responsibility.
Active-Duty Careers. Reserve Careers. I mean other than maybe something marine pollution related. Or Boarding officer's school, which is available to reservists. But thats not really investigator training. It will teach you how to complete a coast guard law enforcement boarding on a vessel.
It's really focused more on inspection rather than investigation. There is a rate job series called INV investigator that is reserve only.
There is no school for it. You need to be an active investigator in your civilian job think police detective. It is only available in certain locations of the country.
There is always chance for deployment. I heard once that the CG reserves in the most deployed out of all the services.
I am not sure if that is true. But you have to understand that the CG deploys for wartime and peacetime operations.
Now you many never be deployed to the middle east depending on your what job is and what your unit does. I am at a small boat station on long island we have 20 reservist there. Almost half are deployed right now. You wont make it too long is the CG reserve with out getting activated for something. There is no 2 year minimum active duty.
If you sign up for active duty it is an 8 year enlistment with either 4 or 6 years on active duty and the remainder of the time either in the active reserves drilling or the inactive reserves non-drilling Reserve contracts are 6 years drilling and the next 2 years either drilling or non drilling.
Last edited by LIcoastie ; , PM. Comment Post Cancel. Wow, I appreciate the response. I was just curious. I am in Cleveland and they have a reserve base right here and the IV position is ONLY for reservists as you stated in some police or detecitve position is that officer or enlisted.
I didn't realize the enlistment is years active and the remainder inactive. I know it's a commitment. I get it, but some tell me otherwise. Thanks for the response. Im not too sure what the set up is like in Cleveland and the surrounding areas as far as the CG goes. But an IV will not be at a small boat station. They may or may not have an office in Cleveland. As I said before IV is only for reservists.
There is no school or any type of training program for people who take IV positions. You are expected to already know investigation techniques from your current civilian job. There are no officers who are investigators with CGIS. Only Enlisted active duty and reserve, and also federal civilian s special agents.
If you get in as an IV and there is an office in cleveland, thats where you will drill once a month and two weeks during the summer. You may be called on to aid the active duty guys in your office if something important is going on or maybe a protective detail.
There are really not too many people who are IVs in the Coast Guard so I am not too sure exactly why and when they would be utilized and called up to active duty. A reserve contract will be for 8 years. The first 6 of those years you will be drilling every month for two days and for two weeks in the summer time.
The last two you can be inactive. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence! Thanks for the reply guys. I am meeting with a recruiter next week and see what he has to say.
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