So, I have ben in Miami since last June, and stationed on my ship since July. I found out my ships is getting decomissioned in June, and everyone is receiving orders to a new duty station. The program my ship is an integral part of is getting put on hold to cut costs as a new ship is purchased from the Navy, refitted, and Commissioned as a Coast Guard Cutter.
So I get a call from the Assignment Officer. He offers me a Supervisor position at the Detachment in Panama City FL. I'll have 2 E-5's and 1 E-4 working with me. My immediate supervisor is a 5 hour drive south in Tampa. Not sure when the transfer goes through, but I am going to ask for the begining of August as a report date. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
The text below describes briefly what my former unit is about.
Originally commissioned in 1942, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter GENTIAN was recommissioned as the CST on 27 September 1999 as the USCGC Gentian. Originally a 180-foot Balsam-class oceangoing buoy tender, the Gentian underwent a $13.5- million Service Life Extension Program upgrade in 1998 to modernize its communications, engineering, navigation, and training equipment and other facilities. It has berthing for 58 personnel, a 20-ton lift boom, and is capable of carrying 120,000 pounds of cargo, making it an ideal platform for conducting training and support missions.
The unique characteristic of the CST, however, is its 46-person multinational crew, which consists of representatives from several European and Caribbean nations working side by side with U.S. Coast Guard personnel. Of the total crew, approximately 30 (including the Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Engineer Officer) are from the U.S. Coast Guard, the remaining 16 from the other participating nations. The Coast Guard crew includes a mix of training, maintenance, and language experts drawn from the service's International Training Division and Technical Assistance Field Team, as well as personnel with broad operational expertise.
So I get a call from the Assignment Officer. He offers me a Supervisor position at the Detachment in Panama City FL. I'll have 2 E-5's and 1 E-4 working with me. My immediate supervisor is a 5 hour drive south in Tampa. Not sure when the transfer goes through, but I am going to ask for the begining of August as a report date. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
The text below describes briefly what my former unit is about.
Originally commissioned in 1942, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter GENTIAN was recommissioned as the CST on 27 September 1999 as the USCGC Gentian. Originally a 180-foot Balsam-class oceangoing buoy tender, the Gentian underwent a $13.5- million Service Life Extension Program upgrade in 1998 to modernize its communications, engineering, navigation, and training equipment and other facilities. It has berthing for 58 personnel, a 20-ton lift boom, and is capable of carrying 120,000 pounds of cargo, making it an ideal platform for conducting training and support missions.
The unique characteristic of the CST, however, is its 46-person multinational crew, which consists of representatives from several European and Caribbean nations working side by side with U.S. Coast Guard personnel. Of the total crew, approximately 30 (including the Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Engineer Officer) are from the U.S. Coast Guard, the remaining 16 from the other participating nations. The Coast Guard crew includes a mix of training, maintenance, and language experts drawn from the service's International Training Division and Technical Assistance Field Team, as well as personnel with broad operational expertise.
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