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The United States Coast Guard Band recruits only the most highly skilled musicians, and the audition process is extremely competitive. The director makes the final decision to award the position to the winner(s) who then enlist in the United States Coast Guard for a period of four years at the rank of Musician First Class (E-6).
E-4 to E-6 are considered to be non-commissioned officers (NCOs), and are specifically called petty officers in the Coast Guard. Their sleeve insignia is a perched eagle with spread wings (also referred to as a "crow") atop a rating mark (a rating mark, is a symbol denoting their job category, with red chevron(s) denoting their relative rank below.
Coast Guard Station number Reference Coast Guard Station Boston: Boston: Unknown 2003 1996 Active No N/A N/A Unknown [30] Coast Guard Station Brant Point: Nantucket: Unknown Active Unknown [31] Coast Guard Station Brant Rock: Marshfield: 1892–1893 1953 Yes Unknown 2nd 29 [32] Coast Guard Station Cahoons Hollow: Wellfleet: 1872–1873 1950 10 ...
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed auxiliary service of the Coast Guard. The Auxiliary does not use the Coast Guard rank system but does use modified Coast Guard officer rank insignia to signify a member's position within the organization. For example, a Flotilla Commander wears insignia similar to a Lieutenant.
The Coast Guard developed a boarding priority matrix in the 1990s. This matrix is still used today to prioritize ships for port state control inspections based on their relative risk. The matrix was constructed around the past performance of each ship's Flag State, classification society, operating company, ship type, and the ship's prior ...
Aviation Survival Technician (AST) is a rating or job specialty in the United States Coast Guard. Rescue swimmer is the collateral duty or aircrew position of the AST. They are trained at the U.S. Coast Guard's enlisted Aviation Survival Technician/Rescue Swimmer school at Coast Guard Aviation Technical Training Center, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter crossing the Tasman Sea as part of maritime security cooperation with Australia and New Zealand knew Chinese naval ships were in the area but had no interaction with them ...
The following list of four-star admirals is sortable by last name, date of rank, [1] number of years on active duty at four-star rank (Yrs), [2] active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank, [3] year commissioned and source of commission, [4] and number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank (YC), [5] and other biographical notes.