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N-205 ❤ good to see ya shipmate - Diaz Contreras

Way back when there was PEP, that was the ninth circle of hell.

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Echo-206 here Graduated November 26th

You should try it when you physically and mentally exhausted

Damn, sorry not everyone can afford swimming lessons or never had been around a pool before

It’s the military bub

If that is your priority than you would be doing a disservice to all the others by joining so they don't want you.

There’s no guarantee in anything. Best decision I’ve ever made for sure!

Yes but at least you’ll be guaranteed an opportunity to do the job you want to do (rate)

Go see the world!

I recently graduated with November 204. Marching under those checkers felt so good

@@tacopig7605I’m November 205 lol and yes seeing that flag flying over the regiment come week 8 and also when you get your colors, it’s nice

@@zacharywelch4068 Oh nice. Y'all had Senior Chief Libstaff as y'all's lead right?

Where are now? What all have you done since joining. What weeks of Bootcamp were the worst and why?

​@jm-xg7lm I graduated in November-202. Now I'm at Station Annapolis, MD, I do mostly search and rescue, and the worst weeks were probably 3-6. That is highly dependent on your company commanders, though. Sometimes they'll ease up at the end of week 4, sometimes they'll burn you all the way through week 7.

I can tell you from experience it is, at least when I went. 12 hours of classes with meal and sweat breaks.

You should've seen PEP back in the day.

​@@dklein1331 I'm very sorry to hear that this is still going on in the USCG. It's a great organization and they literally start with the cream of the American crop as evidenced by the fact that only four percent of applicants are accepted as recruits. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason the leadership seems hell bent on trying to wash out as many people as possible and they take great pride in that result. My view of success would be the opposite and would define "success" as the number of recruits that I helped to succeed in the Coast Guard, not how many I could delay or destroy. Their training methods are outmoded and are more akin to hazing than training. The fish rots from the head down and I hope it will change for the USCG. Semper Paratus.

​@@dklein1331 The best I can figure is that the USCG has shortened their basic training from 13 weeks in the 1970's down to 8 weeks today. The CG has always been short on funding and is very focused on the bottom line. They may have decided that they can fast track a certain percentage of recruits through basic training on the cheap in 8 weeks and revert those who take a little longer to learn the huge amount of information that used to take an additional 5 weeks of training and class work. Of course it makes the Company Commander's job easier if they revert as many recruits as possible and thereby lighten the CC's work load. The fact that they are discharging large numbers of recruits today and derailing many of these fine, patriotic people's careers and lives is disturbing, cruel and unfair, especially considering that the USCG is starting with the cream of the crop since they only accept 4 percent of applicants as recruits. These failures are due to poor quality leadership, not poor quality recruits. The fish rots from the head down. Semper Paratus.

@@dklein1331 I was in j201, we formed with around 100 and graduated 119, but had a roster order number of 165

Just graduated. Company started with 62 and graduated 31 original members. I was shocked we lost half our company.

​@@michaelmarrero7819 It saddens me to hear that the USCG is still discharging so many fine young recruits, many of whom are the best of the best that America has to offer. When people fail to complete basic training it not only disrupts their careers, it also disrupts and often derails their lives, not to mention their self-esteem and how their family, friends and future employers view them. The rule of thumb in industry is that if an organization has more than a 10 percent turnover rate in a year they have a serious management problem. If the USCG has a 30 to 50 percent discharge rate that means that they have a disastrous management team. What they should do is fire every Company Commander who has more than a 10 percent failure rate and get them out of Cape May. I bet the number of recruits who successfully graduate would immediately skyrocket.

The reason basic training is stressful is to prepare people for the possibility of going to war, which is one of the worst possible things.

Yes Rob, they really do.

Yes. In the real world of being a coastie, there are a lot of stressful situations with lots of yelling. They do all the yelling to get you conditioned so that you don't break down when the time arises. Between dewatering vessels to firefighting to basic boatcrew duties, there are a lot of times that is yelling and passing accurate information is required. A lot of times you don't realise why they do things a certain way there until youre out in the fleet on a Coast Guard cutter or at a Station and thats when things start to make sense.

RAMP RAMP RAMP RAMP

Fuck no

Pep. Pep . Pep. Pep. Yeah great times for sure

I shudder being reminded of it...

The coast guard is more than just aquatics.

@@TheSublimeLifestyle Yes, but it is waterborne. It's mission is on the water. It would seem that swimming would be one of the first requirements to be a member.

Because people are stupid....source USCG Veteran

@ryan24287 most likely they are scared to join infantry .

why would someone love females but cant fuck ?

4 months later, howd it go ?

@@relentless_animal4127 RIP

2 years later howd it go

@@viyayo148 don’t do it

@@tristantaylor5956 lmfao it was that bad ?

Damn And I’m in my hotel room at meps waiting to get my physical done

@@cjeppinga I remember that night. December 1999.

some us was never taught to swim lol

You do have to consider that they just began acclimating to a physically and mentally demanding environment. They are low on sleep, low on energy, and generally very fatigued already. That can seriously compromise someone's ability to carry out the test even if they normally could beforehand.