How did 9/11 shape your military career?

SrA Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:34:12 -0400

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 9 at 2022 8:42 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 20:42:56 -0400

USAF 1961-1965 Active, +2 yes. Inactive Reserve... If I had been young enough, and passed a physical, I would have joined again!!!

Response by MCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 9 at 2022 10:12 PM

MCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 22:12:05 -0400

As a Marine Science Technician in the Coast Guard, my entire career revolved around safety - doing OSHA-type inspections on ships and the facilities they visited, and pollution response. It was a good living and I enjoyed the hell out of it.

I was selected by my Rating Force Manager (head of my entire career field/MOS/AFSC) to be part of a "Rating Review Panel" to plot out what kinds of stuff my fellow MSTs would be doing for the next four years. We finished our intro and broke for coffee - and saw 9/11 unfold on live news.

We reconvened and after we had all called our units to see if we needed to go home, we resumed our work by reviewing our job description in the HQ descriptions of what we were supposed to do. At the VERY bottom was a note about "... and port security functions as needed" and we ran with it. We spent the week reinventing our career field and took the lead in qualifications and mission essentials for the entire Coast Guard. I went from doing 90% safety and pollution (with 10% paperwork), to about 60% security, 30% safety and pollution (and that damned 10% paperwork). Everything changed... and it was a blast!!

Response by Dylan Marks made Nov 7 at 2022 2:13 AM

Dylan Marks — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:13:02 -0500

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