If I join the Coast Guard as prior service Army, do I have to go to Recruit Training?

When I was a CG recruiter you had too but I'm not sure about today. You're recruiter will know for sure though. One piece of advice though, when you're frustrated (and everyone gets frustrated sometimes), do NOT put down the CG and hold up the Army as a better model. The CG people will always say or think "If the Army was so great you always had the chance to stay there". Otherwise I'm sure you'll find it a different culture one in which you can go as far as your ambition lets you.

Yes you do.

No, you will not. You are "RQ'd" by nature of your prior service. And you should not have to take a bust to join. That is if your recruiter is paying attention. Make it a condition of your enlistment. But you will love your new home, that's for sure.

They have a program called DEPOT. It's 3 weeks long.

I'm sure you've already received info. It's two weeks at camp and consists of class work and CG core values training. Walk in the park!

As far as from my base of knowledge, the only Branch of Service that is absolutely and unequivocally exempt from attending any form of Basic Training / Boot Camp when transferring and/or changing Branches post EAS is the United States Marine Corps. This is due to the rigor, length and higher initial training standards imbued by the Marine Corps. Keep in mind, if you weren't aware, USMC Boot Camp is 13-weeks in length, with an additional mandatory ("2nd Boot Camp") called MCT (Marine Combat Training) which is an additional 4-weeks in length. Totalling 17-weeks, roughly 4 & 1/2 months of training before even getting to your MOS / A-School / AIT. This is one of the official "perks" of being a U.S. Marine... Essentially, as a Marine, you inter-service transfer (rare, I know personally) or change branches (post-EAS) and are simply issued a new uniform and shipped off to your new MOS school. However, The Marines are the ONLY Branch that is allotted this unique benefit. Every other branch is required to attend their new respective branches' Basic Training / Boot Camp. So, to answer your question; Yes, coming from the Army, you WILL be required to attend the USCG Boot Camp.

That's a quite interesting question, one I've somewhat reflected on with various circumstances I'd seen. When I was at the USAF OTS at lackland before it went to Maxwell, there were numerous prior enlisted who were nevertheless reqd tro go through the whole thing. That being said, that was of course a fairly different circumstance, certainly. A good deal I might think could depend on what MOS you have now, relative to what uscg field you might want to be in. Certainly, if youre going to be shipboard, the point raised about fire and I should think damage control also raised here does ring true. However, if you're currently on active, I would think that, if you might want enlisted uscg, you might conceivably ask about an interservice transfer, and request to be allowed to go to whatever abbreviated uscg enlisted orientation is provided for in your circumstances, as I should certainly think such a conundrum might well of course have arisen before. Uscg must have had those seeking to go in from other services, incl army, so having said that, if you meet the requisite uscg PT aspects, you might need some custom and ceremony orientation training for a sea service, as well as, of course, the shipboard aspects, all of them. However, that again being said, it might depend on how fresh and current your army background is, how much pme training you've had in army, what tech schools in army you've had might equivalence to those of uscg, etc. Given that you're army, the thought obviously crosses my mind that if you've done any college, that might also be taken into consideration, conceivably. And, being as uscg does so much pure law enforcement, you might possibly I thought also have the notion of somehow morphing your purely army combat training into uscg law enforcement if that might possibly be your bent. Now, that wouldn't I think eliminate the necessity of you doing the purely shipboard training, which of course would obviously be necessary, by all means. However, of uscg got you oriented to their customs and ceremonies, then sent you to their specific schools for such training, and or possibly sent you to specific segments of the enlisted training at cape may NJ for their boot camp, yet not necessarily the whole thing, then had you move on to higher level schools for the shipboard aspect in some sort of tailored customized fashion, that might I think be at least well worth asking about. You hadn't said anything about college or your age, though I'm assuming late 20s to early 30s, they'd also look at your enlisted evald, of course, and your endorsements and or recommends, as well, certainly. One aspect you might consider is the the various maritime colleges, look into the uscg margrad program which is explicitly intended to let maritime college grads go uscg in an accelerated fashion . I also have seen that uscg has a college funding website, you'd find it easily with Google. The son of tje best high school friend of my mother in law had a very interesting circumstance, as he was army enlisted then went army wocs for helicopters at rucker. Then embry riddle Univ was to give him his Bach in aviation, so, he petitioned uscg to pick up his contract remaining for army, so, he asked army to let him go early on an interservice transfer, then uscg, recognizing his being an army warrant, sent him to I gather some sort of either abbreviated uscg OCS, or possibly an OIS or indoc abbreviated version or possibly also direct commissioned him based on his background cumulatively, I never knew much beyond that he finished out his 20 in uscg as a helicopter pilot, and is one now for a local cable TV news station by us on long island where we are, it was a really fascinating story. Now, clearly, you hadn't said if you'd wanted warrant or commissioned, or, of enlisted, what level you'd be allowed to transfer in at. Given your being prior army, I should think that, were you to completely reorient to uscg, that you might conceivably ask for whatever max higher rank they'd possibly allow you, beyond your present army rank, though that would likely involve some fairly protracted discussion I'd expect. I'd read some years ago a story about Michael Jordan the basketball star online. Interestingly, when he retired from basketball, hed apparently also been a very serious baseball possibility at some point. So, he evidently did in fact qualify for professional baseball, I did read that. Now, I myself have little interest in such sports, however, purely on an intellectual level, I found fascinating that the baseball recruiters or management clearly recognized that he, being a serious pro athlete, obviously couildnt be handled in a novice fashion both because of his pro basketball training, and his prior baseball ambitions and or exposure. So, in some fashion that I'd pose is at least somewhat analogous to yours, the baseball people recognized that reality, to try to make use of him though I'd read he of course no longer does it. Still, it was a fascinating read, especially in light of the story of the son of the friend of my mother in law, that's all I'm trying to say. I'd be most eager to hear your thoughts reactions and observations, if you'd care to chat further, I'd certainly be most interested I hope the info was of at least some ise and or interest, many thanks, fascinating problem, honest.

having never been in the Coast Guard I would have to say maybe you wouldn't have to go through boot camp BUT you would have to go through some sort of "refresher" or "aquaintence" training besides your AIT to get you ready to be on a ship such as swimming, seamanship, and firefighting.

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