A few are wondering how many are on the forum.

So, I'll start.
I was in from 05-09, on the Cutter Aspen, the Airstation in San Fran, and then Cutter Boutwell, all in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I was an SNBM when I got out, but not for trouble, I tried waiting for AMT A school but it came a little over three years into my enlistment and my wife at the time didn't want to extend, so I had to turn down A school. Overall, still the best time of my life.

Active
1988-1999
Reserve
2001-2011

-Station Yankeetown
-GM A
-Gru Charleston-there was no station then and we served SAR duty too, so I was a qualified 41 engineer as a GM3
-CGC Metompkin
-Gru Cape Hatteras
-CGC Bear
-Gru Cape Hatteras
-SFO Cape Hatteras
-Gru Ft Macon
-Sector Ft Macon

Retired as a GMC.

Ex-Coastie checking in. 4 years active during the 1976- 1980 time frame. Two years on the WHEC 725- Jarvis and two years MSO-Corpus Christi. Struck my rating as a Boats while waiting for my A- school orders to come through. Great times with a lot of 1st class people.

My daddy was one in WWII

My wife got enlisted coastie of the year for 2016 USCG reserves.

So I guess that means....I am a pretty big deal.

Active duty Coastie here since 1994. I was an Electronics Technician for about 15 years before going the Direct Commission Engineer route.

Active and Reserve duty 1979 to 1985. RM3 rating served in Charleston, Miami and Key West during Jimmy Carter's big welcome party.VI

Active duty 1969 -1973. ET school at Governor's Island New York right after boot. 1st duty station French Frigate Shoals. After FFS back to Gov Island for more school and party time in NYC. Last duty station Port Isabel, Tx.

Boot Camp Government Island, Feb 1970-April 1970.
WHEC-44 Wachusett - Seattle
Cape Flattery Light House
CGC BayBerry
CG Base Seattle - discharged Jan 1974 - SK3.
Went to college and late into Naval Reserve as Intel Officer for 16 years.

Retired Coastie here. 1982 - 2002.

Active duty Dec 1984 to present. Retiring next summer.

Active 2005 till?
CGC VALIANT, MK A school, STA Milford heaven, Sta Hobucken, CGC RAZORBILL, and currently Sta Pascagoula

1979 - 1983

Alameda for boot camp
USCG Station Galveston, TX (Was there when we lost the Blackthorn in FL. Stood honors for many of them, RIP shipmates)
Coast Guard institute (yea I know a clerk )
Governors Island, NY (ET/TT "A" school)
Group Astoria, OR (TT shop covering from Tillamook to Greys Harbor)

Separated as TT2

FYI, member Woodman (thanks Jim) set me up with the Avatar and loaded a bunch @ https://avatarhost.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/22/

Reserve 82-88 (RK)
Cape May boot
RM A School Petaluma
reserve time spent mostly in the New Orleans area (HQ and RADSTA NOLA)

Active duty enlisted, 1975-79, Cape May boot, no schools, made E-5. Stationed the entire time at HQ in DC, did architectural drafting and wrote specifications to build CG buildings - SAR stations, barracks, etc.

My father in law was in Coast Guard 1942 to 1946.
Was sent to a camp on Lon Island called Manhattan Beach for basic. Jack Dempsey was given a rank by the Navy and put in change of physical training and sent a lot of time at the camp.
My father in law and Jack Dempsey became good friends and after WW2 wrestled professionally to pay his way through grad school.

Well that's here are more of us than I thought. Awesome. Love reading what all you have done.

Thanks to all of you for your service.