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Originally posted by JoshLovesLamp:
Hey guys. I'm just kinda hunting around and looking at potential options for future careers and the BTM stuff caught my attention. I'm having a hard time finding information on law enforcement in the Coast Guard though.
Law enforcement in the CG is a collateral duty, at this point. The other services have their MPs, SPs, and MAs, which primarily just do LE. The CG has a new rating coming on-line, the Maritime Enforcement Specialist (ME) that will do primarily LE and security for the CG.
I've read the PACTACLET stuff but that's about all I can find. I'm interested in the Boarding Team Member stuff but Im sure there is a prerequisite to that and it's the prerequisite that I'm having a hard time finding out about.
BTM is a qualification that pretty much anyone in the CG can get. The BTM is part of a team, led by a Boarding Officer (BO). You'll find BTMs and BOs mostly at Small Boat Stations and Cutters.
I thought I read something about having to be in the Coast Guard Reserve?
No. You'll find BTMs and BOs in both the Active Duty and Reserve sides of the house.
I'm wondering what a typical duty day would be like, how often you are away from home, how often you deploy to Iraq... just basic stuff.
All of that is dependent upon your job. Only a minut portion of the CG is in Iraq.
I think I read somewhere also that you can be gone for up to 200 days out of the year. I don't know if that's typical or if that is an Iraq deployment.
Again, it depends on your job, and what type of unit you are at. Cutters go to sea for lengthy periods of time. Small boats stations go underway for just a certain number of hours at a time. And Marine Safety type units, well...don't get me started!
Any help would be appreciated because I'm not finding much or I'm looking in the wrong places.

It's also worth noting that I separated from the USAF as an E-4 and believe that I would come into the Coast Guard as an E-4 as well.
Not necessarily. It all depends on what your specialty in the AF was, and whether or not it translates into a CG job. A Rate Determination package would have to be done first. Things have changed since I enlisted. I was a SGT/E-5 Army MP and enlisted as a CGR Port Securityman 2nd Class (E5). But that's ancient history. It all depends on what your civilian job is, if you are looking into just the CGR.

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Maritime Enforcement Specialist

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Originally posted by LC45:
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I would like to know how I can get a current copy of the Good Order and Discipline for the 7th District. I am retired and I tried doing it on the CG web page but no luck. Could someone post it for me please. I also need to find out how to get a copy of a CG members DD-214 who was kicked out and facing State of North Carolina felony charges to see the character of his discharge. He got booted about three weeks ago or so because of what he did. I do not want to mention his name, but, of course what he did is open public court record information anyhow.

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Originally posted by LC45:
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I would like to know how I can get a current copy of the Good Order and Discipline for the 7th District. I am retired and I tried doing it on the CG web page but no luck. Could someone post it for me please. I also need to find out how to get a copy of a CG members DD-214 who was kicked out and facing State of North Carolina felony charges to see the character of his discharge. He got booted about three weeks ago or so because of what he did. I do not want to mention his name, but, of course what he did is open public court record information anyhow.

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Originally posted by LC45:
Oh no we already know the former members name.

What happened was he shot and killed one of our police K-9 dogs (Not the Officer) while on leave here in North Carolina. I will not mention his name, so if YOU know it please remain silent. He was arrested and booked on felony cruelty to animals charges.