There's no doubt about it, this is our "poster" job. Coast Guard aviators are involved in every mission area including drug interdiction, immigration, search and rescue, marine environmental protection, marine safety, and fisheries and general federal laws applicable in the maritime environment.

Our recruiting office in Irving, Tx is specifically looking for Pilots who call North Texas home and we will work with anybody, however you may be best served to contact a recruiting office nearest your home of record.
If you are within a year of your EOS or can obtain a conditional release and are interested please contact me at kevin.s.roberts@uscg.mil

Below is a list of requirements. If selected you will be brought in as an O1 or O2. This progam is open to warrant as well as Commissioned pilots.

Be a United States citizen
Be between the ages of 21 and 34 (applicants must have reached their 21st birthday but not their 35th birthday as of 30 September of the fiscal year in which the panel convenes)
Meet prescribed physical standards
Not be on active duty in the military (except USCG) at the time of commissioning; or submit a letter of resignation from your current service with your application
Have less than 10 years of non-Coast Guard active duty military service and have less than 13 years of previous service creditable for retirement in another armed force or its reserve component
Must be a graduate of a U.S. military flight training program
Have full-time military or civilian flight experience within two years of the published application deadline
Have a Baccalaureate Degree or have completed 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) at an accredited college or university
Have served a minimum of two years as either a Warrant Officer in the Army or a Commissioned Officer in any of the Armed Forces
Rotary-wing applicants must present evidence of being a military rotary-wing designated aviator with a minimum of 500 rotary wing flight hours (not including flight training hours). Fixed-wing applicants must possess evidence of being a military fixed-wing designated aviator with a minimum of 500 hours in a fixed-wing aircraft. Waivers are not authorized for minimum flight hours requirement
Present current Class I flight physical (with results of chest x-ray and Coast Guard anthropometric standards)

You can also find out more info at www.uscg.mil and click on the recruiting banner

This message has been edited. Last edited by: USCGRECTX,

Hmm...well, I've got the 30 semester hours. Can I meet you halfway on the other requirements?


MIKE