Can anyone tell me what a DCE with a BS in mechanical engineering would do and what projects they would work on? Is it possible to be selected for this soon after gradutaing from college, or does it look for more experienced professionals(MS, 5+yrs exp, PE, etc.)? Low/high demand for DCEs? What assignments are open to DCEs for their 'general duty' tour?

Thanks.

Try this web-site and download the info. book on DCE. Hope this helps!

http://www.gocoastguard.com/find-your-fit/officer-oppor...-commission-programs

BC

With the exception of some Direct Commision Lawyers, a CG Officer is a CG Officer. No guarantee to 'specialize' in you degree field, especialy at a 'low level' degree like a BS. Probably not even a likelyhood to specialize.

Probably not even a likelihood?

I think you are exaggerating a bit Master Chief.

In my 14 years I've never met a er shipboard JO with an engineering degree who wasn't a student engineer. Though I have met plenty of student engineers who didn't have an engineering degree.

I guess I should have added 'in your degree field' to that last sentence too. A STUD-E has little to no direct connection to the ME field, and the term 'engineer' in academia is used differently than 'engineer' in the maritime environment.

OSCM,

Fair enough, but very few engineers in general become design engineers right after attaining their bachelors. At least that was true of my classmates at ODU.
Almost all CG Engineers (with a capital E) are maintenance managers. Very few are application engineers, and almost none are design Engineers.
Some would say that you aren't really an Engineer with a capital E unless you can sign PE after your name. I'd tend to agree.

NCEES is raising the bar for PE's in the future. Engineers will have to have their masters or 30 additional credits beyond a bachelors to be PE's. Also, requirements to attain A PE vary by state, Its a heck of a lot easier to get a PE in some states vice others from what I remember from conversation. Im no expert tho.
But I dont agree with the not getting a design engineer job right after school. My husband was offered that after his internship but he has to follow me of course.
I know Engineers in the Coast Guard that have Their PE's and got them in the Coast Guard.
The following link I found helpful when researching assignment expectations although I dont know how accurate it is. I thought from reading that you stayed in your field of being an Engineer(degree'd type) for the most part but did one "general" tour to broaden your knowledge of the Coast Guard. http://www.uscg.mil/systems/Engrbook.pdf

Google the below also.
Electrical engineering: competition's tough, but the jobs are there
There is a story of a Coast Guard Officer on "diversitycareers" (website)that might interest you. He joined after he graduated. It was a long time ago though so the expectations could have changed but its a good read anyhow. I hope this helps.

An alternative...

http://www.navy.com/careers/officer/

quote:

Originally posted by AntarcticChamp:
Probably not even a likelihood?

I think you are exaggerating a bit Master Chief.

In my 14 years I've never met a er shipboard JO with an engineering degree who wasn't a student engineer. Though I have met plenty of student engineers who didn't have an engineering degree.

Sorry, but no. Most USCGA grads are engineers. Far less than half of CGA grads go student engineering for a first shipboard tour. I was a civil engineer (CE) at CGA, and went deck, as did at least half the CEs I knew. There's plenty of deckies out there with undergrad engineering degrees. Not obvious, as we don't walk around with a degree pinned to our chest.

I realize that this is a very different question to my previous one, but how likely is it to get an EOIT billet out of OCS? Is it possible to get an EOIT billet at a higher rank than O-1? I've heard that just about all EOIT billets go to Academy grads and prior enlisted.

Yes, I am aware that maritime engineering is different than that of academic engineering, but both sound really cool to me and I would like to have experience in both.

you should refer these q's to your recruiter.
do you even know if you qualify for cg service?
have you had an interview board yet?!
its easy to ask about a thousand questions and sound educated, but you need to work with your recruiter. if in doubt about what you want to do in the cg, enlist first. then see if your intrested in the other programs available. don't do it for the $$.!

Can anyone with a good shoreside connection to CGMS confirm whether or not ALCGRECRUITING 003/09 was released? Someone was kind enough to e-mail me ALCGRECRUITING 004/09 with a DTG of R 241311Z APR 09, but I am looking for results from the DCO 03-09 panel.

If 004/09 is out then 003/09 must have also been released to day right? The last ALCGRECRUITING message released before today was 002/09 back in January.

713927,
Most are engineers? Meaning engineers outnumber all other majors? Really? Though I wouldn't dispute that engineering is a larger percentage than any other major. From the outside looking in at least.

quote:

Originally posted by AntarcticChamp:
713927,
Most are engineers? Meaning engineers outnumber all other majors? Really? Though I wouldn't dispute that engineering is a larger percentage than any other major. From the outside looking in at least.

4 out of the 8 degrees offered are engineering. Naval, civil, mechanical and electrical.

The other degrees are ops research, management, government, and marine science.

I am aware of that. I'm also aware that one must apply to those programs after the 4/c year. Do they have as many seats? Do they have as many qualified applicants?

It would probably take a PCTS member to get a straight answer.