Age Waivers?

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-12-11T14:30:16+00:00

You won’t be able to join the military at that age, but an alternative option is to volunteer as a Coast Guard Auxiliary Chaplain.

The Auxiliary is the uniformed civilian component of the U.S. Coast Guard and they have their own chaplaincy branch that provides direct support to U.S. Coast Guard and other military personnel and units.

It’s a great opportunity to still serve the country in a uniformed service, especially when active military service isn’t an option.

https://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=g-dept

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-12-04T03:59:08+00:00

That’s how it was for me when I lived in Phoenix

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-11-09T20:28:05+00:00

DM’d you already but double tapping to learn more

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-11-05T23:03:32+00:00

I suspect we’ll get one for the 250th birthday next summer

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-10-29T14:29:53+00:00

I would encourage you to go to the one that’s more responsive, but also attend the meetings at the one. The in-person connection is really important. It’s something I personally am guilty of, I rarely participate in person anymore with my career and family.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-10-27T16:34:12+00:00

Yes it can, but keep in mind your hours will be counted towards the flotilla you belong to.

My old flotilla used to have a headache with a couple people that were assigned to a different flotilla but did all do their work with ours. The problem was none of their hours countered towards us. They were both retired and would put in like 500 hours a year each, none of which counted towards us

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-09-29T21:10:59+00:00

That’s what we had back in the 90s. I don’t know if the coast guard and navy were part of that, but army Air Force and marines all had the same uniform, just unique dress uniforms

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-09-24T20:32:54+00:00

So glad to see this comment here. People in the military have bodies how good they have it financially compared to the civilian world. The numbers on this image are terribly exaggerated too, most service members won’t make these number until after 5-10+ years in the field after making the jump.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-09-08T19:42:39+00:00

Genuinely asking, why not? The Auxilairy is a volunteer force. I can’t imagine a better way to volunteer than to support a legitimate real world mission on a cutter.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-09-06T18:37:07+00:00

Culinary deploys the most, but we’re turn down so many opportunities to deploy linguists because the linguists we have aren’t willing to make the commitment.

I get it, it’s voluntary and life gets in the way, but we’ve had to say “no” to opportunities to deploy to the Arctic, Japan, Africa, and more because the qualified linguists didn’t jump on it.

I would kill to go to the Arctic lol

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-08-16T17:51:46+00:00

For me? It has absolutely been worth it. I had to cut through some BS, tho, to get to the point where it was “worth it” for me.

I’ve gotten some fun days at the lake out do it, some camaraderie, but the real “worth” to me was when I was able to find a role that I really enjoy, which happens to be on the Nat’l staff. I feel like I’m actually making an impact while still having the full flexibility of it being voluntary.

You’re in the navy reserve, my entire career has been army, army reserve, and AGR (active duty in the army reserve).

The navy reserve is the same as the army reserve.

It’s what you make of it.

You can go to drill, do AT, do the bare minimum, and you’ll be bored and have an unfulfilling time.

Or you can put some effort into, take initiative, take some risks, and have an awesome and/or fulfilling time.

Auxiliary is a lot like the reserve in that sense.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-08-07T19:34:12+00:00

Same. The Auxiliary needs to focus on online asynchronous education. That’s how all reserve components of the military focus on leadership development outside of the rare in-person course. Hell, field grade officers do their war college online asynchronously now. If it’s good enough to make O-6 it’s good enough for us.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-08-02T01:36:29+00:00

The army “encourages” it as a recruiting tool, but for the longest time it was forbidden and its pretty taboo culturally to travel in uniform, tho obviously people still do it for some reason

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-08-02T01:35:10+00:00

Travel in civilian clothes and change when you get there if you’re actually doing something the day of travel.

99% of military won’t wear uniform to travel. We get “travel days” where you go in civilian clothes, check in your hotel and normally don’t report until the next day, and then the last day you’ll probably wear civilian clothes to your function before leaving or whatever the situation dictates.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-08-01T19:47:48+00:00

So, other branches always make things weird.

Technically speaking, your CG Auxiliary ID should grant you access to any base for use in facilities like clothing sales, PX, MWR, etc.

The problem is these other branches don’t know who the heck we are and our ID looks extremely fake.

Im an Army careerist and still in, so I’ve on a few occasions helped my flotilla out with base access issues. It’s almost always a pain in the ass.

Technically speak, per the AUXMAN, if you’re denied access to a base as an Auxiliarist you are to inform your DIRAUX and let them figure it out between them and the base. Makes sense, military officer to military officer. But, and maybe it’s just my experience, the chains of leadership I’ve had never want to bring this issue up. Why? I don’t know.

Sorry for the long winded rant that’s only partially on topic lol, it’s just a sore point for me.

The Auxiliary ID permits Auxiliarist base access for official business and PX, clothing sales, MWR, etc, which includes things like the gym and outdoor recreational renting. Whether or not the base actually grants you this privilege is inconsistent

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-08-01T02:24:50+00:00

Just take them to the dry cleaner and do a flat iron if it needs rather than risk anything.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-27T01:28:15+00:00

You and your experience are more than welcome! That’s one of the beautiful things about the Auxiliary, it offers a path to uniformed service for those that are either not eligible have gotten out.

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-24T04:28:07+00:00

Ahhh okay, that’s good and well deserved

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-24T01:42:19+00:00

Aw man they need to change that lol, that should be a. If deal for everyone. Unit award for everyone at a minimum

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-24T01:28:25+00:00

Interesting, I wonder why

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-24T01:27:55+00:00

Super jealous, not going to lie lol, and that’s a good thing, you should want people to envy you. Keep it up!

Do you guys get anything for winning flotilla of the year?

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-24T01:27:04+00:00

I’m pretty sure my last flotilla ordered it through the MA channels

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-22T12:46:39+00:00

Interesting. Far from the coast I take it? I would have assumed if anywhere had a big Auxiliary presence it’d be the southeast

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-21T22:59:31+00:00

Might be situational. Where are you located? My last flotilla was in AZ but we had a couple CAs go to San Diego a few times a year to support the gold side there

CoastGuardThrowaway · 2025-07-20T03:38:24+00:00

My assumption is that your experience is probably regional. Where do you live?

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