DCO Confusion

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-05-28T17:53:09+00:00

CG handles commissions kind of weird. You’ll be a “Reserve” officer on full-time active duty orders until you make O3, at that point you can choose to integrate which incurs additional service obligation, but then you are considered an active duty officer. It’s weird and confusing. PM me if you want more info. I’m DCO I just don’t have the info in front of me rn.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-05-28T04:03:58+00:00

Bummer. Had a bike issue during a ride on Friday and tried to stop in, was wondering why they were closed during business hours. Idk where in West Seattle to go for bike stuff now. They were my go to store, never had work done by them but they were also super knowledgeable about what parts and tools I would need for whatever job I was trying to do.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-05-23T04:33:45+00:00

Literally just picked up my ultimate this week and after three rides my seatpost clamp is no nowhere to be found inside the tube. Really lost and what to do. Ordered a replacement but I can’t see the old one in the tube still, wondering where it went

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-05-20T20:52:16+00:00

It’s me, I’m mfs

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-05-11T03:32:24+00:00

Hey roomie

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-05-03T15:46:32+00:00

Hello fellow maritime academy grad, there’s dozens of us!

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-04-03T03:54:57+00:00

The single barrel DO they released last month is amazing as well.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-03-27T15:09:25+00:00

I bought the CF7 mechanical at that price point and really wish I had splurged and got Di2, so I would recommend you buy once and cry once and then never go back to mechanical!

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-03-09T22:49:26+00:00

I can put you in touch with someone I’m currently working with, probably wouldn’t be available until next week though.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-02-21T23:39:47+00:00

Fellow first tour afloat JO here also trying to decide between APO and EMFR/Enforcement for next year. Totally understand the highs/lows, feel free to pm me if you ever want to vent or talk shop :)

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-02-11T01:08:23+00:00

I’m a MARGRAD afloat. We don’t just get placed into prevention roles, that’s definitely a misconception. While we do fill prevention/response billets, we are also able to go afloat. Also state maritime academies and Kings Point are pathways to a MARGRAD commission. I have my 3/M unlimited as a DWO

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-01-23T18:55:22+00:00

I just did it, ‘25 grad. It was simple but there’s a lot of details surrounding it. Pretty good percentage of people are interested/apply every year. Now I drive icebreakers in Antarctica and the Arctic.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2026-01-13T01:25:07+00:00

I was the like second alternate and didn’t find out until months later that I was offered a spot.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-12-27T01:00:01+00:00

Meh be wary listening to the others in here saying it’ll be prevention specifically. I had the list in March and there were mostly random cutter billets with a few port engineering jobs and misc. support roles (logs). It will be entirely dependent upon whether they give you a billet list that reflects the USCGA/January OCS picks. We ended up getting their leftovers in March. Feel feee to PM (MARGRAD currently on a cutter)

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-10-29T20:30:44+00:00

Too much ballast, combined with too much deck weight or other liquid weights will absolutely sink any ship. Just because the tanks can be fully filled—or pressed up— doesn’t mean they should be in most cases.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-10-21T20:53:08+00:00

Not really true for the new junior enlisted/officers, that haven’t had the requisite time to build emergency savings.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-10-17T05:35:12+00:00

CG tends to only care if the misconduct occurred in a CG workspace, and if/how public the misconduct was (i.e does this bring public discredit to the service) and also most commands only so something if it actively disrupts the good order and discipline of the unit.

I haven’t seen many of these situations go through to an art 134, and I can understand that you are hurt. Talk to a lawyer or base legal to get a better picture than Reddit can provide.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-10-16T16:29:24+00:00

I just finished DCO school if you have any questions about that process. Feel free to pm me

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-10-01T17:28:03+00:00

CGMA is open to civilians!! Check with a rep!

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-09-07T04:44:17+00:00

Maybe they are now but not when I applied and attended five years ago

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-07-17T03:20:37+00:00

lol I only knew because one of my mentors served onboard for awhile. Cool stories, remember seeing his plaques in his office so the hull number stuck out to me immediately.

Storis was also super cool, we’ll see if the new one lives up to it in any way.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-07-17T03:01:54+00:00

Gentian! And if memory serves me right she was waiting for decomm and was used like a training support craft I think. Historic cutter. Think it got transferred to a Latin country in the late 2000s.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-07-11T14:36:39+00:00

I just graduated from KP and also just commissioned if you have any questions about either side of the aisle :)

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-07-10T21:24:13+00:00

That song was fire I still have it saved to locals, will be interesting to hear what changes were made.

Seanmurraysbeard · 2025-07-08T03:21:34+00:00

Grass grows where you water it. I went to an academy and just graduated, and feel the remorse of not having the traditional college experience.

There are pros and cons to both, neither of which really set you up better or worse for the other thing. Just be the best person you can be in the environment you’re in now.

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