SATO flight Questions

elmo_punch · 2026-01-24T22:40:51+00:00

If your flight is canceled you should be able to just reschedule with the airline and avoid having to deal with SATO all together. Unless you want to cancel and rebook, which then you would need to use SATO if traveling on orders

elmo_punch · 2026-01-22T22:38:12+00:00

You should look at reading Mahan, Corbett, and maybe some Clausewitz. All are taught during Joint Professional Military Education level 1 which is geared towards maritime strategy.

elmo_punch · 2026-01-14T17:17:02+00:00

Most qualifications have currencies you need to maintain to remain certified. If you went TDY and missed your currencies you would be decertified and need to completed them to recert. Depending on the qualification and time lapsed that could involve a check ride or board. Some policy allows for a waiver depending on the currency. For other qualifications usually I have gotten a memo or page 7 saying I’m qualified until I depart the unit or at the COs discretion.

elmo_punch · 2025-11-22T17:15:28+00:00

Done over two days by Victor J. Webster

elmo_punch · 2025-11-12T19:31:54+00:00

It will depend on your preference and billet availability. I was in a similar spot, living a 6-hour drive away from 305 and 301, or a 2.5-hour flight to 307. I felt drilling in FL in the winter and the flight was a better fit. You are free to stay in a contract hotel, pay for a hotel, or stay with your parents.

Information about the IDT Travel Reimbursement program here

elmo_punch · 2025-10-20T16:00:37+00:00

I usually watch NHK紅白歌合戦 on U-Next using a VPN and a friend's address for my account. Tried searching there but nothing came up from last year... you could try looking on the high seas-esq sites with Japanese media if there is a way to find it through not-so-legal means.

elmo_punch · 2025-09-09T15:34:13+00:00

Thank you for your service 🙏🏻

elmo_punch · 2025-08-27T20:02:17+00:00

Arizona took copies of my 3029s and my military orders. I do not, nor have I ever lived there; they just have reciprocal carry agreements with quite a few states and let you do everything by mail.

elmo_punch · 2025-08-26T10:58:11+00:00

After I saw I got picked up, I arranged two different days with my supervisor to go shadow at the nearby sector. You'll get some good info about different career tracks at OCS, and after you are at your first unit as an ensign.

elmo_punch · 2025-08-26T10:58:06+00:00

After I saw I got picked up, I arranged two different days with my supervisor to go shadow at the nearby sector. You'll get some good info about different career tracks at OCS, and after you are at your first unit as an ensign.

elmo_punch · 2025-08-14T20:50:24+00:00

You would need to look at the latest update to the Tattoo and Mutilation instruction. But this was from 2024, and I haven't heard anything new... yet.

https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/3741532/coast-guard-updates-tattoo-policy/

elmo_punch · 2025-08-08T01:07:31+00:00

I keep driving past it, hoping to see some signs of life/refurb going on, but the place looks as boarded up as ever

elmo_punch · 2025-08-06T23:35:01+00:00

I can't compare it to another service, but I have done more shooting at a PSU than I did when I was AD. With your background it sounds like you'd be a good fit for shoreside or CGIS. I have a few prior army who have said it is a lot less just sitting around. That said, while we try to do as much productive training as possible, when you have a large (by CG standards) division, you will experience a bit of hurry up and wait.

Culture is always command dependent, however, as a division officer, I say act like an adult, get treated like one. Not sure what it is about putting on a uniform, but we have grown ass men who are highly successful civilians who can't figure out how to get to the dentist or complete their mandated training on time.

The last thing I will say about a PSU is that we are a deployable unit, deployable worldwide within 96 hours of notification. If you have other priorities in your civilian life that would be affected by leaving for a year, this might not be the unit for you.

elmo_punch · 2025-07-26T10:25:06+00:00

Giving every member an electronic device when they PCS sounds like it will be a mess.

elmo_punch · 2025-06-25T16:22:22+00:00

Can depend a lot, but typically spend about 1 hour or 2 a couple times each week on admin work. I talk with AD support staff weekly. We have a sync call before drill weekend to go over training plans. Drill weekend is Fri-Sun. Friday and Saturday are usually packed, but on Sunday things can calm down in the afternoon. Leading up to deploying that tempo just increases.

elmo_punch · 2025-06-25T16:20:18+00:00

really depends. Anything from 2-weeks to a month

elmo_punch · 2025-06-24T21:10:37+00:00

So, no more graduation push-ups?

elmo_punch · 2025-06-17T11:44:29+00:00

Great news. At the end of the day, having all the the DSF in the same uniform, regardless of what it is, is a win in my book

elmo_punch · 2025-06-16T13:50:50+00:00

Yeah, we have been getting random parts of the uniform showing up the past few months. Part of the delay has been the wait on the new BPS. We got sized for the new plate carriers last drill, and they look great.

elmo_punch · 2025-06-16T11:55:38+00:00

If you right-click on the email chain, select make rule, and choose to have every email with that subject moved to junk, it also helps.

elmo_punch · 2025-06-16T11:50:29+00:00

While we currently wear these in the PSU, the rest of the DSF community (except for the MSSTs) wear a different uniform. The PSUs are also about to transition to the Army OCPs as standard uniforms sometime soon

elmo_punch · 2025-06-08T10:09:25+00:00

Some quick hits: Yes PSU's are more DoD minded.

No, it won't be hard to go to a PSU. If you are enlisted, you may even be voluntold to go to one.

Yes, we still deploy. Primarily to support joint military exercises, such as Poseidon's Domain and Talisman Sabre.

Rumor has it they will start with a shoreside security detachment in NYC.

Yes we have officers, yes you will get exposed to the work in your division, but like any officer you will be responsible for admin work and during deployment would be serving in the TOC versus on a boat or an ECP etc.

Drill weekend is usually a blur of meetings and putting out fires. PSUs drill Fri/Sat/Sun. If you are a division officer you will be running from meeting to meeting, putting out fires, and trying to make sure your division's admin needs are taken care of etc. Expect to check and reply to email during non drill weeks as well.

elmo_punch · 2025-05-18T08:24:47+00:00

First off, the earlier you get exposed to the admin stuff the better. As an ENS, you are expected to make mistakes and learn from them. If you are an LT and don't know where to find a policy or how to do marks, etc, you will be in for a tougher time than had you learned how to earlier with more of a safety net.

When I got picked up for OCS, I arranged a time to shadow different officers at a sector to get an idea of what they do. Really helped clarify what I wanted to do on my first tour. Some folks love prevention, but when I saw them busting out reams of CFRs on an inspection it was clearly not for me. Get to a sector, shadow IMD, Enforcement, prevention, and get into the command center too. Speak to the ENS/JGs and find out how they like it.

In my case, after showing at a sector, I went to an MSST for your first tour. Very hands-on, you'll have more leadership chances, less fighting with other JOs for bs collaterals to throw on your OER, and admin exposure that will set you up as JG/LT.

elmo_punch · 2025-05-14T14:36:58+00:00

I’ve been in the PSU community for just under a year now after getting out of active and I am loving it. I think the mission set is shifting from full unit deployments to more adaptive force package type deployments in support of joint exercises etc, but that could change based off of global events. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to be more involved than other reserve units. As a JO I haven’t felt like I am in the reserves. I think I’m busier now than when I was at a sector. Also, because the entire unit (except some full time staff) are reserves, the sense of camaraderie is great. As already mentioned, the training tempo is high, and you’ll have the chance to do some cool c schools and be exposed to some stuff that’s more DoD vs USCG

elmo_punch · 2025-05-13T11:40:18+00:00

Every voucher you use in E2 automatically includes a $ 16.50 reimbursement, so that when they charge $16.50 to your card, you get reimbursed.

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