I'm in the AF right now, i want to crosstrain into the CG to be a pilot. do you know what are the requirments?

Question

I'm in the AF right now, i want to crosstrain into the CG to be a pilot. do you know what are the requirments?

Answer 1

Cross train from the department of defense to the department of transportation? good luck with that.

Answer 2

You will have to leave the AF, join the CG through their Officer program, get accepted to their flight program, and successfully complete Naval Flight Training.

Answer 3

CORRECTION:  the United States Coast Guard is under the Department of Homeland Security.  And Mr. USCG Recruiter is having to much of that 'happy hour'.  Must be drinking some good hooch right now.  He is just as wrong as us uniformed personnel!

Listen, you have to be an Officer and you must end your obligated service with the USAF.  Get a bachelor's degree (in any study, ballerina degree even!) while you are in the USAF and take advantage of the 100-percent tuition that the US Armed Forces offers THEN seek the USCG Officer Selection Officer, or OSO, not a Recruiter.  Recruiters deal with people who want to go enlisted.  If you see a Recruiter, they'll just tell you to go see an OSO.  OSOs are people who have a degree and want to get a Commission.  Why not wait until you get of the USAF and be a Marine or Navy Pilot?  It will be easier and better is you maintain your retirement status through the Department of Defense.  Otherwise you will have to forfeit some years on your retirement.  It isn't like a 401k or IRA.

There is no cross-training programs that I know of while you are still in the USAF.  I just don't see that happening.  The USAF has no naval pilots anyway; the USCG are a different entity.  It is a Uniformed Service but isn't part of the Armed Forces, so you'll have to cancel out that 'cross-training' idea.  Cross-trained means staying in one branch but trained by another (just in case you had the terminolgy wrong).

Answer 4

Wow, 3 wrong un-informed opinions in a row.

http://www.gocoastguard.com/find-your-fi...

Call someone who knows what they're talking about

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Answer 5

I believe you will have to get a release from the AF if accepted into the CG. Your chain of command will have to sign off on it. Talk to a recruiter. See if you qualify then talk to the commanding officer you most frequently deal with.