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To: USAF80

Coast Guard - Buffalo and Rochester NY, District 9


42 posted on 09/07/2012 10:26:38 AM PDT by mom4melody
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To: mom4melody

That explains a lot. The USCG is not a typical branch of the military. They are not under the Dept of Defense until wartime. The rules are a lot different, same thing for Guard and Reserves.

What you described would not have happen with active duty.


44 posted on 09/07/2012 10:35:39 AM PDT by USAF80
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