[Fierce Allegiance]

I was a USCG EMT. I was stationed on a buoy tender out of boston most of my time in, but I started out with a half year up at the small boat station in Gloucester.

I was in from 85-89, and was surprised to nevr get pulled out to go to D7.

I had friends on the 110's as they wer coming in. They agreed, they were junk, but better than the very old 82's and 95's they were replacing. Yeah, 10 year life is what i remember hearing.

[CWOJackson]

I never could decide whether I wanted to make it a career or not so after 30 and a half years I decided to look for different employment...then got (voluntarily) recalled.

I started out on a buoy tender, one of the old 180's. You know what life is like on them...boring, tedious and boring...did I mention boring? Unfortunately I was the #1 rescue swimmer and sure enough we went on a SAR run towards the end of my tour. I had to go over the side and pull three people in. Right away I forgot the tedium and was hooked.

I've time on 82', 95's and 110's. Of them all I think the 82' was by far the best. In the long run I think it would have been cheaper to keep them on...and safer for the crews.

Which class (EMT) did you go through?