I've heard they actually have the toughest training of any uniformed service...
It's tough alright!
My intellectual credentials:
PhD Applied Physics
MS EE & MS Applied Math
BS Geology & Physics (Dual BS)
My professional credentials:
20 years of R/D positions in industry (resource exploration & defense) & also in DOD positions
Hi, BigB:
Some college. Thirty plus years Active AF/Reserve AF duty. IQ of 132.
Been all over the world in "Good times and bad". Probably have for "interface" time with the people inhabiting this planet than most Liberals could dream of!
BTW: The Coast Guard Academy is one of the finest Engineering Colleges in existence. My older brother did two years there. Left when our father died. Even had the Commandant ask him to come back!
He says that he learned more in those to years at Groton than all the classes he's attended since then.
Jack.