And if you join the Coast Guard as a cook, you're in line for one a big recruitment bonuses: $50,000. But bonuses aren't everything, as Admiral Linda Fagan seeks to stem the recruiting shortfalls that have plagued the guard in the past few years.
One of the obstacles is that potential recruits don't know what the Coast Guard does, Fagan said. While the service is best known for its search and rescue work, it also conducts counternarcotics operations, icebreaking in the Arctic to, and it trains allies and partners in maritime practices.
"We're an arctic nation," she said"And so ensuring our own national security and sovereignty in the Arctic is critical work." At the nation's ports, the Coast Guard inspects incoming vessels for nefarious activity before the boats are allowed to enter. "We are at all times a military agency," Fagan said."We're a law enforcement agency [and] regulatory agency." "One of the incentives is bonuses," Fagan said."We have some targeted bonuses. $50,000 if you want to join the Coast Guard as a cook. We have world-class cooks in the Coast Guard. We certainly eat well in this organization.
The Coast Guard is also offering a new English learning program to help recruits who do not speak it as a first language gain more proficiency. to enlist from 35 to 42, allowing single parents to enlist and reevaluating the debt requirements.
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