os - Operations Specialist Enlisted

Summary

OSs are the Coast Guard’s preeminent emergency managers.

You’ll provide situational awareness, manage information, and develop plans for missions ranging from search and rescue to law enforcement, national defense, and more.

From command centers ashore and at sea, OSs communicate with boaters in distress, develop search patterns, and guide Coast Guard units to assist.

OSs are typically assigned to sectors, districts, and cutters.

Description

OSs provide 24/7 communication and coordination to execute missions.

Qualifications

• Calm under pressure?
• Attentive to detail?
• Interested in coordinating response actions?
• Punctual?

Skills You’ll Learn

• Coordinating missions
• Handling classified information
• Operating navigation and communication systems

Training

• OSs receive a 13-week rating course in Petaluma, CA, with instruction in handling classified information, navigation, communications systems, and search and rescue planning.
• Tactical action officer training, command duty officer training, and air direction controller training, along with training in electronic warfare and emergency management.
• Both full-time and part-time Coast Guard-funded educational opportunities leading to an Associate or Bachelors Degree or higher may be available. Specifically, the Emergency Management program is available to the OS rating.

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• Emergency Management Director
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