@@AnalyzeSportsStudio not much knowledge with merchant mariner but the merchant marines is regimented, uscg is active duty military. Similar but different, lots of benefits in the uscg and lots of different job opportunities which can be shifted to your needs. Coast guard is a good place to be, definitely worth a shot.

@@WickedSalty thanks for the answer, do you know from your experience if anyone can get a flat feet waiver for boot?

@@AnalyzeSportsStudio they make you wear the issued boots at bootcamp but you can wear whatever black composite toe ones in the fleet, boot camp is lenient on wearing your own running shoes now during pt rather than only the issued ones

@@granularSodacan it would be easy, you just need to find a job where they service yamahas and have Yamaha technicians. They would be the ones to send you to Yamaha school could talk it out with them. I worked for freedom boat club in the yard that’s who sent me, he was willing to send me to as many classes as I could attend. School for each cert is around a week long, some can be challenging, drive train was but others I’d assume easier. I’d guess boat yards in general send their guys to Yamaha school as well.

Yet you are watching? Alex, I’ll take “ projection” for $500.00 please.

If you go undecided you leave boot camp as a non rate where you take time at your first unit assigned deciding on what rate(job) you want to go. If you sign for particular rate(job/profession) you go straight to A-school after boot camp to do that job at your first unit. Only some rates offer boot to A-school at certain times based off coast guards needs.

@WickedSalty Thanks. I thought so, but that was helpful

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