COAST GUARD STUDENT ENGINEER // Nolan’s First Patrol Recap - Qualifications, Seasick, Damage Control
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- This week, Nolan is on the channel talking about his first patrol as a Student Engineer on a 210' Medium Endurance Cutter in Little Creek, VA.
*Disclaimer: These views are mine and should not be construed as views of the U.S. Coast Guard
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I enjoyed your video as it brought back memories of my student engineering days and nights on Dallas in 1969 as a brand new O-1. 😃
Congratulations on completing your first patrol and getting qualified.
Thank you!
We appreciate Nolan ,for sharing,thank you for your service ,.
Congratulations Shipmate! From one 210 sailor to another, we are a different breed of sailor. After a decade sailing on 210’s I would offer to never stop learning and some of the best 210 DWO’s are engineers. Especially on a 210 everyone has to chip in. My 210’s even had the cooks running davits. Great description of Golfito, I always called it the Dutch Harbor of the south.
SO relatable. And Dutch Harbor of the south is super accurate. Erin spent some time there during one of her summers and she agrees! I hope to make it up there sometime.
-Nolan
Thanks Nola. My son is prepping for his swab summer, and not clear on what direction to go. Your insight is helpful. Peace and all the best to you and Erin.
Thank you and Erin for your hard work and service to our nation! Praying for you both!
Thank you!
The trains on the Panama Canal are known as Mules (traditionally towing a barge through a Canal was done by the Equine Variety). It used to be a tradition to prank the Junior crew aboard, sending them to get a Bale of hay for the canal mule. These days that's considered bullying.
Useless Table quiz fact, the exit from the Panama canal on the Atlantic side is WEST of the exit on the Pacific side. Many people assume that because the Atlantic is on the eastern seaboard and the Pacific is on the west, it would be the other way around. (The more you know).
Meeting that whale is a memory to treasure.
Keep up the good work. What you learn aboard will benefit you in ways you never imagined, many years from now.
Now I have cool knowledge to share if we ever go through the ditch again. Or for Erin if she does! Thank you so much for sharing!
Great job on the video Nolan... Erin has taught you well. Congratulations on getting your Quals done on the first patrol. I am a 30 year Active Duty CG retired...with 3 years on a 210', and 7 years at sea.. great platform, but yep...seasickness is a thing to deal with...it will get better. As an Engineer on the Ship You are among the people who are vital in the event of an on board emergency.... You know the important systems to protect the ship including valves to open or close to deal with flooding, fire equipment for those emergencies, and so on. You are extremely important to the safety of the Ship and more importantly your Shipmates. As I shared with Erin... Keep learning... Trust your CWO and your Chiefs to give you the critical information from their experiences to make you a better Officer. Someday I hope to meet you and Erin ...maybe share some sea stories... or at least a beverage. Keep working hard!
Thank you for sharing the wisdom you have from the fleet and encouraging us in our work. We would love to meet up sometime. Let us know if you're ever in VA!
Hello Nolan, as a new viewer, I am enjoying your channel here in metro Detroit.
I am considering the USCG Auxiliary. Do you have any contacts/opinions?
Would you know anyone that I could contact?
I'm nearing retirement after 26 years at the bank and former Navy veteran.
Just interested in another chance to serve.
Good video, please make more, your final thoughts remind me of a saying….remember the significance of having 2 eyes, 2 ears and one mouth
Facts! Thank you for sharing
been waiting for this one
After academy are you in for life, or what are the year increments that you re-enlist? We recently toured McAllister Hall it was interesting.
Question and observation: Refueling in a rain storm? And contract maintenance on the new boats...looks good in power point. As you gain rank and have an opportunity to influence these things remember, you can buy stuff (tools, test equipment, etc) you cannot buy skill.
Good on ya and keep the faith.
Very true!
Love this Nolan - super helpful - My oldest is Jerad Habben - he is Naval Arc and Student Engineer also - heading to Pensacola
Yay! Congrats to him
I just got a StuEng billet in St. Pete. Thank you for making this!
Ahh, congrats Claire! Let us know if you have any questions. (Especially for Nolan lol)
-Erin
Claire, St. Pete is a great place... I served as OPS on a 210 there and also as the CO of Station St. Petersburg and double hatted as the Deputy Group Commander (which now would include the Marine Safety functions and be Sector St. Petersburg). Also attended Grad School at Univ of South Florida. It's been a while, but I might be able to share some ideas on the area if you need.
Can you do a video on the officer training pipeline for OCS candidates?
Made my First Class cruise on Vigorous, first time 210 crossed the Arctic Circle. Spent ten of my twenty in Tide water
Wow! Super cool
Did you have an "Order of the Ditch" ceremony for passing through the Panama Canal?
Congrats on your first Patrol! Question: is it tough to make friends as an officer? It’s a professional environment I’m sure, but friends are needed for those patrols, right?
Great great question. We will include this in the next Q&A!
Great informative video Nolan! I’m curious how much you work with and/or supervise enlisted members as a Junior Officer.
We work closely with them everyday. Maybe we should make a video talking about the relationship between enlisted and officers in the CG.
I am a VIGOROUS EOIT alum, lol. Is there still a "Kidwell" folder on the shared drive?
Super cool! I'll ask Nol when he gets home :)
-Erin
When’d Kate Walker become out of DC? She’s a New York harbor cutter, out of Bayonne, NJ. 😊
Nolan may have misspoke, they're still in Bayonne :)
pretty much they do... science, break ice...
yupppp :) :)