Episode 23

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4th Feb 2023

What Its Like Attending A Maritime Academy - With 3rd Mate Elan Silver

In this second part of our interview with special guest commercial mariner Elan Silver, we discuss in depth our 4 year experience attending Maine Maritime Academy to earn our 3rd Mates Unlimited Gross Tonnage Licenses. We walk you through our journey year by year and all of the challenges we faced along the way from high school kids to professional mariners in a very competitive maritime industry. Our time at Maine Maritime Academy was full of glorious adventures and rigorous academics along with a regimented lifestyle and we're here today to retell our story to the listeners. Many people have interest in both the United States Coast Guard and the Commercial Mariner Industry upon graduating high school and this is where Elan and I talk about our experience going the commercial route immediately after high school. This podcast is for anyone who wants insight to help them decide which path is right for them or anyone generally curious about what it's like to attend a Maritime Academy for 4 years!

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Coast To Coasties
This podcast is dedicated to those interested in learning more about the United States Coast Guard through the lens of myself as an active duty Coast Guard member. My goal is to bring guests from all different sections of the Coast Guard both active, reserve, and retired as well as member from the civilian maritime industry to share their stories and experiences. This will better my listeners understanding of what the Coast Guard does, why we love what we do, and inform you of how cool and amazing the job is that we perform on a daily basis. Fans, Prospective Recruits, Family, Military, And people just interested in general about the Coast Guard will all find great enjoyment listening to the Coast To Coasties Podcast. Thank You for listening and stay Semper Paratus!

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Hunter Giacomuzzi

Active duty Ensign Marine Inspector serving in the United States Coast Guard, aiming to bring content and information about our wonderful service to as many listeners as possible in my informative podcast show