Question for Coasties
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Palm Harbor, FL
Well we call them a Helmsmen, usually a E-3 on a larger cutter. Smaller boats they are called coxswain and usually consist of an E-4/E-5 knows as BM's Bad Mother$*(#ers (Boatswainmate). Hope that helps.
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JK Freak
Joined: May 2008
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From: Mission Viejo, CA
So if I wanted to do that, I'd have to sign up as a BM? More specifically I should ask, how does one become that guy? (and I don't mean in reference to "That guy" in a bad sense haha)