Not to highjack the thread, but I have a question for you, Chris or any other Coastie out there.

My son-in-law is a Coastie and was recently transferred from Station Annapolis, MD to Station Wrightsville Beach, NC. He was a Boarding Office with over 200 boardings and yet when he transferred to the new station, he had to re-qualify all over again. Is this standard practice?

Just curious-
Pete