CHIEF PETTY OFFICER JOSHUA EWING
Chief Petty Officer Ewing is stationed at the Aviation Technical Training Center
in Elizabeth City, N.C., and is in charge of the final phase of instruction
given to Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMT) "A" school students. Ewing has a
degree in Professional Aeronautics and a Masters in Aeronautical Science with an
emphasis in aviation safety.
Q:
What is one thing about the Coast Guard that you think more people should
know about?
A:
Coast Guard aviation does more with less. With the aviation enlisted
rate consolidation down to three specific jobs in the late 1990's,
aircraft maintainers now resemble civilian related aviation jobs more so
than other branches of today's military. Also, aviation personnel are
required to maintain a flight crew status. We are fixers and flyers, not
just one or the other. One minute you could be maintaining an aircraft,
the next minute you could be flying to save a life.