Tim Gonzalez

The Coast Guard Years Podcast

Society EN ↓ 39 episodes

Welcome to The Coast Guard Years, 4 Years and 7 months of Coast Guard Life, through my point of view. Time in boot camp, first duty station until the last, and most of the time in-between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tim Gonzalez

Episodes

Season 2 Gonzo The Coast Guard Years, Key West: Episode 3 First Day On The Job 26.11.2019 17:13

Okay SO finally my first real day on the job, it's so NOT what I expected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 2 Gonzo The Coast Guard Years, Key West: Episode 2 Duval Street and a Sunset 19.11.2019 33:20

Still my first day in Key West, FL. It's time to explore a little. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 2 Gonzo The Coast Guard Years, Key West: Episode 1 Permissive Orders and Where am I 12.11.2019 31:12

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Season 2: Key West, Permissive Orders and Where am I On to my first duty assignment, and of course it doesn't go smooth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Boot Camp, Episode 10: “What do these look like, and Graduation” 13.05.2019 29:00

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Boot Camp, Episode 10: “What do these look like, and Graduation” Season Finale: We will be back in August Off to the Range, and I get to meet another Company Commander and her company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Boot Camp, Episode 9: “Range Day & A Wolf Pack” 06.05.2019 25:06

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Boot Camp, Episode 8: “Range Day & A Wolf Pack” It’s time to go to the range, and Gonzo, that’s me runs into a Wolf Pack on Cape May. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Boot Camp, Episode 8: “Week Six and Duty Stations” 29.04.2019 31:11

Week 6 Physical Fitness tests, where I try to rack up as many points as I can, and time to pick my first duty station assuming I survive boot camp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Boot Camp, Episode 7: “White Belts-Black Belts & Sir You’re Wrong Sir” 22.04.2019 23:51

Sometimes people don’t make it through boot camp, what happens to them, and also the day I totally lost my mind and said something I clearly shouldn’t have said. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years Boot Camp, Episode 6: “Inspections and Pdua Jacks” 15.04.2019 32:40

The day we came back to the squad bay only to find that our racks had been tossed. I also learned a new phrase, Puda Jacks. I really could have done without learning it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard years: Boot Camp, Episode 5: “Sink or Swim” 08.04.2019 27:01

We’re in week two of boot camp and this is where things sort of start to take shape. We get to do our first Coast Guard Swim test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard years: Boot Camp Episode 4: "How I Met my CC" 01.04.2019 32:17

Forming company is over, we meet our Company Commander (CC). We have a company name now, Victor 126 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years: Boot Camp Episode 3: "Uniforms and Vaccinations" 25.03.2019 13:15

It’s the first week of boot camp, known as Forming Company. It’s here where all the “boring” stuff is taken care of, and now it’s Uniforms and Vaccinations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years: Boot Camp Episode 2: “Haircuts and Drug Tests” 18.03.2019 9:47

Forming Company Week “Haircuts and Drug Tests” It’s the first week of boot camp, known as Forming Company. It’s here where all the “boring” stuff is taken care of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gonzo The Coast Guard Years: Boot Camp Episode 1 “I Broke The Toilet” 11.03.2019 24:50

Day 1 of Coast Guard Boot Camp My Trip from the airport to CG Boot camp and my first night there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introduction To Gonzo The Coast Guard Years 07.03.2019 1:40

The Coast Guard Years Podcast Introduction: Hi and welcome to Gonzo, The Coast Guard Years Podcast. My name is Nicholas Gonzalez, and my Dad, Tim Gonzalez, well he’s Gonzo, at least that’s what his Coast Guard friends that I met call him. Seems that nicknames stuck for life. This Podcast is about my Dad’s, time in the Coast Guard from October 1987 to May 1992. The hope of this podcast is to...