Green combines love of Aviation, job as mechanic

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U.S. COAST GUARD EDITION, The Daily Advance , Frida y, July 31, 2020

Green Combines Love Of Aviation, Job As Mechanic

BY CHRIS DAY Multimedia Editor

Petty Officer 1st Class Casey Green said it didn’t take long for him to decide he wanted to make the U.S. Coast Guard a career. Green, 43, joined the Coast Guard in December 2002 and soon after turned his interests in mechanics and aviation into a career as an aviation maintenance technician. “I have always enjoyed doing the job of a mechanic; I also have a love for aviation,” Green said, on why he chose the AMT field. “It was a simple decision when I realized I could combine the two.” Green is assigned to the Aviation Technical Training Command, where he serves as a “C” school instructor to qualified aircrew members of the HC144 Ocean Sentry fixed wing aircraft. “I teach a technical aircraft systems class to qualified aircrew members attached to the HC-144 airframe,” Green said. The ATTC is home to all Coast Guard aviation

enlisted training “A” schools. Every enlisted aviator in the fleet has at least served in Elizabeth City for the duration of their job training. While an “A” school represents the entry level training course for all Coast Guard enlisted career ratings, “C” schools are courses qualified members of a particular job or rating take later to enhance their career performance. “I love being able to share the knowledge and experience I have gathered with junior Coast Guard members,” said Green, who is a native of Tampa, Florida. Asked what he likes most about the Coast Guard, Green answered it is a love for helping others. “I love that the Coast Guard prides itself in serving the community,” he said. “A majority of what I have trained for and done up to now in my career has been largely geared toward saving people’s lives.” As evidence to that, Green has earned two Coast Guard rescue of the year medals, including one

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rescue off the East Coast. “I was part of an aircrew that was awarded the Coast Guard rescue of the year for saving the crew of a sinking fishing vessel of the coast of North Carolina,” Green said. He’s also a three-time recipient of Coast Guard achievement medals. Asked what he likes about Elizabeth City, Green said it is a good fit for his wife and two children. “I think Elizabeth City is very family oriented; a great place to raise my children and is in close proximity to a majority of my family,” he said. “I also enjoy all of the water access in the area.” Green is on his second tour in Elizabeth City; he spent 2005 to 2010 assigned to the air station. He was assigned to Air Station Miami for the next five years, and worked at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama up till 2018 before transferring to ATTC.