USCG-QMED-L4.4
Where the QMED leads
USCG-QMED-M4 · The Engine Room · USCG-QMED-M4-A What a rating is actually expected to do below
Every rung above the ratings is bought with QMED time. That is not a figure of speech. The service requirements for the national engineer grades are written in QMED months, and the mariner who banks them deliberately is the one who arrives at the officer application with the paperwork already done.
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