This responsibility includes coordination with USCG Headquarters International Affairs for program oversight to include academic progress and disciplinary issues. The IMSO function is usually assigned as a collateral duty to either an officer, senior enlisted, or civilian member of the U.S. Coast Guard training command. These IP activities can include visits to historical points of interest, local industries, private homes, and civic activities. Students are strongly discouraged from bringing dependents. International students and their U.S. classmates reside, at no cost, in student barracks at most training commands.
Barracks are generally two or four persons to a room.
Occasionally, a student may be required to reside at a hotel during training. Specific information on billeting at each training site is available in Section IV of this Handbook. The country or agency requesting USCG training is responsible for arranging funding through a sponsoring agency or with country funds. Each course has a tuition cost which is adjusted annually and varies based upon the fund source and applicable U.S. agreements with countries. A price estimate will be provided upon written request to schedule training.