USCG Recruit Training is focused on Academic and practical skills. You will get a fair bit of CG history, and organizational information. On the practical skills level you will receive training in basic seamanship, small boat seamanship, shipboard firefighting, damage control, basic marksmanship. In addition you will get all the usual Military Disapline that you would expect in any serviceu2019s Basic. One thing most donu2019t expect is the level of physical training. USCG Recruit training is modeled on Marine Basic Training. The Marines helped design CG training and for a number of years provided the USCG with drill instructors. The USCG continues to keep to those standards. USCG Recruit Training isnu2019t easy, either physically or mentally. With very few exceptions you will be required to meet the same or higher levels of performance as any of the other services.To give an example: the Navy requires itu2019s trainees to be able to swim 50 meters using any stroke, and be able to float on your back for 5 minutes. The Marines require that you be able to swim 25 meters with your pack and be able to float 4 minutes using any method. The USCG requires you be able to swim 100 meters using the breast stroke, side stroke or crawl and to be able to tread water for 5 minutes. You may not float or swim on your back. Other physical fitness requirement are less than you would find for the Marines, but generally higher than for the Navy.Finally it should be noted that while the physical requirements for joining the USCG are essentially the same as for the Navy, Air Force or Army (Marines are significantly higher than other services) the USCG requires the highest ASVAB score of any of the services.Like I said USCG Recruit Training isnu2019t easy. If you need further proof consider that the attrition rate for Basic Training in the Air Force is 8%, and between 12% and 14% for the Army, Navy and Marines. The Coast guard has an attrition rate of between 20%and 30% That means for every 100 who enlist, only 80 or fewer will actually become US Coast Guard.For more information seeAnswers To the Top Coast Guard QuestionsCoast Guard Boot Camp