I moved out when I enlisted in the Coast Guard at 19 years old... I only waited until I had earned my journeyman machinist ticket so I had a means of keeping a roof over my head and food on the table. I figured on letting Uncle Sam pay for my education when I got out after 4 years.... It didn't work that way...I decided I liked the job, and hung around till it wasn't any fun anymore.

FWIW, I got my *DRAFT NOTICE* while I was on USCGC Glacier in the Bearing Sea. LOL.