Coast Guard career exploration

See where a Coast Guard career can take you

Wine Country Marines and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco are planning to host San Mateo County Sheriff’s Activities League youth for a special educational visit—an inside look at Coast Guard aviation, public service, training, teamwork, and rewarding career opportunities.

Independent Wine Country Marines registration Not a U.S. Coast Guard website

Monday, October 5 is the current working date. The date, tour, and any potential orientation-flight opportunity remain subject to final Coast Guard confirmation, operational requirements, weather, safety, capacity, and aircraft availability.

Historical MH-65C Dolphin imagery from San Francisco Bay Area Coast Guard aviation operations. Air Station San Francisco later transitioned to the MH-65E.

Community host and registration coordinator

Wine Country Marines

Visit planning, participant communication, registration, and SAL youth coordination.

Coast Guard host unit

Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco

Home of the Guardians of the Golden Gate, the MH-65E Dolphin, and Coast Guard professionals serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

The planned experience

Meet the people, mission, and careers behind Coast Guard aviation

This visit is designed to introduce SAL youth to Coast Guard professionals, rewarding enlisted and officer career paths, and the training, teamwork, discipline, and purpose behind the service’s missions.

Discover Coast Guard careers

Explore aviation, operations, engineering, intelligence, law enforcement, cyber, emergency response, and mission-support career opportunities.

Meet the people behind the mission

Learn how pilots, flight mechanics, rescue swimmers, maintainers, and support professionals train, work as a team, and prepare to respond.

Experience aviation up close

Tour the air station and learn how its aircraft and crews serve the region. Any orientation-flight opportunity requires separate Coast Guard approval and is not guaranteed.

Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flying over San Francisco

Aircraft spotlight

The MH-65E Dolphin

Air Station San Francisco currently operates the Coast Guard’s modernized short-range recovery helicopter.

Cruise speed: 148 knots
Published range: 350 nautical miles
Endurance: About 3 hours
Rotor diameter: 39 ft 2 in

The Echo configuration adds a digital glass cockpit, integrated weather radar, enhanced sensors, upgraded automatic flight controls, and other mission-system improvements.

Read the official aircraft fact sheet

Inside the mission

Coast Guard aviation in action

Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft and MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flying in formation — Rotary- and fixed-wing Coast Guard aviation capabilities operating together.

View from a Coast Guard aircraft cockpit during flight operations — An aircrew perspective on coordination, training, and mission readiness.

Working schedule

Provisional visit date: Monday, October 5, 2026

October 5 is the current planning date while Wine Country Marines and Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco complete final coordination. Register each attendee now and tell us whether this working date is available. We will notify registrants promptly if the Coast Guard confirms or changes the schedule.

Awaiting final Coast Guard confirmation

MON05October 2026

Preparing a secure registration form…

1Attendee informationEnter information for the person who plans to attend.

First nameRequired Last nameRequired

Full date of birthRequiredAge is calculated automatically; do not enter an age separately. Citizenship statusRequiredRequested for preliminary access and participant planning.

Mobile or primary phoneRequired Email addressRequired

2Organization and titleChoose every organization that applies, then pair each title with its organization.

Organization affiliation(s)Choose at least one

Title 1Required

Title 1 Choose a listed title or select Other to enter a different title.

Organization for title 1

3Provisional-date availabilityCan the attendee participate on Monday, October 5, 2026?

Cannot attend this working datePlease notify me if the date changes

Who is completing this form?Required

The attendee Parent or legal guardian Authorized organizational representative

Important participation notice

Submitting this form records interest and availability for the October 5 working date. It does not guarantee attendance, installation access, aircraft access, or a flight. The date and all activities remain subject to final Coast Guard confirmation, operational requirements, weather, safety, capacity, manifest approval, and aircrew authority.

Do not enter Social Security, passport, driver’s-license, immigration-document, or other identification numbers anywhere on this form.

You will receive an on-screen confirmation code. Wine Country Marines will contact registrants when Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco confirms the final schedule and participant requirements.

Independent registration website

This attendance-planning website is administered by Wine Country Marines. It is not an official U.S. Coast Guard or Department of Homeland Security website. References to Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco and the appearance of Coast Guard names, aircraft, personnel, or imagery are provided for factual educational and event-planning purposes and do not imply federal endorsement.