Coastie School. Number of Saves: 0

You get to the swimming pool portion of your training and you find out you're afraid of heights. You have a panic attack on the diving board and won't jump. Pack your bags, you're history.

Ensign. Number of Saves: 1

You spend an entire day searching for distress signals that you can't pinpoint. On your way back to the barracks, you help a tiny spider from drowning in a puddle by moving him to the side. Oorah, a life has been saved.

Officer. Number of Saves: 25

You rescue a small cargo ship that is stuck in an ice floe jam. When you come aboard, you discover these are actually illegal drug smugglers and end up saving and arresting them at the same time—a double victory for you and for the Coast Guard.

Sergeant. Number of Saves: 150

A hurricane floods a city and the levees break. You're sent in and single-handedly save 150 people. You're touted as a hero and because of you generations of people will live.

General. Number of Saves: 500

An entire luxury cruise liner is going down in a scene that looks straight out of The Perfect Storm. Your team swoops in and saves every single man, woman, child, and pet on board. Oorah, hey. It's a fabulous day.