Has anyone here ever flown for, or know someone who has flown for the US coast guard?

How hard is it to get hired as a pilot? And is it possible to get hired as a pilot that can only fly planes and not helicopters...

Any info on this subject could be great. Right now I'm a volunteer firefighter who enjoys helping people when they have no one else to turn too. I also like the ocean and have always wanted to live by it. Now that I'm a pilot in training, I'm definitely interested in finding out what life in the coast guard is like and how one could go about joining it...