▁The ▁SP AR S ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁every ▁US CG ▁district ▁except ▁Puerto ▁Rico . ▁In ▁some ▁districts , ▁they ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁district ▁offices ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁small ▁field ▁units ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Most ▁officers ▁held ▁general ▁duty ▁b illet s , ▁which ▁included ▁administrative ▁and ▁super vis ory ▁assign ments . ▁O thers ▁served ▁as ▁communication ▁officers , ▁supply ▁officers , ▁and ▁bar ra cks ▁and ▁rec ruit ing ▁officers . ▁ ▁The ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁en list ed ▁women ▁had ▁cler ical ▁and ▁st en ographic ▁civil ian ▁background s ▁and ▁the ▁US CG ▁wanted ▁them ▁for ▁this ▁reason . ▁Ex c iting ▁jobs ▁were ▁few ▁and ▁far ▁between , ▁yet ▁not ▁all ▁assigned ▁to ▁paper work ▁found ▁it ▁b oring . ▁Some ▁saw ▁how ▁their ▁contribution ▁fit ▁into ▁the ▁big ▁picture . ▁In ▁smaller ▁numbers , ▁the ▁en list ed ▁personnel ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁pract ically ▁every ▁other ▁b illet , ▁from ▁b aking ▁p ies , ▁to ▁rig ging ▁par ach utes , ▁and ▁driving ▁je eps . ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁SP AR S ▁were ▁prohib ited ▁from ▁serving ▁in ▁US CG ▁districts ▁outside ▁the ▁country . ▁But ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁Congress ▁am ended ▁the ▁law ▁allowing ▁SP AR S ▁to ▁serve ▁over se as . ▁For ▁the ▁SP AR S , ▁this ▁meant ▁Hawai i ▁and ▁Al aska . ▁However , ▁only ▁those ▁with ▁good ▁records , ▁good ▁physical ▁health , ▁a ▁year ' s ▁service , ▁and ▁training ▁and