Basic training with the U.S. Coast Guard is tough, but more than 600 recruits were able to take a break from their rigorous basic training and spend Thanksgiving Day with 100 host families and community…
View PostThe United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., is the nation’s only Coast Guard Recruit Training Center. In 1948, all entry-level training on the East Coast was moved to the U.S. Coast Guard…
View PostYou don’t have to look far for signs of generosity in the Cape May community. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with it comes Operation Fireside. A program where recruits from the Cape May…
View PostThe late Jimmy Buffett, along with his sidekick Mac McAnally, penned the song, When the Coast Is Clear! The song has been my anthem for the end of the season. “The tourist traps are empty–…
View PostIn a previous column, I wrote about how tourists will stand on a corner, iPhone in one hand and a colorful street map in the other. It’s difficult to tell whether they are reading text…
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