Home for the holiday Coast Guard Operation Fireside

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…

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Cape May Coast Guard TRACEN anchored here?

The 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…

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Cape May Community Generosity

You 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…

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Coast Guard graduates take additional training

The Coast Guard is developing a week-long course to help new enlisted members transition to military life, including adapting to being away from home, working as a team, and other aspects of military life. Around…

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Coast Guard Graduates Get Warm Sendoff From Cape May Community

“It takes less than an hour of your time,” Ginny Murray posted on Facebook. “To come out on Pittsburgh Avenue and wave goodby to the new graduates of Mike-201.” Under primarily blue skies with near-record…

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