Coast Guard Community Festival

Cape May County will host its 2nd annual, three-day-long Coast Guard Community Festival Friday, May 6 through Sunday, May 8 to honor and celebrate U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) personnel and their families, and the relationship…

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Coast Guard Station Cape May

Change of command ceremonies happen occasionally at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May. I’ve had the opportunity to attend the ceremony for the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard MCPOCG. As…

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WWII speaker recounts D-Day to USCG recruits

Bootcamp recruits in the 5th, 6th and 7th weeks of training got a break from routine to learn about D-Day. I’m trying to imagine what was going through their heads as Peter Fantacone lectured them.…

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Coast Guard: It’s Not for Everyone

There is a scene in the movie The Guardian, where after their helicopter crashes into the ocean, the pilot tells the crew, “not to worry, their shipmates will find them. The Coast Guard always finds…

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Two Great Events with a Purpose

Shameless plug, that’s me introducing the video of the weekend. It’s the time of year when event saturation begins to take place. What to do, where to go, creates stressful decisions. Let me help. Two…

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