Coast Guard recruits prepare to enter a fire simulator wearing full firefighting equipment July 31, 2013. Every Coast Guardsman at Training Center Cape May receives basic firefighting and damage control trainin More
Coast Guard recruits at Training Center Cape May, N.J., do one last incentive training session for the day while in basic training July 31, 2013. Training Center Cape May is the service's only enlisted basic tr More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lacharite, a company commander at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., acts as a safety observer as a recruit attempts to complete the Confidence Course here, Aug. 2, 2013 More
Petty Officer 1st Class Tanya LaFrance, a company commander at Training Center Cape May, N.J., conducts uniform maintenance training with the recruits of Foxtrot Company 189 Dec. 31, 2013. (Coast Guard photo by More
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Congressman Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey tour a recruit squad bay at Training Center Cape May Jan. 11, 2014. The senator visited the training center to get a first-hand look on the how More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Marovich, a firefighter at Training Center Cape May, N.J., helps release a blue heron in to the wild with Sam Wilson, a teacher-naturalist at the Nature Center of Cape More
Lt. Scott Farr, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Cape May, N.J., briefs U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Congressman Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey about the unit's area of responsibility during a tour of Train More
Recruits at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., participate in Pugil Sticks, which requires the members to battle in a pit using padded sticks, Aug. 1, 2013. Pugil Sticks helps the recruits gain confide More
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker runs with recruits of Foxtrot and Golf Companies 189 at Training Center Cape May Jan. 11, 2014. The senator visited the training center to get a first-hand look on the how integral the Coa More
Recruits at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., participate in Pugil Sticks, which requires the members to battle in a pit using padded sticks, Aug. 1, 2013. Pugil Sticks help the recruits gain confiden More
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Capt. Todd Prestidge, commanding officer of Training Center Cape May, N.J., run with recruits of Foxtrot and Golf Companies 189 at the training center Jan. 11, 2014. The senator visite More
U.S. Coast Guard recruits prepare to board buses to evacuate from Training Center Cape May, Cape May, N.J., in response to Hurricane Sandy Oct. 28, 2012. Hurricane Sandy formed in the Western Caribbean Sea and More