POV you just arrived at Coast Guard Boot Camp 🫡 This is where the journey begins. This is where the transformation happens. This is where you leave a member of the United States Coast Guard. Make your impact. Go Coast Guard: gocoastguard.com 🎥 U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May #thursdaythoughts #basictraining #capemay #uscg #makeanimpact | Go Coast Guard

We spent four days inside the United States Coast Guard's intense, eight-week basic training program in Cape May, New Jersey. Coast Guard recruits undergo an intense journey that’s heavy on both academic and physical challenges. What sets it apart are the brutal “smoke sessions,” where recruits are disciplined as a group for mistakes made by individuals in their respective companies. We were embedded at Training Center Cape May for four days, allowing us to see different companies at various sta