What It Takes To Survive Coast Guard Boot Camp

We spent four days inside the United States Coast Guard s intense, eightweek basic training program in Cape May, New Jersey. Coast Guard recruits undergo an intense journey thats 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 stages of the p