This detailed comparison breaks down what new recruits face in each branch of the U.S. military. From the physically grueling Marine Corps Crucible to the simulated shipboard crises of Navy Battle ...

Jones' promotion will take place 27 years to the month since the Covington, Louisiana, native arrived at Coast Guard boot camp. He brings to the post extensive seamanship and leadership experience ...

The Coast Guard provided this footage that shows what recruit training is like during the crisis. Felger: When they arrive, we do temperatures, we look for symptoms, we ask the same basic ...

CAPE MAY, N.J.(CBS)-- The Coast Guard is Jersey-made. Up to 3000 and women go through Cape May's Coast Guard Training Center every year. It's the only one in the country. Meteorologist Kate Bilo ...

Before serving in the Coast Guard, a recruit must survive eight weeks of physical and psychological tests during boot camp in Cape May, New Jersey.

Recruits from boot camp company Quebec-200 graduate Coast Guard boot camp at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., June 18, 2021. Training Center Cape May’s mission is to transform the ...

ENOSHIMA, Japan – Olympic athletes face a tougher mental challenge than military recruits in boot camp, said a U.S. Coast Guard officer who competed for seven days at the Tokyo Games. Lt. j.g ...

"Eyes on the boat!" screams a third. This is the U.S. Coast Guard's only boot camp, producing 3,500 new guardsmen each year.

Coast Guard boot camp is eight weeks long and takes place in Cape May, New Jersey. The idea of boot camp is to take raw recruits and teach them to think as members of the larger whole, Rankin said.

It's just eight weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard tells its recruits. But the training program to become an enlisted Coast Guardsman is intentionally 53 days — or more — of stress and discomfort ...