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Welcome aboard! The Coast Guard's future begins here in Cape May, New Jersey. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is the home of the Coast Guard's enlisted corps -- it is our nation's only Coast Guard enlisted accession point and recruit training center. Over 4,000 of the finest young men and women in the United States of America and its protectorates pass through our gates each year. Our mission is to build the enlisted corps by forging America's volunteers into basically trained, highly motivated and proud Maritime Guardians who are morally, mentally and physically fit to wear the Coast Guard uniform and execute Coast Guard missions in the 21stcentury. At Training Center Cape May, we strive to instill, in all our people, the Coast Guard's core values of Honor, Respect and Devotion to Duty.
In addition to "boot camp," we host four other training programs. These include Recruiter School, Company Commander School, Reserve Enlisted Basic Indoctrination, and the Prior Service Training Program. We also serve as a support center, providing services to 14 tenant/collocated units including a Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic located onboard the Training Center.
Whether you are visiting us as a potential student or recruit, a member of the Coast Guard family or as a welcome guest, I hope that you find this site interesting.
Cari B. Thomas
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May
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