Coast Guard Force Readiness Command holds change-of-command

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command holds change-of-command
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Jeffrey K. Randall relieved Rear Adm. M. W. (Joe)Raymond as commander of Coast Guard Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM) during achange-of-command ceremony Wednesday at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Adam Butner.) NORFOLK, Va. — Coast Guard Rear Adm. Jeffrey K. Randall relieved Rear Adm. M. W. (Joe) Raymond as commander of Coast Guard Force...

Coast Guard graduates newest enlisted members; rescheduling inbound recruits amid COVID-19

Coast Guard graduates newest enlisted members; rescheduling inbound recruits amid COVID-19
CAPE MAY – Today the U.S. Coast Guard announced it will graduate 64 new recruits from the 8-week program at Training Center Cape May, N.J., but will reschedule shipment of new recruits to bootcamp as it adapts to the COVID-19 emergency. The graduates will be heading to cutters, stations, and other Coast Guard units on the front line of Coast Guard operations. Of the graduates, 58 are Active Duty...

Training Center Cape May Hosts Board of Advisors

Training Center Cape May Hosts Board of Advisors
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Recruit Training Board of Advisors is holding their quarterly meeting, Monday, at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, to review and validate the vision, mission, strategic plan, and purpose of recruit training. The board is expected to provide input and support to several training center initiatives such as findings from the new fitness program, a review of...

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Hosts Board of Advisors

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Hosts Board of Advisors
Members of the Board of Advisors for Training Center Cape May gather to review and validate the vision, mission, strategic plan and purpose of recruit training, Oct. 25, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm. CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Recruit Training Board of Advisors is holding their quarterly meeting, Thursday, at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May,...

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command Holds Change of Command

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command Holds Change of Command
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Michael McAllister, deputy commandant of Coast Guard Force Readiness Command, oversees FORCECOM’s change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, July 31, 2018.  Official U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm. Cape May, NJ – Coast Guard Training Center Cape May hosted the change of command ceremony for Coast Guard Force Readiness...

Coast Guard members participate in event at baseball game in Norfolk, VA

Coast Guard members participate in event at baseball game in Norfolk, VA
Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Adwoa Hendricks, command master chief, 5th Coast Guard District, dances with the Norfolk Tides’ mascot Rip Tide at the annual Coast Guard Night celebration at Harbor Park in Norfolk, Virginia, Aug. 4, 2017.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki) PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard members participated in the Norfolk Tides’ Coast...

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command holds change of command

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command holds change of command
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Sandra Stosz, deputy commandant of Coast Guard Force Readiness Command, oversees FORCECOM’s change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Virginia, April 20, 2017.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Auxiliarist Andrew Winz) Cape May – Rear Adm. Keith Smith relieved Rear Adm. David Throop as Commander, Force Readiness Command, during a change-of-command...

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command to hold change-of-command ceremony

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command to hold change-of-command ceremony
ORKTOWN, Va. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony Friday at 1 p.m. for the Coast Guard Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM) at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown in Yorktown. Rear Adm. Scott Buschman will relinquish command to Rear Adm. David Throop during a time-honored military tradition. A military unit’s change of command is a transfer of total responsibility,...

Coast Guard Tuition Assistance reinstates cost-share measures

Coast Guard Tuition Assistance reinstates cost-share measures
NORFOLK, Va. – The Coast Guard is reinstating cost-share measures and other budget control initiatives as part of its Tuition Assistance Program in Fiscal Year 2014 after reductions to its training and education budget. Active Duty Coast Guardsmen are eligible for Tuition Assistance for undergraduate courses only in Fiscal Year 2014.  This will be on a cost-share basis with the Coast Guard funding...