Quebec 182 recruits have received their orders and should be calling home this weekend to share the good news about their first duty stations. To the greater South Jersey community,
Thank you all for your generosity in sharing your Thanksgiving with our Coast Guard enlisted recruits. As is typical each holiday, so many of you volunteer your time, your phones and computers, your dinner and fellowship to make a recruit feel at home for the day. From ball games to limousines, recruits had a fun day of relaxing and saying hello to their families back home. A testament to our local partners, the waiting list for assisting was long. Again, thanks to the Red Cross for sponsoring Operation Fireside. They stand next to first responders in all types of situations and we could not do our missions without their support! If you participated, you are invited to your recruits graduation. We have much to be thankful for this year. Despite the dangers of the world and our missions, I am so proud to serve with these young men and women who have volunteered to serve their communities and their country by joining the Coast Guard. I know our future is in good hands. Thanks for your contributions in their development!
v/r Cari Batson Thomas, CAPT
Commanding Officer
Training Center Cape May
609 898-6901
"Commitment, Courage, Character"
