Cadets' Annual Summer Cruise. During the Coast Guard Cadet Practice Squadron's annual summer cruise to European ports, cadets receive one of their many lessons in seamanship training on board the CGC ROCKAWAY. A 40mm gun practice session is shown in operation here. Gas filled balloons are released to serve as targets for the 40mm and 20mm guns. The CGC ROCKAWAY accompanies the Coast Guard Academy's three-masted training bark EAGLE on the cruise. In the training process of rotating the cadets between the two vessels, one-third of the 240 cadets making the cruise stay on the ROCKAWAY at all time
Cadets' Annual Summer Cruise. During the Coast Guard Cadet Practice Squadron's annual summer cruise to European ports, cadets receive one of their many lessons in seamanship training on board the CGC ROCKAWAY. A 40mm gun practice session is shown in operation here. Gas filled balloons are released to serve as targets for the 40mm and 20mm guns. The CGC ROCKAWAY accompanies the Coast Guard Academy's three-masted training bark EAGLE on the cruise. In the training process of rotating the cadets between the two vessels, one-third of the 240 cadets making the cruise stay on the ROCKAWAY at all times.
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Keywords: 17-a2-154, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
