Swab summer: How it started

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The U.S. Coast Guard Academy welcomes two hundred and ninety-one young women and men to the Class of 2025 for Day One, June 28, 2021. Day One marks the start of Swab Summer, an intensive seven-week program that prepares students for military and Academy life. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)

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U.S. Coast Guard Academy Day One

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy welcomes two hundred and ninety-one young women and men to the Class of 2025 for Day One, June 28, 2021. Day One marks the start of Swab Summer, an intensive seven-week program that prepares students for military and Academy life. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)

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USCGA Swab Summer: Week One

Swab Summer is the first part of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy journey towards becoming an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. It is designed to be challenging, both physically and mentally, to help prepare the newest members of the Corps of Cadets for Academy and military life. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

The newest members of the Corps of Cadets have arrived at the Coast Guard Academy to begin Swab Summer. For the next few weeks, the Swabs experience the first part of their U.S. Coast Guard Academy journey towards becoming an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. Swab Summer is designed to be challenging, both physically and mentally, to help prepare these young women and men for Academy and military life.

Stay tuned for “how it’s going” videos later this summer.