United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May — Local services in Cape May

My son dream of joining and becoming a seaman came to abrupt end due the Cape May Crud and then some real BUREAUCRATIC STUPIDITY that only the federal government can produce.

First off the positive. Cape May Boot camp is incredibly hard. We the parents had no idea the fall out rate. Our son made it to the last part of week seven (essentially graduation next). His Lima 207 Company Commanders are in my son’s words (the finest human beings he ever met). He’s a better human being today. He has nothing but respect for the training and why it is so difficult.

Graduation never happened. Now the government stupidity. He developed Cape May crud. No medication except over the counter which you have to go somewhere to get. But here is the ABSOLUTE STUPIDITY part. While he trying to get some musinex (or anything) to get through 3 days to graduation and push through essentially walking pneumonia. Some bureaucratic list said he needed his perfectly fine wisdom teeth pulled. I CAN’T MAKE THIS UP. They, the next day pull perfectly healthy wisdom teeth which means Anesthesia, plus the stress on immune system. Now my son is (push to pass out) sick.

Didn’t end well, showed up home with full pneumonia. Didn’t graduate (parents opinion, he would have absolutely graduated without wisdom tooth debacle). He can reenlist. Will he, we as parents won’t influence. Personally I hope not.

I perfectly understand the dangers of my son being in coast guard. And what could have happened.

His Coast Guard career didn’t end that way. It ended because of ABSOLUTE stupid bureaucracy. I really feel for all the fine company commanders and rank and file coast guard. You sound like amazing people.

For the bureaucracy, I hope this post causes you some serious extra work and pain, just like your bureaucracy does to end a recruits dream. Ain’t sure that dream is...

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