The Coast Guard Training School in Gro+on, Conn. 



Coast Guardsmen 

 are made, not born 



The peacetime manpower of the Coast 

 Guard is around 30,000 — or about a tenth 

 of its World War II strength. The service 

 it renders, however, is out of all proportion 

 to its numbers. Look at the duties detailed 

 on the preceding pages. They are many, 

 complex, and scattered widely to distant 

 parts of the globe. Performance of these 

 staggering chores by a relatively small. 



tight-knit organization is something of a 

 miracle in efficient use of men and equip- 

 ment. 



Where every man counts 



In the Coast Guard, every man counts. 

 Every man must be a specialist — not in one 

 job but several. The only way to get such 

 men is to train them. This became apparent 

 long ago as the service was growing up, 

 having more and more duties assigned to 

 it every year. 



Back in 1876, a system was set up for 

 filling third lieutenant (now ensign) va- 

 cancies from among cadets who had served 



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