Swab Summer: Transformation At the United States Coast Guard Academy

By Markham Starr

Swab summer is the United States Coast Guard Academy's version of boot camp for incoming cadets. In a seven week period, appointees are trasnformed from civilian teenagers into 4th Class cadets, ready to take on the challenges of their first academic year. Through exentensive interviews and over 200 black and white photos, this book follows cadets through the ups and downs of their indoctrination into military life. Swab summer is just the begining, however, of the personal journey each cadet makes along the road to becoming an ensign. Additional interviews with seasoned officers look beyond the summer's training to help readers understand what it truely means to become an officer in the United States Coast Guard.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982168594
• ISBN13: 9780982168592
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Fowler Road Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 16 years and up