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  2. Noncommissioned officer candidate course - Wikipedia

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    The thought by some was that the same could be done for noncoms. If a carefully selected soldier can be given 23 weeks of intensive training that would qualify him to lead a platoon, then others can be trained to lead squads and fire teams in the same amount of time. From this seed, the Noncommissioned Officers Candidate Course (NCOC) was born. [2]

  3. Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine ...

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    The commanding general of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC) is the head of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). [1] They head approximately 27,000 soldiers and 11,000 civilians who work at 21 installations across the continental United States. [ 2 ]

  4. List of U.S. government and military acronyms - Wikipedia

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    USCG – United States Coast Guard; USCGC – United States Coast Guard Cutter; USMA – United States Military Academy (U.S. Army) at West Point, New York; USMC – United States Marine Corps; USN – United States Navy; USNA – United States Naval Academy (U.S. Navy) at Annapolis, Maryland; USO – United Service Organizations (U.S. Military ...

  5. List of United States Coast Guard ratings - Wikipedia

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    The United States Coast Guard Band recruits only the most highly skilled musicians, and the audition process is extremely competitive. The director makes the final decision to award the position to the winner(s) who then enlist in the United States Coast Guard for a period of four years at the rank of Musician First Class (E-6).

  6. Port Chicago disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Coast Guard fire boat CG-60014-F was thrown 600 ft (180 m) upriver, where it sank. The pier, along with its boxcars, locomotive, rails, cargo, and men, was blasted into pieces. Nearby boxcars‍—‌waiting within their revetments to be unloaded ‍—‌were bent inward and crumpled by the force of the shock. The port's barracks and other ...

  7. USCGC Point Welcome - Wikipedia

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    Coast Guard policy in 1962 was not to name cutters under 100 feet (30 m) in length, so she was designated as WPB-82329 when commissioned and renamed Point Welcome in January 1964 when the Coast Guard began naming cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m). [5] [6] She was notable for being the victim of a friendly fire incident during the Vietnam War.

  8. USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) - Wikipedia

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    The USCGC Acacia (WAGL-406/WLB-406) is an Iris-class 180-foot seagoing buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. Acacia was a multi-purpose vessel, nominally a buoy tender, but with equipment and capabilities for ice breaking, search and rescue, fire fighting, logistics, oil spill response, and other tasks as well.

  9. USS Cape St. George - Wikipedia

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    USS Cape St. George (CG-71) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 19 November 1990, launched on 10 January 1992, and commissioned on 12 June 1993.