Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Loeffler, a Company Commander at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., provides motivational instruction to Seaman Recruit Tyler Clendenen Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. Part of the process of basic military training is to induce high levels of stress in order to ensure that a recruit can later perform his or her job in the fleet where handling stress appropriately could mean the difference between life and death.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)
It’s March Madness in the U.S. Coast Guard, as Guard photographers compete in the annual Shutter Shootout. Go to the Coast Guard’s official Facebook page to “like” your favorite photo in the interactive bracket of 64 competing photos..