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Intake 5, The Shiny New Coast Guard Officers
posted (November 28, 2014)
On Monday, we showed you the final day of the second Coast Guard Best Warrior Competition in which teams from the different ranks of the Belize Coast Guard competed against each other in a test of fitness by completing 3 days of punishing physical activities.

As we showed you, recruit intake number 5, the youngest officers to become a part of the Coast Guard, performed admirably, keeping up with the better trained veterans, and even taking the lead at different points of the competition.

That high level of physical performance was attained after 13 weeks of intense training, and today, the hard work of 43 recruits paid off when they were inducted into the Coast Guard as full officers. We spoke with the 5 recruits who earned a mark of distinction through the intake training, and here's what they told us at their graduation:

Each of the 5 recruits we spoke to were given an award to honor their performance.

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