Editor’s Note: Media are invited to attend the Top 10 Video premiere Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Interviews with recruits, staff and the unit’s commanding officer will be available. Members of the media will be able to vote with recruits and be given all 10 videos to use as b-roll or for story purposes. Please contact John Edwards at O: 609-898-6362, or E: john.d.edwards@uscg.mil to RSVP.
CAPE MAY, N.J. — Coast Guard Training Center Cape May will host the premiere of the Coast Guard’s Top 10 Videos of the year, Wednesday, at 2 p.m. for recruits and staff.
The premiere will offer more than 200 recruits currently going through training a chance to view videos that highlight some of the service's most compelling cases and be the first in the nation to cast their votes for their favorite video.
“Most Coast Guard operations and missions aren’t caught on camera,” said Capt. Todd Prestidge, commanding officer of Training Center Cape May. “Much of our work occurs in the black of night during the most brutal weather conditions or thousands of miles away from U.S. shores in some of the most dangerous places on earth. This gives the people we serve an opportunity to see what Coast Guardsmen do every day.”
The videos will be released nationwide beginning Dec. 22. Fans of the Coast Guard can vote for their favorite Coast Guard video by liking it on the service’s Facebook at Facebook.com/uscoastguard or YouTube page at www.youtube.com/user/USCGImagery through Jan. 4.
“We also appreciate having an opportunity to show our service’s newest members some of the missions they’ll be doing just a few days after graduation,” said Prestidge. “We will be asking them to do dangerous work, and they will be given great responsibility when they leave here. This helps them realize how important their training is to their success and safety as a Coast Guardsmen.”
. Voting for the Coast Guard's Top 10 Videos of the Year begins Dec. 22, 2014 and goes until Jan. 4, 2015. Click on the picture above to view the trailer that gives a sneak peek at the videos.