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Coast Guard Probes Swastika at Recruit Training Base as Commandant Denounces Extremism

The response follows backlash over a 2025 manual that briefly labeled swastikas as “potentially divisive” before that change was reversed.

U.S. Coast Guard members in Cape May take part in 21-gun salute and cannon blast observing the 100th anniversary of an internment in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, N.J., Thursday, Nov 11, 2021. (Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
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FILE - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert is docked as a member of the Coast Guard walks past, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Boston, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Overview

  • A hand-drawn swastika was discovered Thursday on a men’s bathroom wall at Training Center Cape May and was removed the same day.
  • The Coast Guard referred the case to the Coast Guard Investigative Service for an internal investigation consistent with service policy.
  • Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday traveled to the base, addressed nearly 900 recruits and staff, and said those who embrace extremist ideology do not belong in the service.
  • Officials say the display of hate symbols is incompatible with Coast Guard values and will be addressed swiftly, though no suspect has been publicly identified.
  • The Cape May facility is the service’s sole enlisted recruit training center, making the incident significant for the incoming workforce and training climate.