Sea Cadets get hands-on look at Coast Guard

Coast Guard Cutter Haddock hosts training day

SAN DIEGO -- Lt. Thomas Brittingham, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock, explains ship handling and navigation to members of the Sea Cadet Gunfighter Squadron aboard the Haddock in San Diego Bay, Feb. 20, 2010. The Haddock's crew hosted the Sea Cadets for a day of training including line handling and knot tying, ship handling, rescue and survival, damage control, firefighting, engineering and small boat operations. Photo by Thomas J. McKenna.

SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Ingram, a Boatswain's Mate stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock, explains small boat operations to members of the Sea Cadet Gunfighter Squadron before launching the Haddock's small boat for training in San Diego Bay, Feb. 20, 2010. Photo by Thomas J. McKenna.

SAN DIEGO -- Petty Officer 3rd Class James Shuker, a Machinery Technician stationed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock, helps a member of the Sea Cadet Gunfighter Squadron don a self-contained breathing apparatus used for firefighting aboard the Haddock in San Diego Bay, Feb. 20, 2010. Photo by Thomas J. McKenna.

SAN DIEGO -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock poses with members of the Sea Cadet Gunfighter Squadron on the Haddock's forecastle Feb. 20, 2010. Photo by Thomas J. McKenna.

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