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At the Helm for Training

At the Helm for Training

By Collin Hall

Amanda Denning with her family. She works to bring the best out of Coast Guard recruits, who come from an increasingly diverse set of life circumstances.
Amanda Denning with her family. She works to bring the best out of Coast Guard recruits, who come from an increasingly diverse set of life circumstances.

Coast Guard’s Amanda Denning tailors boot camp for increasingly diverse sets of recruits

CAPE MAY – Commander Amanda Denning joined the Coast Guard after witnessing the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina. She saw how her brothers, who joined the service before her, saved folks from death, and she hoped to do the same while building her post-college resume as a stepping stone toward the next stage of her life.

Those few resume-building years after her graduation from the English department at Providence College transformed into a 17-year career in the service, where today she oversees the development and implementation of recruit training at Training Center Cape May. While in the service, she went back to school to receive a master of liberal arts in leadership and ethics and eventually a master’s in education from Florida State University.

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Collin Hall grew up in Wildwood Crest and is both a reporter and the editor of Do The Shore. Collin currently lives in Villas.

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