PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous helps Boy Scouts earn Signaling Merit Badg

[The Patriot]

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous and Boy Scouts from Swedesboro, N.J., Troop 61, Mullica Hill, N.J., Troop 44 and Pennsville, N.J., Troop 15 pose in front of a statue of Douglas Munro at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Dec. 11, 2011. Crewmembers from the Vigorous gave flashing light and semaphore training to the boy scouts to help them earn their Signaling Merit Badge. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.

CAPE MAY. N.J. - Ian Hanrahan, a member of Mullica Hill, N.J., Boy Scout Troop 44, practices semaphore at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Dec. 11, 2011. Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous helped three different troops earn their Signaling Merit Badge. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Simons, a crewmember aboard Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous, homeported in Cape May, teaches Nick Giafes, a member of Mullica Hill Boy Scout Troop 44, about flashing light at Training Center Cape May, Dec. 11, 2011. Simons taught three troops flashing light and semaphore to help them earn their Signaling Merit Badge. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.


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