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Shaping ‘Em Up

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Second Class Cadet Emily Marks yells instructions to a group of swabs Monday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. In all, 251 members of the incoming class of 2016, known as swabs, reported in during an event called R-Day or Reporting In Day. Each year the Academy accepts incoming freshmen for R-Day, which marks the start of a military career as future officers of the U.S. Coast Guard and indoctrinates them to military life. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, NyxoLyno Cangemi)

Question: Did you have tough drill instructors?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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