Coast Guard Seaman Christina A. Traina, daughter of Paulette M. and Nick J. Traina of Richmond Hill, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J., and was promoted to her present rank.
During the eight-week training program, Traina completed a vigorous training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety and survival, military customs and courtesies, seamanship skills, physical fitness, health and wellness, first aid, fire fighting and marksmanship.
Men and women train together from the first day in the Coast Guard just as they will work together aboard ships and shore units throughout the world.
To reinforce the team concept, all recruits are trained in preventing sexual harassment, drug and alcohol awareness, civil rights training, and the basics of the work-life balance.
Traina and other recruits also received instruction on the Coast Guard’s Core Values – honor, respect and devotion to duty – and how to apply them in their military performance and personal conduct.
Traina will join 36,000 other men and women who comprise the Coast Guard’s workforce.  She is a 2005 graduate of Fontainebleau High School of Mandeville, La.