Start Coast Guard training 2021. | SMN NEWS

coastguard19082021PHILIPSBURG:— Last Monday the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard training, ‘Basis Opleiding Kustwacht’ (BOK) started with a group of twenty-two youngsters. The BOK training is a one-year training program consisting of practical and theoretical modules, including training for ‘Buitengewone Agent van de Politie (BAVPOL). Twenty-two enthusiastic youngsters from Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten were selected to participate in the training. They all aim of becoming Coast Guard officers in order to help protect their country.
The youngsters started Monday with the introduction period, the ‘SamenSterk’ period, in which they will be put to the test both physically and mentally. The training ...


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