Beaufort County Loses Out to Alabama in Contest for New Coast Guard Training Center

Beaufort County loses out to Alabama in contest for new Coast Guard training center

DHS announced that Alabama has been chosen for the site of a new Coast Guard training facility, dashing Beaufort Co.’s hopes to earn that selection.

Coast Guard announces new training center in Alabama

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States Coast Guard announced that its newest training center that will be opening in the state of Alabama. The Coast Guard announced the selection of Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) in Birmingham, Alabama as the location of its newest training center. “We must invest in our most valuable treasure—our people—to meet the increasingly complex maritime security challenges facing the Nation,”…