US servicemen honour deceased Georgian cadets at global competition
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The United States Coast Guard Academy (CGA) has further honoured the two Georgian military cadets who tragically died in a car accident last month by competing with Georgian flags pinned onto their uniforms while they competed in an international military competition.
The CGA team took part in the 49th annual Sandhurst Military Skills Competition and earned the Bronze patch among teams from other military academies and other countries.
A total of 564 competitors, including 36 companies of the US Corps of Cadets and the US Military Academy Preparatory School participated in the contest, held at West Point - the US Military Academy.
For the duration of the whole competition, the CGA team members proudly displayed Georgian flags on their uniforms in memory of former CGA cadets Soso Makaridze and Besarion Gorjoladze, who died in a car accident in New Jersey on March 8.
The United States Coast Guard Academy team with Georgian flags pinned on their uniforms at the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition. Photo by CGA
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