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Racial incidents at Coast Guard Academy, Navy reviews its training and we finally have a state budget

November 05, 2017 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 10, 2017 4:58 pm

By Carlos Virgen
Assistant Managing Editor for Audience Development

c.virgen@theday.com

This week, we are joined by reporter Julia Bergman who talked to us about

recent racial incidents at the Coast Guard Academy, and she caught us up on the recent Navy

review of its training and basic seamanship following two deadly collisions involving Navy surface ships. Reporter Erica Moser also stopped by to give us an update on the

state budget that was signed by Governor Malloy.

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