▁March ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁the ▁US CG ▁decided ▁to ▁also ▁establish ▁its ▁own ▁training ▁center ▁for ▁the ▁training ▁of ▁rec ruits . ▁The ▁site ▁selected ▁was ▁the ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁B ilt more ▁Hotel , ▁Pal m ▁Beach , ▁Florida . ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁June , ▁all ▁en list ed ▁personnel ▁would ▁receive ▁their ▁rec ruit ▁training ▁and ▁special ized ▁training ▁there . ▁Some ▁ 7 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁en list ed ▁women ▁who ▁received ▁rec ruit ▁training ▁also ▁received ▁some ▁special ized ▁training . ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁the ▁training ▁of ▁en list ed ▁personnel ▁was ▁transferred ▁from ▁Pal m ▁Beach ▁to ▁Manh attan ▁Beach , ▁Brook lyn , ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁The ▁SP AR S ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁every ▁US CG ▁district ▁except ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁and ▁served ▁in ▁Hawai i ▁and ▁Al aska ▁as ▁well . ▁Most ▁officers ▁were ▁general ▁duty ▁ ▁officers , ▁although ▁some ▁served ▁as ▁communication , ▁supply ▁and ▁rec ruit ing ▁officers . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁en list ed ▁women ▁performed ▁cler ical ▁duties , ▁but ▁they ▁also ▁rig ged ▁par ach utes ▁and ▁drove ▁je eps . ▁A ▁select ▁few ▁officers ▁and ▁en list ed ▁personnel ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁the ▁Long ▁Range ▁A id ▁to ▁Navigation ▁at ▁monitoring ▁stations ▁in ▁the ▁Cont inental ▁United ▁States . ▁Better ▁known ▁as ▁L OR AN , ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁top - secret ▁radio ▁navigation ▁system ▁developed ▁for ▁ships ▁at ▁sea ▁and ▁long - range ▁aircraft . ▁The