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The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), located in New London, Connecticut, is the U.S. service academy specifically for the United States Coast Guard. Founded in 1876, the academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study. Students are officers-in-training, and are referred to as cadets.
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
There are five U.S. service academies: The United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York, founded in 1802. The United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1845. The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in New London, Connecticut, founded in 1876.
The Coast Guard also increased its Cape May forces for coastal patrol, anti-submarine warfare, air/sea rescue and buoy service. In 1946, the Navy relinquished the base to the Coast Guard. In 1948, all entry-level training on the east coast was moved to the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Receiving Station in Cape May.
The Officer Candidate School of the United States Coast Guard is at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, where it has been located since August 1998. Prior to August 1998, Coast Guard OCS was located at the Coast Guard Reserve Training Center (RESTRACEN) in Yorktown, Virginia. OCS is a 17-week-long program, the longest of ...
The grueling basic training for fledgling cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, known as swab summer, has been revamped this year in light of a sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the ...
Nine additional former cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy have formally accused the academy of failing to prevent and address sexual violence on campus (AP) The complaints stem from incidents ...
Since September 2015 the 87 foot US Coast Guard cutter Albacore (WPB-87309) has been based upriver at the United States Coast Guard Academy. [5] The unit personnel complement is one officer, 45 active duty enlisted personnel, 13 Coast Guard reservists, and 10 Coast Guard Auxiliarists. [1]