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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.
Ensign Merle J. Smith, Jr. (left) is congratulated by his father, Colonel Merle J. Smith, Sr., AUS (right) upon his graduation from the Coast Guard Academy in 1966. Admiral Willard J. Smith, Commandant, is in background. Ensign Smith was the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Every aircraft in the U.S. Coast Guard fleet in June 2024. From left: HC-130J, C-27J, HC-144, C-37B, MH-60T, MH-65E. The Coast Guard operates approximately 201 fixed and rotary wing aircraft [18] from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations throughout the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Most of these air stations are tenant ...
Nov. 13—NEW LONDON — Despite its somewhat cloistered reputation, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, with its military monuments, guarded gates and platoons of cadets marching on precision-trimmed ...
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 ...
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed auxiliary service of the Coast Guard. The Auxiliary does not use the Coast Guard rank system but does use modified Coast Guard officer rank insignia to signify a member's position within the organization. For example, a Flotilla Commander wears insignia similar to a Lieutenant.
The Coast Guard Academy has struggled for years to address a toxic culture, but last year, reporting on an internal investigation called Operation Fouled Anchor showed officials had mishandled ...
All applicants, except for the Coast Guard Academy, are required to obtain a nomination to the academies. Nominations may be made by Congressional Representatives, Senators, the Vice President, and the President. [1] [2] Applicants to the Coast Guard Academy compete in a direct nationwide competitive process that has no by-state quotas.