AIM Blogs

Julia Striker: Post-AIM Interview
What were your first impressions? Nervous; but I started to calm down when I got to look around the beautiful campus and meet everyone in my platoon. But once the cadre came in and took us to

Julia Striker: Pre-AIM Interview
What are your expectations going into AIM? That I will be challenged, create relationships with the people around me and learn what teamwork means. How have you prepared? In addition to my six-day per week swim practice

Lily Rivera: Post-AIM Interview
What were your first impressions? When I arrived in Connecticut, I was picked up from the airport alongside other AIMsters and taken to the Coast Guard Academy. From there, we grabbed our bags and organized them against

Lily Rivera: Pre-AIM Interview
What are your expectations going into AIM? A realistic program where I am fully immersed in life as a cadet. AIM has the reputation of either “blowing you into the Coast Guard life” or “blowing you out.”

- Julia Striker | March 16, 2023

- Julia Striker | March 14, 2023

- Lily Rivera | March 9, 2023

- Lily Rivera | March 8, 2023