Fresh Off the Runway: The USCGA Flight Team

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Flight Team returned from the Service Academy Flight Competition held at Stewart International Airport from April 14-16. While the Coast Guard is the smallest of the service academies, the Flight Team brought ten cadet pilots and three ground crew to this year’s competition against the Naval Academy and the Military […]
Soaring Aspirations After Graduation: Flight School

Did you know 10 percent of the graduating class are selected for flight school? This year, 23 cadets were chosen. After graduation, they report to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and from there their journeys look like this: Complete basic flight training in Pensacola Learn to fly a Coast Guard aircraft at Coast Guard Aviation […]
It’s A Wrap: Beauty & The Beast –Spring Cadet Musical

With over 2,000 tickets reserved, the cadet musical, Beauty & The Beast, performed to sold-out crowds this spring. “This show was very high-tech, unlike anything we’ve done before at the Academy,” said director, Abby Coats. New this year, a projected set made the musical come to life with authentic scenery and effects straight from the […]
The Wait Is Over: 1/c Jose Hernandez’s Billet Night Experience

One of the culminating experiences of a cadet’s First Class (senior) year—Billet Night. It’s the ceremony where cadets receive their first assignments upon graduation. Cadets submit a “dream sheet” of their top assignment choices weeks prior. They await Billet Night to see where they will be headed as newly-commissioned officers. What did you consider when […]
The Wait Is Over: 1/c Hannah Meisner’s Billet Night Experience

One of the culminating experiences of a cadet’s first class (senior) year—Billet Night. It’s the ceremony where cadets receive their first assignments upon graduation. Cadets submit a “dream sheet” of their top assignment choices weeks prior. They await Billet Night to see where they will be headed as newly-commissioned officers. What did you consider when […]
Same but different; Eagle’s sister ship holds true to its vintage origin

Kwafo continues to break records at CGA

USCG 2023 Observance Calendar

Creating home-away-from-home experience for academy cadets

Moving forward from the past – Impacting the future

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Nearly 90 years after a racist incident, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the keepers of the legacy of an African-American trailblazer are partnering together to learn from the past and uplift the leaders of the future. In 1934, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy was scheduled to host a basketball game […]