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This Saturday LT. Gim Kang, USCG and Admission Partners will staff an informational booth #596 at the Strictly Sail Chicago Show. The show is the largest indoor sail boat show in North America. Here is a great opportunity to talk one-on-one with an Admissions Officer while attending a fun...

This Saturday the Academy Cadet Chorale will be performing a free concert at Chicago's Navy Pier at 11AM, and on Sunday at 2PM at the Tivoli theater in suburban Downers Grove, Illinois. This is a great time to meet and talk to cadets after the concerts about life at the academy. Academy...

If you are in the area of Grand Haven Michigan and are considering the Coast Guard Academy, stop by the annual Coast Guard Festival Saturday August 3, 2013. There will be several Coast Guard ships open for tours including "Big Mac" USCGC MACKINAW, along with the new hero-class Canadian Coast...

The Coast Guard Cutter ALDER, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender home-ported in Duluth, Minn., is scheduled to offer public tours while moored at Chicago's Navy Pier on Thursday July 11 and Friday July 12 from 2 - 4 p.m. and from 6 - 8 p.m. each day. If you are considering USCGA here is a great...

http://youtu.be/MqTTa3FQMNU New video clip just released.

Just released details on the proposed National Coast Guard Museum on the waterfront in New London. No mention if any historic ship will be part of the plans. Would be a shame to have to go to Baltimore to tour the USCGC TANEY because a lack of historic ship for the New London museum...

Here is a link to the cadet chorale group performing at the Pompano Beach, Florida Civic Center during Spring Break, March 9, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WeLOjh6kMQ&feature=share&list=PLo8czWgw8rUVlag88HxNBx-CRvObEgOBy In addition to singing, cadets also perform in stage plays...

New video on cadet life at the academy. A must-watch if you are thinking about applying to USCGA or any military service academy. http://youtu.be/Vn1H5522CAM

Here is a link to the video of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs speaking to the corps of cadets at the Coast Guard Academy. http://www.dvidshub.net/video/280494/gen-martin-e-dempsey-speaks-us-coast-guard-academy#.UQrkMqW1WCg

If you are interested in the Coast Guard Academy and you will be in the greater Chicago-area this coming weekend, please consider attending the "Strictly Sail Chicago Show" at Navy Pier, Thursday January 24 through Sunday January 27. There will be Academy Admissions Partners and parents of...

This Saturday, Academy Admissions Partners will be on board the USCGC MACKINAW "Big Mac" at Chicago's Navy Pier during the annual Christmas Ship celebration. Starting at 10:00 AM with music and fun, "Big Mac" will be open for public tours at 1:00 PM. Academy Admissions will have a table on the...

Three of the 5 service academies (Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine) have strict color vision standards. As an Academy Admission Partner I have had several applicants to USCGA fail the color vision test but were unaware they were color deficient prior to the test. I myself was unaware of...

New video clip from the "Mike & Mike Show" showing class room and wave tank pool in academy Naval design program. http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show/_/showId/mikeandmike/postId/8605815/best-coast

Business Week feature news story on the effect of automatic "sequester budget cuts" on the Coast Guard. Well researched with good data. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-05/coast-guard-hailed-for-sandy-rescue-threatened-by-sequester-cuts

Cadet life at the Academy: Halloween dinner video clip. //http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70Sa4ucdV8&feature=colike

You have an opportunity to tour USCGC BISCAYNE BAY (WTGB 104) "The Sentinel of the Straits" at Chicago's Navy Pier. The 110 foot Great Lakes ice breaking tug will arrive Monday, August 14 and will be open for tours daily as part of Navy Week 2012 running through Sunday August 19. The BISCAYNE...

Very positive report on the Academy showing Swab Summer, a cadet interview and a statement by Admiral Stosz. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/13/coast-guard-academy-brings-hope-job-stability/

USCGC Eagle and USS Constitution fire a 21-gun salute at Independence Island as the Navy Blue Angles fly-by and the fort returns the salutes with National Guard Howitzers! Cadet summer duty can be fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-vtwCLt1I&feature=colike

Something worth considering when looking at USCGA are the opportunities for continued advanced studies after graduation. It was just announced that LT. J.G. Joe DiRenzo IV, a 2010 mechanical engineering academy graduate has won a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a master's degree course of...

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