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Congratulations to the US Coast Guard Academy Class of 2023 on their graduation earlier today. Best of luck as you join your units and begin your careers in the best coast guard in the world. https://uscga.edu/cadet-life/commencement/ (This link includes a link to the graduation ceremony, and...

Thursday, May 18, 2023 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Proctor High School Auditorium 131 9th Avenue Duluth, MN 55810 https://www.usna.edu/Admissions/_files/2023_May_academy_night.pdf

Tuesday, September 20th , 2022 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Mounds View High School - Auditorium 1900 Lake Valentine Road Arden Hills, MN 55112 U.S. Service Academy Information Night Hosted by Congresswoman Betty McCollum for individuals interested in applying for a nomination to a U.S. Service Academy...

So this appears to be legit: the various Space Force units are maturing to the point where they feel a need for art. Someone has gathered a bunch of them together in a Twitter thread for our convenience.

As part of their Veteran's Day coverage this year, ESPN is doing an hour long special on the Coast Guard Academy on Thursday Nov 11. And next Saturday they're broadcasting the Secretaries’ Cup football game between the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy...

:eek3: It would appear the period to silently sit back and let his successor transition into the Sec of Defense job has passed. He let loose a broadside against the administration this afternoon that feels pretty unprecedented.

I came home from work to find DD cheerily filling out online forms, so it must be application season. Happy hunting!

USCGA has a summer program called AIM that we're trying to research. Alas, the forum won't search the word AIM because it's too short or common. Most people do not take the time to write out Academy Introduction Mission, so for now I'm using Google. Any tips on finding AIM posts?

DD has been watching and waiting for years, and I've been poking around here almost as long, but last week we finally visited USCGA. It was everything she was expecting and she's more excited than ever to take her shot at the class of 2025.

Sponsor: Rep. Dean Phillips Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 TIME: 6:00-8:00 PM LOCATION: Providence Academy Performing Arts Center 15100 Schmidt Lake Road, Plymouth, MN PRESENTERS: Representatives from all five academies WEBSITE: http://phillips.house.gov/service-academy-nominations

It isn't news to anyone around here, and they're finally approved money for a replacement, but the current state of the Coast Guard's last ice breaker is dire. The LA Times wrote up their cruise from last winter, and the list of mishaps, breakdowns and equipment failures is shameful. The Polar...