Bill,
Thanks for the welcome. She has been very pleasantly surprised at what she is finding out. The CGA appeals to her love for adventure, the water and serving others especially in need. She was originally headed out west to Wyoming to study at an outdoor leadership school that follows a Great Books curriculum taught in socratic seminar style. The invitation to the Coast Guard Academy just wasn't expected. But she is very honored and now looking at an incredible opportunity she never thought possible.
She has an interview on Friday and all that is left to do is her PFE (which I know she will do fine) and the medical one. They are flying us up on Wed to spend a couple of days there.
Helena