United States Coast Guard Academy News

Today many former U.S. Marines throughout the Athens area will celebrate the Corps' 235th birthday.

It certainly caught our attention recently when Rep. Joe Courtney, the Democrat representing our 2nd District, was the lone congressman from Connecticut to vote against the $10 billion fiscal 2010 Coast Guard Authorization Act.

Today, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy honors the nine people who went missing when a U.S. Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter collided Thursday over the Pacific Coast.

Cadets celebrate after their graduation ceremony at West Point. [Associated Press ] Nominations required Do you still need a congressional appointment to get into any of the military academies? Admission to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.; Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.; or Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., is gained by ...

U.S. Coast Guard Academy officials say they've recently disciplined dozens of cadets at the Connecticut school for underage drinking.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy officials recently punished dozens of cadets for violating the school's drug and alcohol policies, including almost all the cadets in the summer ocean racing program.

Bruce A. Wroughton has listed for sale a five-bedroom, 2.5-bath home at 463 S. Clay Ave.

Washington, D..C. - " Sen. Al Franken announced today that he is now accepting applications from Minnesotans to the nation's service academies including: U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Sulmasy spoke to a large audience at Essex Public Library in July of this year. Glenn Sulmasy, national security law expert and judge advocate for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy will be the featured guest speaker at the upcoming Lyme-Old Lyme Council Dinner.

New London - The U.S. Coast Guard Academy says it is opposed to a proposal in Congress that would change the way the school admits students.

Jacqueline Fitch, a graduate of the Western School of Technology and Environmental Sciene, is the first black female regimental commander of the Corps of Cadets in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Connecticut is the only state where someone can start college at a military academy and finish at a state university without ever paying a tuition bill.

U.S. Rep. Tom Petri reports that high school seniors interested in receiving his nomination for appointment to the U.S. service academies should contact his office no later than Oct.

At The Library Submitted by Jackie Hemond on 2009-10-06.   On Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m., at the Salem Free Public Library, located at 264 Hartford Road, Faye Ringel will present the program, V is for Vampires.

For the first time in the United States Coast Guard Academy's 133-year history, an African-American woman is leading the cadets.

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that its 29 th will take place on Thursday, October 15, 2009 in New York City.

A group of Coast Guard veterans are making sure future generations will know the part they played in World War Two.

Twenty-eight cadets from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy volunteered several hours of their time on Sunday, September 13 to visit with residents at the Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut.

New London - First-class Cadet Jacqueline Fitch, the first black woman named regimental commander at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, led the corps of cadets in a parade Saturday at the academy's Washington Parade Field to mark Parents' Weekend.

Can you spot the tightwads in this photo? Lauren Weber and family, circa 1982. Daughter #2: ; mother: ; son: ; father: ; daughter #1: . L auren Weber's father is, to put it bluntly, cheap.