U.S. Coast Guard Academy

The Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut unveiled their new Maritime Center of Excellence this week during a commissioning ceremony.

A U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet who was expelled for becoming a father will get his degree as part of a legal settlement, his attorneys said Thursday.

Thousands gathered at Point Lookout on Long Island Sunday to remember the victims and honor the survivors of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks with a sunrise memorial. In Connecticut, Personnel from the Coast Guard Academy and the US Naval Submarine base held a poignant ceremony against the backdrop of the Thames River.

Coast Guard Academy officials and a lawyer for several cadets are disputing each other's accounts of what happened to seven students before and after they were forced to leave the Connecticut campus last month after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Coast Guard Academy is disenrolling seven cadets for failing to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

Construction is set to begin on a long-awaited national museum that will honor the U.S. Coast Guard.

Nearly 300 young men and women from across the U.S. and the world arrived at the Coast Guard Academy in New London on Monday to start Day One of their training as part of the incoming class of 2026 — 43% of the new “swabs” were women.

Mary Stewart, who was a chief petty officer in the SPARs — or “Semper Paratus Always Ready” women’s reserves — in the 1940s, celebrated her 101st birthday on Friday.

Twelve of the 252 graduates came from Connecticut. There were also graduates from nine other countries, including Ukraine.

Vice President Kamala Harris will be this year’s commencement speaker at the Coast Guard Academy.