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Professor Janet McLeavey at her retirement ceremony, Aug. 11, 2021. McLeavey became the first female faculty member to be employed by the Coast Guard Academy in 1974 and subsequently served for 37 years. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban).

Aug. 19, 2021

First to lead the way

Trailblazing faculty member was the first female professor at CGA

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which facilitates leadership development across all programs at the Academy. Ray is expected to begin his duties later this year after relieving Adm. Thad Allen, who served as the 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2006 to 2010 and has held the chair since 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Aux. David Lau)

Aug. 19, 2021

Admiral Ray named next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at CGA 

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.Ray, who retired as the vice commandant of the Coast Guard earlier this year, previously served as the Pacific Area commander and has held flag assignments as the Deputy Pacific Area commander, and commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard

Reserve Officer Candidate Indoctrination Class 1-21

Aug. 5, 2021

Largest enlisted-to-officer class in years commissions into the CG reserve 

Leadership Development Center grows quality and quantity of Reserve Officers in the fleet  

Architectural rendering of the future Maritime Center of Excellence (MCOE) at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The future MCOE will enhance the waterfront facilities at the Academy by offering interactive and high-tech classrooms for a variety of educational and leadership development courses. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association)

Aug. 5, 2021

Frontline Focus: Future Maritime Center of Excellence to transform U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Academy waterfront in New London, Connecticut, and more.

Frontline Focus: Future Maritime Center of Excellence to transform CGA waterfront; U.S. Coast Guard commissions 3 Fast Response Cutters in Guam; USCG, Royal Bahamas Defense Force conduct international port security engagement; Coast Guard breaks ground on new cutter support facility at Base Los Angeles/Long Beach; Coast Guard Cutter Dependable crewmembers return home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, following 29-day patrol.

Health care professionals from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Health Services and U.S. Coast Guard Academy Clinic performed electrocardiograms on the Swabs in the Class of 2025, July 5, 2021. The new ECG screening program aims to mitigate the chances of students experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by David Kenny)

Aug. 3, 2021

Perfect cadence: The U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s new electrocardiogram initiative

CGA institutes new ECG program to monitor cadet health

Serving aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, U.S. Coast Guard officer Lt.j.g. Rebecca Edmonds holds a sample of plankton that is submerged in a preservation fluid

Aug. 2, 2021

Sardines and science: How an Lt. j.g. talked her way onto a NOAA ship's crew

Along the way, Lt. j.g. Rebecca Edmonds earned the qualification for underway officer of the deck - and the trust of a very skeptical chief scientist.

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy welcomes two hundred and ninety-one young women and men to the Class of 2025 for Day One, June 28, 2021. Day One marks the start of Swab Summer, an intensive seven-week program that prepares students for military and Academy life. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)

July 12, 2021

Swab summer: How it started

Swabs begin their journey at CGA

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. William Pickrum, retired, shown in 2019 during his 16-year tenure as Kent County, Maryland Commissioner. Upon leaving the Coast Guard after 22 years, Pickrum went on to hold numerous distinguished posts. Photo courtesy by My Eastern Shore Maryland.

July 8, 2021

Remembering Cmdr. William Pickrum 

A notable CGA alumni, pilot, and public servant  

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy welcomes two hundred and ninety-one young women and men to the Class of 2025 for Day One, June 28, 2021. Day One marks the start of Swab Summer, an intensive seven-week program that prepares students for military and Academy life. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)

June 29, 2021

The future is here

The Class of 2025 arrives at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy 

Cmdr. Merle J. Smith, Jr. was the second African American to receive an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the first to graduate. Smith served as a role model for countless cadets, faculty, and staff at the Coast Guard Academy.

June 25, 2021

Fair winds and following seas: Cmdr. Merle Smith, CGA's 1st African American graduate

Cmdr. Smith, 76, died June 16. The wake and funeral service will be held next month in New London.

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