Coast Guard Academy 141st Commencement Exercises May 18, 2022. The Coast Guard Academy graduated 252 new officers along with nine international students. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Mr. David Lau)
This is about twice as large as my graduating class, 53 years ago. Interesting class composition including international students and first cyber systems graduates.
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NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduated 252 new officers along with nine international students with keynote speaker Vice President Kamala Harris in attendance during the 141st Commencement Exercises Wednesday, May 18.
The Class of 2022 consisted of 87 cadets from underrepresented minority groups including the largest number of Asian American and Pacific Islanders to graduate in Academy history.
This year also marked the second highest number of cadets to commission into the Coast Guard in addition to 21 Cyber Systems graduates, the first to graduate from the newly instituted major to meet the needs of the service’s cybersecurity strategy of defending cyber space, enabling operations, and protecting infrastructure.
The new officers will begin to serve as leaders in a variety of operational roles throughout the Coast Guard, mostly on cutters.
Nine graduating international cadets from the countries of Cambodia, Iceland, Jordan, Mexico, Madagascar, Palau, Panama, Rwanda and the Ukraine will serve in their respective countries of origin.
“We view our cadets as our eyes and ears and hands and hearts, wherever you serve,” said Vice President Kamala Harris. “You are doing the critical work — you will be doing the critical work to protect our country, to advance our interests, and to shape the trajectory of world affairs.”
Founded in 1876, the Coast Guard Academy is one of the five U.S. service academies and is ranked among the nation’s most prestigious and selective institutions of higher learning.
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And with no place to put them. The growth in class size has nothing to do with needs of the service. How many of them will ever go to sea?
Still most of them go to sea. But back when I graduated we had more ships than we do now, unless you count the Webber class. We had 36 WHECs and more MECs than we do now plus about twice a many buoy tenders.
We do have more people in the Coast Guard now than we had back then, so you would expect more officers, but we also have more civilians now.
Work expands to fill time available. We still seem to be finding useful things to do.
More on the cyber systems graduates and cyber program in general including E-5 and above and Warrants.