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Commander Joshua Zike '05, CG Liaison to the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Program Manager within the Autonomy Portfolio at DIU, shares his career journey and his top tip for alumni looking to break into or advance within the Afloat CG Specialty.

CAPT Joyce Dietrich-Holm '00 assumed Command of the Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center (ICC) in August 2022, and in celebration of Women’s History Month she sat down with ICC’s Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Chapter to share her reflections on her experiences as a female in the Coast Guard, as a leader and role-model, and as the first female CO of ICC, in hopes of inspiring and promoting the next generation of Intelligence professionals.

Max Sivohins ’13, shared his career journey and advice for those looking to transition into entrepreneurship and/or real estate investing.

In March, the Alumni Association supported a trip to the East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference at Yale for cadets from the Asian Pacific American Council (APAC). 2/c Kira Hutchison-Lundy reflected on the impact of attending the conference, "I loved the testimonies and learning about people’s stories; it brought genuine and authentic conversation into the room and created a welcoming atmosphere."

Listen in as CAPT Daniel C. Burbank '85, the 2nd Coast Guard Astronaut,CDR Andre Douglas '08, the Coast Guard's 3rd and newest Astronaut, explore the similarities between the vastness of space and the depths of the ocean in this video created by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. CDR Douglas was also sworn-in as a Reserve commissioned officer during a ceremony on Tuesday. “We’re proud to have Commander Douglas serve in the Reserve and to represent the Service as the third Coast Guard member of the NASA Astronaut Corps,” said Commandant ADM Linda Fagan '85.

Interested in investing in your creative growth? Take advantage of the free comedy, storytelling, visual arts, acting, improv, or creative writing classes provided by the Armed Service Arts Partnership (ASAP). "ASAP has taught me to reframe the uncertainty of life and to transform challenges into opportunity for growth," shares CAPT Luann Barndt, USCG, (ret.) '84.

The Board of Directors has embarked on a strategic planning process to revise and refresh the organization's 5-year strategic plan. Our All Alumni survey, aims to help us understand how the alumni community views their relationship with the Academy as well as how they engage with the Alumni Association. Survey closes March 31.

In our February/March issue of The Bulletin, Chris Costello ’11 and Chris Tarbell ’11, Co-Founders of Roland Hall Partners, shared their career journeys and gave advice to cadets and to those looking to transition to the private sector.

Astronaut Candidate Andre Douglas '08 is in the final stretch of more than two years of training to earn his wings from NASA and become eligible for spaceflight. Douglas will join two other CGA alums who served as astronauts, Bruce Melnick ’72 and Daniel Burbank ’85

The mission of the Alumni Association’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Action Team is to “create a sense of safety, deep connection, and belonging for all Alumni and their families.” As the team begins to create the Tactical Action Plan in April 2024, we invite all alumni who are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion to consider joining this exceptional group.

LTJG Kathryn E. Ashbey '20 graduated from the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) Class 21-03, during a Thursday afternoon ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy’s Thayer Award Room, West Point, N.Y. Her first assignment as a physician assistant will be at the Samuel J. Call Health Services Center, located at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May, N.J. 

The Coast Guard announced their latest actions to ensure a safe workplace, including the creation of a new position (Enterprise Victim Advocate) to advance efforts to address sexual assault and sexual harassment issues, as well as, a new Safe to Report policy that ensures victims won't be penalized for collateral misconduct.

The Alumni Association is seeking to hire two new team members to fill our Manager of Annual and Planned Giving and Alumni Engagement Specialist positions.

"I’m just a kid who likes buoy tending and got lucky enough to still be doing it 18 years later.” CDR Jeannette Greene ’05, Commanding Officer of CGC Mackinaw, shared her career journey and tips for alumni looking to break into or advance within the Afloat CG specialty.

LT Lena "Lexie" Royster '14 was announced as the recipient of the 2023 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year Award. Assigned to the Coast Guard Marine Safety Center (MSC) in Washington D.C, LT Royster is a mechanical engineer serving in the Machinery Branch, and is a highly skilled member of the MSC's Salvage Engineering Response Team (SERT).

Meaghan Brosnan '03 describes her career path and tips for alumni looking to transition into the nonprofit sector.

Al Sowers ’08, President and CEO of OneZero Solutions, shares his career journey, as well as some useful lessons learned along the way.

"There are many pathways to entry into the entertainment industry and being open to opportunities that may not be what you initially envisioned can go a long way," writes CAPT John Pruitt III '94 in his Track Lines feature that shares his career journey.

“Luckily on most days when no one is in distress, we just enjoy looking at the earth from a bird’s eye view which never gets old,” shares LT Kyla Hughley ’19, pilot of an MH-65D helicopter.

Tanya Schneider ’94 is an official ball girl for the Washington Nationals and is often on the first or third baseline. “Every time I field a ground ball and give it to a kid, especially when they’re not expecting it, the looks on their faces are spectacular. I get to make that happen two to nine times a day.”

In July, CG Commandant ADM Linda Fagan '85 initiated a 90-day Accountability and Transparency Review (ATR) to assess the service’s authorities, policies, processes, practices, resources, and culture around sexual assault, harassment, bullying, retaliation, and other inappropriate behavior. The ATR team, led by RADM Miriam Lafferty '93, is pursuing six lines of effort.

LT Chelsea Sheehy '14 remembers exactly what one of her mentors at the Coast Guard Academy told her in 2010: “The greatest things in life don’t come easy.” Back then, Sheehy was a cadet struggling to get through an engineering class. Now, she has just wrapped up a tour as the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Charles Sexton out of Key West, Florida.

Initiated by the Class of 1981, the fund supports projects that expand beyond the Americans with Disabilities Accessibility Act requirements, ensuring enhanced physical access and mobility for everyone and making a more welcoming environment for all. This July, during Disability Pride Month, the Academy cut the ribbon on a newly installed concrete path located left of the chapel leading to Hopley Yeaton's tomb. This new pathway opens up the entirety of Crown Park to all visitors.

View the short statement by our Alumni Association President and Board of Directors Chair on the recent news of prior sexual assault cases at the Academy.

CGA Superintendent RADM Michael Johnston '90 shares an important message sent by Coast Guard Commandant, ADM Linda Fagan '85, about recent investigations into past Coast Guard Academy sexual assault cases.

Sarah Hohenberger ’13, Vice President of Zepponi & Company, shares her career journey, as well as some useful lessons learned along the way.

LCDR Matt Baker '02, speechwriter for the Commandant's Advisory Group, talks about his current job in the Coast Guard. "It is incredibly rewarding to research a topic and an audience, write a speech, hear the Commandant or Vice Commandant deliver the words I wrote, and see the audience react."