
Sending Out Ensigns on Humanitarian Missions, Coast Guard Academy Graduates 243
NEW LONDON — The United States Coast Guard Academy graduated 243 students at its 142nd commencement Wednesday, preparing to send many to far-off cutters following their demanding but community-building 200-week educational journey. Two Coast Guard helicopters flew overhead as the newly minted ensigns heard the words, “You may now divest yourselves of all symbols of cadet life” and consequently threw their cadet covers into the air.