Shipmates - Fester 2.0 is a rising HS freshman this summer, and she has recently acquired a somewhat unexpected (on my part, anyway) interest becoming a Coastie and aiming for USCGA. She’s been a consistent honor roll student and does swim/dive and other ECAs so I think it’s a plausible goal. She seems pretty fascinated by a lot of the missions, such as disaster response and marine protection, and (I’ll admit this warms my cold dead heart) possibly flight school.
My information about the Academy is 25+ years out of date (back when I was looking at applying) and my knowledge of the CG is secondhand at best. Beyond the normal resources such as the official websites and YouTube channels, I’m not sure where else to point her for “this is what being at the Academy is like, this is what the CG does” resources.
Disclaimer that the kid is actively seeking out her own info, so this is just a dad wanting to be encouraging. Any good gouge y’all could recommend?
My information about the Academy is 25+ years out of date (back when I was looking at applying) and my knowledge of the CG is secondhand at best. Beyond the normal resources such as the official websites and YouTube channels, I’m not sure where else to point her for “this is what being at the Academy is like, this is what the CG does” resources.
Disclaimer that the kid is actively seeking out her own info, so this is just a dad wanting to be encouraging. Any good gouge y’all could recommend?