At the Coast Guard Academy, we are being challenged in every respect from school to military obligations, and everything in between. While the Coast Guard Academy's overall goal is to prepare us for the fleet, there are still rules and regulations here
that can create a hindrance to cadet life, but the Coast Guard also teaches us that we have the power to evoke change, and use our voice. With all the challenges we face here, we are never alone and have a support system of family, teachers and
officers/enlisted who care about our success, and are working toward a greater purpose. From the outside, as the Princeton Review pointed out, we may not seem like the happiest college students but we are, without a doubt, some of the most influential.
3/c Courtney Gilliam
USCGA Class of 2020
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