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Press Release | May 21, 2025

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement Exercises 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Academy

NEW LONDON, Conn., — More than two-hundred and sixty ensigns graduated and commissioned for service at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Wednesday, May 21. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivered the keynote address during the 144th commencement exercises on Cadet Memorial Field. The Class of 2025 arrived at the Academy on June 28th , 2021.

The class motto is Aliis Nos Pugnamus, which means “for others we fight.”

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