...of rotary flight time. Neussl received a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors in Electrical Engineering from the USCG Academy in 1980. He earned his Coast Guard Aviator wings in 1983 and earned a Master of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering...

...said Mary Blitzer, a Massachusetts native who is an ensign aboard the Maple. "I still wanted my college degree. The USCG academy (in New London, Conn.) was only an hour away. I went to the campus and fell in love with it and the people. I...

...morning beginning their first Alaska patrol. Denicola, a Pennsylvania native, is on her first assignment outside the USCG academy. "I really like the missions," Denicola said. "The service, the search and rescue, the environmental missions...