Coast Guard R-Day 2016: Record 38 percent female class reports

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  • Male and female U.S. Coast Guard swabs march in formation before swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • U.S. Coast Guard male and female swabs form a line as they walk toward a platform for a class photo following swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • U.S. Coast Guard swabs hold cadet handbooks as they assemble before swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • Male and female U.S. Coast Guard swabs, of the cadet class of 2020, assemble for a class photo, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. Swab summer is a seven-week initiation for Coast Guard cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • U.S. Coast Guard swabs form a line as they walk toward a platform for a class photo following swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • U.S. Coast Guard swabs, center, are guided by Coast Guard cadets, in white shirts, as they recite phrases from the cadet handbook, also known as a running light, before swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • Male and female U.S. Coast Guard swabs, behind, are guided by Coast Guard cadets, in white shirts, as they march before swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • Male and female U.S. Coast Guard swabs, of the cadet class of 2020, assemble for a class photo, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. Swab summer is a seven-week initiation for Coast Guard cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • U.S. Coast Guard swabs, center, are guided by Coast Guard cadets, left and right, as they recite phrases from the cadet handbook before swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • U.S. Coast Guard male and female cadets raise their right hands during a swearing-in ceremony, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
  • U.S. Coast Guard swab Kayla Sowers, 18, center, hugs her father Troy Sowers, both of Rocklin, Calif., during a 15-minute farewell period following swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)