U.S. Coast Guard offers cadet program to Filipinos

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NEW LONDON, Connecticut — The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) has invited the Philippine Coast Guard to select qualified Filipinos for the four-year International Cadet Program of the USCGA Class of 2024.

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The program will start on June 2020 until 2024 at New London, Connecticut.

According to PCG, candidates for the program must be:

• natural-born Filipino citizens
• more than 17 years old but less than 22 years old by July 1, 2020
• medically and physically fit and able to swim
• single with no legal dependents
• equipped with excellent communication skills
• proficient in English and Mathematics

Free tuition, monthly pay and allowance, free board and lodging, free transportation and other government benefits will be given to the successful applicants.

Upon graduation, cadets will be automatically ranked as Ensign in the PCG as regular Coast Guard officers.

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Four-year courses include Civil Engineering, Cyber Systems, Electrical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Operations Research and Computer Analysis, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Government, Mechanical Engineering and Management.

Interested Filipino applicants are instructed to visit the official PCG’s website to check the other qualifications and the application procedure for the free international training.