Coast Guard Academy sets record for female enrollment

(AP) – Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy marked the milestone at a ceremony as it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent of female cadets.
The enrollment rate for women has not been matched at the Naval Academy, the Military Academy at West Point or the Air Force Academy, though each has seen an increase in female enrollment at a time when gender barriers have been falling across the armed services.
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