First female commander of a US Service Academy Rear Adm. Sandra Stosz (L) takes command of the US Coast Guard Academy.

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Coast Guard Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Sandra Stosz shakes hands Friday, June 3, 2011, with retired Rear Adm. J. Scott Burhoe during a change-of-command ceremony at the academy in New London, Conn. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., presided over the ceremony, which installed Stosz as the first female superintendent at any of the service academies.

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Location: New London, CT, USA
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