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COMDTNOTE 1000
SUBJ: 30th Birthday of the United States Coast Guard Chief Petty
Officers Academy
1.  Congratulations to the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Academy
on the occasion of your 30th birthday.
2.  Thirty years ago, on November 19, 1982, six Master Chief Petty
Officers and four Senior Chief Petty Officers graduated from the
first convening of the Chief Petty Officers Academy.   The motto of
that first CPOA class was "We came in the hope that others might
follow."  And follow they have.  In the last thirty years, 215 active
duty and reserve classes have graduated from the Academy, providing
the Coast Guard with the finest senior enlisted leadership in the
world.
3.  There have been many significant milestones since that first
graduating class.  In 1991 the Academy graduated its first
international student and its first DoD students.  The first class of
Reserve Chief Petty Officers graduated in 1993.  In 1999 the Coast
Guard began requiring all active and reserve members advanced to E-7
to attend the Academy, and in 2006, the Academy graduated two Border
Patrol agents, its first Department of Homeland Security partner
agency students.  This remarkable growth stands as a testament to the
quality of instruction at the Academy and the value it provides to
our Coast Guard.
4. We rely on the leadership of our Chief Petty Officers to inspire
and motivate our crews, to teach and mentor our junior personnel, and
to uphold the core values that bind us as Coast Guardsmen.  Thank you
for your thirty years of fostering and building proficiency in
leadership that enables us to continue to be the worlds best Coast
Guard.
5.  For the Chief Petty Officers Academy: Please read this message at
the Graduation Dinner for Class CXC and Reserve Class XXXI and pass
on my personal congratulations to the students and staff.
6.  Semper Paratus, ADM Bob Papp, Commandant, United States Coast
Guard sends.
7.  Internet release authorized.