▁North am pton , ▁Massachusetts ; ▁officially ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Naval ▁Reserve ▁( WR ) ▁Mid ship men ' s ▁School . ▁But ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁the ▁US CG ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁agreement , ▁and ▁the ▁ind o ctr ination ▁of ▁SP AR S ▁officer ▁candidates ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁US CG ▁Academy ▁at ▁New ▁London , ▁Connecticut . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁U . S . ▁military ▁service ▁that ▁trained ▁women ▁officer ▁candidates ▁at ▁its ▁own ▁a cademy . ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁the ▁training ▁period ▁was ▁for ▁six ▁weeks ; ▁later ▁it ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁eight ▁weeks . ▁General ▁in ▁scope , ▁the ▁program ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁give ▁cad ets ▁an ▁overall ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁US CG . ▁Academ ic ▁study ▁included : ▁administration , ▁correspond ence , ▁communic ations , ▁history , ▁organization , ▁personnel , ▁public ▁speaking , ▁ships , ▁and ▁special ▁lect ures ▁and ▁visual ▁a ids . ▁The ▁regiment al ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁training ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁help ▁cad ets ▁adjust ▁to ▁military ▁life , ▁and ▁to ▁acquaint ▁them ▁with ▁their ▁respons ib ilities ▁as ▁officers . ▁The ▁cad ets ▁r anged ▁in ▁age ▁from ▁ 2 0 ▁to ▁ 4 0 , ▁with ▁diverse ▁civil ian ▁background s ▁from ▁teachers ▁and ▁journal ists ▁to ▁law y ers ▁and ▁techn icians . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁two - year ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁officer ▁ind o ctr ination ▁program , ▁about ▁ 9 3 0 ▁women ▁completed ▁the ▁training ▁and