NEW LONDON, Conn. - Coast Guard Vice Adm. Paul Welling (ret.) talks during a panel discussion Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Welling is one of four former commanding officers of the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle who described his experience aboard the 295-foot barque to the corps of cadets at the academy in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the ship. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi