Former Coast Guard Player Fulfills Aviation Dream  From Press
Releases - 11/11/2013 LTJG Matthew Chase, former Coast Guard
lacrosse player and one of the team's most prolific scorers,
recently fulfilled his lifelong dream to fly. (Photo Courtesy of
Coast Guard)  Text Size  Pin it  Being sent to flight school
immediately after graduation would prove to be a big
accomplishment for Chase since only eight to 10 percent make it
into flight school immediately after they graduate. It would
have been something Kim would have been extremely proud of.
Another person who was over the moon for Chase’s success was his
mother Carroll. Upon graduation, she proudly pinned shiny gold
pilot wings onto her son’s uniform. This would mark the
proverbial door closing and window opening in their lives. “I
always joke that my mother has been in the Coast Guard longer
than me,” said Chase smiling proudly. “She and I are so close
and she’s always been there through it all.”  Now it was time to
put all those years of studying, hard wo