Why are we “pausing” women at sea?
The Sea Year pause cancellation harms the potential victims it supposedly seeks to protect. Before the Sea Year pause cancellation, midshipmen obtained valuable, real-world, training […]
The Sea Year pause cancellation harms the potential victims it supposedly seeks to protect. Before the Sea Year pause cancellation, midshipmen obtained valuable, real-world, training […]
As I’ve covered extensively in this blog, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) is blocking USMMA midshipmen from their long-established, and essential, Sea Year training aboard commercial […]
Update: At today’s BOV meeting, in response to objections to having MARAD involved in the approval of the BOV’s charter, MARAD’s new Chief Counsel actually […]
A while back I asked for background information on John Ryan Melogy, the self-appointed crusader against SASH in the maritime industry. I was overwhelmed by […]
This discrimination decision is damning. Last year, Deputy Superintendent Susan Dunlap was found to have engaged in discrimination against the Academy’s Sexual Assault and Sexual […]
SOLAS-compliant vessels now eligible for EMBARC Bravo Zulu to Keith Mcliverty, the president of the USMMA National Parents Association, who has been keeping lines of […]
In Part 2 of this series, I demonstrated that MARAD was deliberately dismantling USMMA Sea Year by applying an artificial restriction—”subject to SOLAS”—on vessels that […]
Today’s post is an exposé on how MARAD has begun the deliberate dismantling of USMMA’s Sea Year. In a follow up post, we will explore […]
MARAD is playing major games with data and semantics as part of an effort to mislead Congress and the public about Sea Year and the […]
Before an administrative agency wishes to adopt a rule, the U.S. Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) mandates that the agency first give notice and an opportunity […]
Last week I published a proposed draft request for a waiver of the EMBARC requirements that, if granted, would allow Academy midshipmen who requested this […]
As most readers know, Sea Year was paused cancelled in November 2021 until MARAD developed a plan to further address the risk to midshipmen of […]
John Ryan Melogy is an Academy alum who is supposedly on a crusade against SASH in the maritime industry but it seems that his agenda […]
VADM Buono announced today that he will be retiring as the Academy’s 13th Superintendent when the Class of 2022 graduates in June. Thirteen turned out […]
This week, Senators Roger Wicker and Susan Collins wrote the Secretary of Transportation expressing their frustration with MARAD’s failure to fully restore Sea Year and […]
The United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association (“USMMAAAF”) has published a summary of the policy arguments supporting Sea Year training. This can be helpful […]
I started Kings Point Sentry back in July 2016 (with the help of many unnamed people behind the scenes), when inept leadership at both the […]
8 pm EST update: I never attempted to monetize this blog. It was always about what was best for the Academy. Now I’m going to […]
Maritime Administrator Mark Buzby has just announced the appointment of Jack Buono ’78 as Superintendent of the US Merchant Marine Academy. Admiral Buono, a Master […]
Colonel James A. Helis, the superintendent who lacked the competence, experience, and credentials to sail as a wiper or ordinary seaman, and who never should […]
Update: Today’s the final day. USMMA is in second, behind West Point, by about one percentage point of participation. And those young punks from the […]
MARAD has announced that Superintendent Helis has accepted a position at MARAD HQ as “special assistant to the administrator.” Unfortunately, he will remain in place […]
Given the marine interests of this of this blog, let me step out of our usual topics and emphasize something that is of important interest […]
At the request of Congress, the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has reviewed the progress — or lack of progress — shown […]
I haven’t had a chance to read the opinion yet and won’t until late tonight or tomorrow. But, given the interest, I wanted to post […]
Correction: In the original version of this post, I stated that the the Newsday article did not indicate that anyone from the government’s side had […]
Update: I’ve modified this post slightly. The change is shown in “strikeout.” An explanation appears at the end of the post. Preface: Once again, I […]
Preface- I don’t have an opinion about the guilt or innocence of the accused midshipman in the incident I am writing about. This column is […]
Ever since this blog was started, I have emphasized the importance the Academy’s sea year has to the goal of graduating the best and highest […]
An article on gCaptain.com called my attention to a podcast with Maritime Administrator Mark H. Buzby that was done by maritime attorney Kalus Luhta. The […]
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