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Month: January 2017

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An Open Letter and Warm Welcome to Secretary Chao

January 31, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 1

Dear Secretary Chao: Congratulations on your confirmation as Secretary of Transportation. Those of us who have watched the systematic attack on the U.S. Merchant Marine […]

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“Preserve the Merchant Marine Academy”

January 30, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 1

That’s the title of this guest column in The Virginian-Pilot by Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wykle (US Army, retired), the former deputy commander in chief of […]

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A timely article in Forbes offers a good sea year template for the new administration

January 23, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 4

Captain R.J. Klein, the Immediate Past President of the Council of American Master Mariners, has an article in Forbes that offers a concise analysis of […]

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MARAD’s “new” criteria for restoring sea year were proposed by industry 7 months ago

January 20, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 3

In our continuing effort to assist MARAD with its “new era of transparency,”  I put out a request the other day for MARAD or anyone […]

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Remember how Rodriguez told the midshipmen not to believe what they read on KPS?

January 19, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 5

Soon-to-be-former Deputy Maritime Administrator Michael “Anchorman” Rodriguez told the midshipmen during the January 6, 2017 all-hands meeting (audio here) that they shouldn’t believe the rumors […]

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An example of why the Academy administration has zero credibility [updated]

January 19, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 4

Another alum who has been working behind the scenes came up with this interesting comparison of statements by Academy leadership about the timeline for restoring […]

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What are the criteria for the restoration of sea year on commercial ships?

January 18, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 6

In the January 6, 2017 all-hands meeting, Superintendent Helis assured the regiment of midshipmen and faculty that there was “a way ahead to restore training […]

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Audio from today’s town hall

January 17, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 3

Click on the link to be redirected to audio from today’s town hall brought to you by Maritime TV. Spoiler alert:  they didn’t answer our questions.

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A pony for the administration for the Jan. 17 town hall

January 16, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 5

[updated to clarify the date of the town hall] For the January 17, 2017 town hall meeting, we thought it might save everyone a lot […]

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MARAD enters new era of transparency!

January 16, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 7

Unfortunately, it is forced transparency, courtesy of KingsPointSentry.com — the blog that MARAD wants you to avoid As we reported here, MARAD engineered the language […]

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MARAD doesn’t want you to read KPS.

January 16, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 2

In a January 10, 2017 meeting with the current regimental officers, Lt. McDade told them that they shouldn’t believe anything they read on KingsPointSentry.com. That […]

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Chao: Kings Point will be “the first thing I take up at MARAD” if confirmed.

January 11, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 9

Here’s a clip from Elaine Chao’s confirmation hearing today. She said that the problems at Kings Point will be the first thing she addresses at […]

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Words fail me. CDR Stroud needs to apologize.

January 9, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 13

I will be posting more on the overall tenor of the all-hands meeting on Friday (audio links here), in particular about the pathetic lack of […]

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Reaction to Friday’s meeting from a 1/C midshipman

January 8, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 7

This was submitted as a comment, but I’m elevating it to a post because what this midshipman says is so important: As a senior midshipman […]

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Audio of Friday’s all-hands meeting

January 8, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 5

As requested, we’ve uploaded audio of the all-hands meeting that was held on Friday at the Academy. Audio of Superintendent Helis’ presentation is here. Audio […]

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Quick reaction to all of the news that broke yesterday

January 7, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 1

I’m traveling this weekend and Internet access is limited, so this will be brief. I’ve broken this post into three categories: The good news; the […]

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LMI report timing: Looks like a clear effort to tie Secretary Chao’s hands

January 5, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 19

In an email circulated to Academy faculty on December 23, 2016, USMMA Administration announced: [T]he LMI Culture Audit is complete and under review by OST […]

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BREAKING: LMI Report to be released later this week

January 4, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 4

I just received word that the interim dean sent an email to all department heads at the Academy stating that the LMI Report will be […]

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Fiddling while KP burns: The deadline for meeting the requirements to maintain accreditation is 56 days away

January 4, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 4

[NOTE: Correction made to the status of the legislation relating to funding the academy and how that impacts reaccreditation. Substantive changes shown in red] On […]

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False Advertising (updated)

January 3, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 8

I just captured this screenshot from the USMMA.edu main page. Note the juxtaposition:  A commercial ship; two female midshipmen obviously thrilled to be assigned to […]

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