A recent letter from the president of New York (SUNY) Maritime deserves your attention
Four. Keep that number in your head. Four. That is the number of graduates from New York (SUNY) Maritime in 2010 (the last, and only, […]
Month: February 2017
How MARAD attempted to manipulate Congress at the expense of USMMA [Updated]
[UPDATE: In this post, we put together the pieces of the puzzle that showed how MARAD was attempting to manipulate Congress. Another piece of the […]
An independent view on the state of things at the Academy
Joseph Keefe writes a regular column for MaritimeProfessional.com and his column regularly reports on various aspects of the state of maritime education. His most recent […]
A teachable moment — What can the Academy learn from the Office of Student Activities’ mistake?
Introduction: Last Friday, the Office of Student Activities (“OSA”) published a Facebook post (now removed, but a screen capture is here) about possible weekend activities […]
The AAF’s voice — and our voices — are heard in Congress
Earlier this week, Representative Peter T. King and Senator Roger F. Wicker wrote Jim Tobin, the president of the USMMA Alumni Association and Foundation, to […]
Funny thing about former Secretary Foxx’s $363,000 discredited LMI culture study (updated)
An alert alumnus has pointed out an anomaly about the LMI culture study that was commissioned by former Secretary Foxx at a cost of $363,000 […]
Whither sea year? Or more accurately, “Wither, sea year.”
A reliable source from within DOT advises me that there are five other commercial shipping companies (in addition to the three that were initially approved […]
Is it time to stand down Land Year? [updated]
If it weren’t for double standards, Academy leadership wouldn’t have any standards at all. This is from the the Facebook page for the USMMA Office […]
Secretary Chao: Beware the IED’s that were left behind at MARAD.
After the November elections, the outgoing MARAD and DOT political appointees were forced to scramble. First, they had to confront the reality that neither they […]
Sea Year Restored on APL, Maersk and Crowley!!!
Here’s the text of the email released by MARAD: MARAD 01-17 Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Contact: Kim Strong Tel.: (202) 366-5807 United States Merchant Marine […]
Finding that silver lining . . .
The late General Norman Schwarzkopf once said: “You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do […]
No progress, no communication.
It has been 38 days since “the path” to restoring sea year on commercial ships was opened. As I write this, not a single midshipman […]
Time to “reverse past missteps.”
Ivy Barton Suter is one of the many alumni who have stepped forward to try to help get the rudderless ship known as the United […]
The latest Academy SA/SH annual reports
On Friday, January 27, 2017, MARAD delivered to Congress the preliminary 2015-16 SA/SH annual report for USMMA and the final 2014-15 SA/SH annual report for […]