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Month: July 2017

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A powerful opening statement from Maritime Administrator nominee Mark Buzby for today’s nomination hearing

July 26, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 11

In a few minutes, RADM Mark H. Buzby (USN Ret.) will deliver his opening statement for today’s nomination hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.  The […]

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This is why sea year is not close to 84% (or 81%) restored

July 14, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 6

In my post explaining (and then criticizing) how MARAD arrived at its calculation for the percentage restoration of sea year, part of my criticism analyzed […]

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Village of Kings Point offers SASH resource to midshipmen

July 10, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 1

George Banville, the Commissioner of the Village of Kings Point Police Department, is trying to get the word out to midshipmen at the Academy about […]

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Helis cannot solve USMMA’s SASH under-reporting problem . . .

July 9, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 14

Because he is the problem. It is critical that the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy have well-defined procedures for assisting victims of sexual assault/sexual harassment (“SASH”). […]

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The Campus is our World [updated]

July 8, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 17

Sea year on the Kings Pointer begins for the B-Splits In contrast with MARAD’s optimistic calculation of the restoration of sea year, a dozen or […]

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How MARAD is calculating the restoration of sea year

July 4, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 11

We aren’t close to full restoration. Over the last six weeks, I’ve had a productive dialogue with Owen Doherty, an Associate Administrator at MARAD regarding […]

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