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 […]
Month: May 2022
Why would MARAD put KP midshipmen on ships that are not accountable to it?
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 […]
[UPDATED] MARAD’s efforts to control its oversight board, the Academy’s Board of Visitors: Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 4
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 […]
[Updated 11-13-2024] Melogy has a credibility problem.
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 […]
Deputy Superintendent Dunlap found to have discriminated and retaliated against Academy’s SASH Program Manager
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 […]