MARAD enters new era of transparency!
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 […]
Articles by Andy Simpson, KP '82
MARAD doesn’t want you to read KPS.
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 […]
Chao: Kings Point will be “the first thing I take up at MARAD” if confirmed.
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 […]
Words fail me. CDR Stroud needs to apologize.
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 […]
Reaction to Friday’s meeting from a 1/C midshipman
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 […]
Audio of Friday’s all-hands meeting
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 […]
Quick reaction to all of the news that broke yesterday
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 […]
LMI report timing: Looks like a clear effort to tie Secretary Chao’s hands
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 […]
BREAKING: LMI Report to be released later this week
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 […]
Fiddling while KP burns: The deadline for meeting the requirements to maintain accreditation is 56 days away
[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 […]
False Advertising (updated)
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 […]
Rumor mill: Michael Rodriguez to Texas Maritime?
The rumor mill says that Deputy Maritime Administrator Michael Rodriguez, KP ’79, will be the next superintendent of Texas Maritime. Having done Chip Jaenichen’s bidding […]
I haven’t stopped blogging; just really busy
I haven’t been blogging lately only because it’s been a very busy three weeks. I’ve logged over 10,000 airline miles, had numerous court appearances, am […]
It is Academy leadership, not its stakeholders, that is standing in the way of solving the problems at USMMA
A recent editorial in a local New York newspaper (I’m deliberately not providing a link; driving traffic to it will merely raise its visibility in […]
Helis lied. Sea Year died.
Looks like my $100,000 bet is officially safe. It should have been an easy bet to win. After all, the leader of an institution that […]
The recent SA/SH survey given at USMMA is invalid because the Academy administered it improperly
Two weeks ago, the Academy administered the 2015-16 Defense Manpower Data Center (“DMDC”) Sexual Assault and Gender Relations (“SAGR”) survey to the B-Split midshipmen who […]
If it looks like a coverup, walks like a coverup, . . .
Prosecutors love a coverup attempt because proof of the attempted coverup can be evidence of guilt of the underlying crime. For example, why would someone […]
Finally, the actual DMDC SAGR Survey results are made public
The actual results from the Defense Manpower Data Center (“DMDC”) Sexual Assault and Gender Relations (“SAGR”) Survey for 2013-14 have finally been released. They are […]
So much news, so little time.
The MARAD scandal involving USMMA is so target-rich that it’s getting hard for a volunteer news blog to keep up. This post is just to […]
The Inspector General is on the LMI case — here’s how you can help
We have received information via the confidential tip page that the DOT Inspector General has opened an investigation into the suspicious nature of the award […]
LMI and the Conflict of Interest Clause
Multiple sources confirm that LMI’s Marlise Streitmatter is actively involved in the culture study of USMMA commissioned by DOT. In our post “The LMI Scandal […]
Breaking: DMDC SAGR survey administered this morning to B-Splits
This morning at 0630 EST, B-Splits were mustered to take the Defense Manpower Data Center (“DMDC”) Sexual Assault and Gender Relations (“SAGR”) survey as part […]
Breaking: The LMI Scandal Unfolds
MARAD-directed USMMA Culture Study contaminated by conflict of interest (This new post fits in with the series we have been running on MARAD’s behind-the-scenes manipulation […]
Mystery Answered: Creating a crisis to justify new training ships
Second in a three four part series. Part 4 ties it all together and shows how USMMA midshipmen and sea year are casualties in MARAD’s […]
A Legislative Mystery: Why was legislation to help SUNY Maritime avoid its imminent training ship crisis scuttled in a Senate bill?
SUNY Maritime is facing a crisis. Its training vessel, the EMPIRE STATE VI will be decommissioned in 2019. Moreover, MARAD, which owns the vessel, has […]
Analysis of legal cases describing SA/SH on commercial ships
I thought it would be an interesting exercise to look at the cases in a database of legal decisions to get an idea as to […]
Why sea year is so important — from the USMMA Admissions Office
Some members of the Board of Visitors coming to the Academy on November 14 may not be as familiar with sea year as others. So, […]
Another excellent editorial by Ivy Barton Suter
(Ms. Suter’s editorial was published a week ago, but I didn’t have time to post it until now.) Ivy Barton Suter was in the first […]
The SA/SH statistics for USMMA are not comparable to the statistics for the other federal academies.
The administration has repeatedly made the claim that Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment rates at USMMA are worse than they are at the other federal academies. For […]
Another compelling reason for releasing the actual DMDC SAGR reports
We have repeatedly made the point (e.g., here and here) that the administration should release the actual Sexual Assault and Gender Relations (“SAGR”) survey reports […]