Sea Year Stand Down

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

[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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

(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 Department of Transportation has finally deigned to “answer” the 14 questions submitted by the Chairman of Academy’s Congressional Board of Visitors and 12 other […]

This is excellent news.  President Obama announced yesterday that he had appointed Susan Hayman, KP ’80, to the Congressional Board of Visitors.  You can read […]

This was submitted as a comment to the Open Letter from a Midshipman.  I think it is important enough that it merits being given its […]

The following email was sent to midshipmen today: Midshipmen, faculty and staff:   As I announced to the Regiment earlier this afternoon, our Commandant, CAPT […]