Sea Year Stand Down

There have been rumors that the Academy was supposed to get probation but that someone  persuaded MSCHE to give the Academy only a warning, instead. […]

Here’s a link to a letter from four New Jersey Congressmen weighing in on the sea year stand down cancellation. I particularly like this: “[T]he […]

I posted the transcript of the meeting between Superintendent Helis, Deputy Administrator Rodriguez and the National Parents Association here.  My classmate, Mark Bonatucci, has posted […]

This is a link to the transcript of the meeting that Superintendent Helis and Deputy Administrator Rodriguez held with the National Parents Association on September […]

H/t to the Facebook page, “KPBack2Sea” for this news.  AMO, MEBA, MMP and SIU have signed a joint letter to Secretary Foxx calling the DOT-MARAD […]

Another title for this post might be, “What happened between May 20, 2016 and June 16, 2016?” In early August, I pointed out (here) that […]

Some parents have asked for a copy of the Service Obligation Agreement and apparently are having trouble getting it from the school.  You asked, we […]

Here’s the Inspector General’s 2014 report on SASH at KP. Here’s the Inspector General’s August 2016 follow up. Look at the progress — or lack […]

I’ve heard from some parents about how frustrated the midshipmen are. They are effectively under a gag order from the administration; they are afraid to […]

Joseph Keefe over at MaritimeProfessional.com has been digging into the SASH numbers.  Read the whole thing — it’s very well written but I want to […]

This is important.  Congressman Peter King is the chairman of the Congressional Board of Visitors for Kings Point.  He issued the following statement on his […]

I created that confidential tip webpage and then ran off to Europe for three weeks and didn’t realize that it wasn’t quite working properly — […]

So when the whole sea year “stand down”  cancellation was announced, we were assured by the administration that graduation dates would not be affected.  To […]

Spoiler alert: Absolutely nothing. Here’s a link to Admiral Helis’ testimony in Congress in March 2016, only three months before the sea year stand down. […]

I’m glad to see the UMMAAAF getting the message out. They are taking a neutral position, but getting the word out to read the actual […]

One of her points: “MARAD’s decision relating to the environment at sea is not supported by validated data in published reports. MARAD and its Advisory […]

I earnestly believe that the leadership of MARAD and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy should be required to adhere to the same Honor Code requirements […]

On June 16, 2016, with no advance notice, MARAD unilaterally announced that it was suspending sea year at Kings Point. Thirty-three midshipmen who were to […]