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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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