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WASHINGTON –Secretary Elaine L. Chao has sworn in Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, USN, Ret. as the Administrator of the Maritime Administration. Prior to his appointment, Admiral Buzby served as president of the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA), a global association of...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., August, 2 2017 – On Friday, the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Office of Admissions hosted its Admissions Open House for high school students.
CDR Mike Bedryk, Director of the Office of Admissions, began by introducing Rear Admiral James A....
KINGS POINT, N.Y., June 27, 2017 - Today, 279 plebe candidates arrived at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) and took their first steps toward a lifetime of leadership and service. After saying goodbye to their family members, the Class of 2021 was weighed, measured, given nametags,...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., June 1, 2017 – Last week was a very exciting one for the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA).
On Monday, May 22nd, the Academy observed National Maritime Day, marking the occasion with a lunchtime ceremony to honor USMMA’s Merchant Mariners. CAPT John...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., May 2, 2017 - Members of the public are invited to the third annual auto show to be held on the grounds of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, on Sunday, May 7, 2017.
The event to be hosted by the Regimental Auto Club will include many classic, historic and modified...
KINGS POINT, New York, March 27, 2017 – CAPT Mikel Stroud, Acting, Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), has announced that Lieutenant General Michael G. Dana, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, will be the speaker at the 2017 Battle...
SOUTH HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (Feb. 4, 2017) – For the second straight week, the same exact USMMA relay squad that set an Academy record last week set a new one in a different event this week at the St. Joseph's Winter Invitational. The team of freshman Alexa Vandermeer (Grove Heights, Minn.),...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 13, 2017 – On Monday February 6th, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) faculty and staff filled the Crabtree Room to attend a presentation and discussion on John C. Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership, facilitated by MIDN LCDR Matthew Miller, 1/C.
Miller...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 2, 2017 –Last Friday the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Department of Admissions welcomed Admissions Field Representatives for a day of training and interactive discussions regarding the USMMA admissions process. Field representatives, known as “field...
Sea Year training on board commercial ships will resume in March. Three companies have met the Maritime Administration’s criteria to train USMMA Midshipmen on their vessels. The companies are Crowley, Maersk and APL. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is also reviewing the packages of five...