Official Statement from the Department of Transportation regarding the evacuation of the US Merchant Marine Academy barracks on 8 January 2012. On Sunday evening a gas leak was discovered in [...]
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By Clay Maitland Every year, the cadets and faculty of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy hold a dinner, known as the Battle Standard. It commemorates the cadets who have lost [...]
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What is a Maritime Academy without a training ship? In June 1946 a German crew of volunteers boarded the tall ship Horst Wessel in Bremerhaven Germany sailing her to the [...]
gCaptain has just received the breaking news that the U.S. Department of Transportation will be shutting down the Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS). Sources tell us that representatives from [...]
One of the main stories last week was the apparent dismissal (for lack of a better word) of the Superintendent of the of the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings [...]
Department Of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today the appointment of Rear Admiral Philip H. Greene, Jr. to be the Department of Transportation Chair at the National Defense University. The [...]
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, N.Y., continues training and educating an increasing number of future professional mariners despite an aging infrastructure, lack of funding and other [...]
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