Administration and Services

Nearly one-third of the Academy's staff serves in an administrative, service, or support role.  From the Office of Public Safety, to the Department of Maintenance and Repair, members of the non-academic staff are vital in ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of services.  This section provides general information on the different programs and resources that help.

To gain an appreciation of the unique character of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, consider the following "formula".  First, establish an undergraduate college, with its core academic and support needs.  Next, assign the supervision of that college to a modal agency of the federal Department of Transportation.  Then, add a military component through a regimental program and mandatory post-graduate service in transportation industry and the Armed Forces.  Finally, package all of that into three, eleven-month residential years and a fourth year at sea.

The result is a dynamic organizational environment that is part college, part military base, and part federal bureaucracy.  Meeting the needs of all three is both challenging and rewarding, and helps make the United States Merchant Marine Academy a great place to work and learn for midshipmen, faculty, and staff.