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Candidate Fitness Assessment Instructions

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The Candidate Fitness Assessment (CFA) is one of the requirements for admission to the United States Military, Air Force, Naval, and Merchant Marines academies.  The CFA is a test of strength, agility, speed and endurance.  It is used to predict a candidate’s...

Mariners' Chapel Wedding Regulations

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For couples that plan to have a wedding in the Mariners' Memorial Chapel, this document outlines the rules and regulations for use of the Chapel as well as a summary of expectations of parties involved in the planning and execution of the marriage ceremony. 

Health Insurance FAQs 2013

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This document is intended to answer the most frequenlty asked questions of the Parents, Guardians, Midshipmen, and Plebe Candidates of the United States Merchant Martine Academy in an effort to assist in understanding the new requirement for having a primary insurance plan...

USMMA Health Insurance Information Flyer

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United States Merchant Marine Academy is pleased to offer an Injury and Sickness Insurance Plan underwritten by UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of New York.  All full-time Undergraduate Midshipmen are required to purchase the plan, unless proof of comparable...

Director of Civil Rights

Civil Rights / Equal Employment Opportunity ​It is the policy of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the Maritime Administration and the Department of Transportation to provide equal opportunity for all of employees, former employees or applicants for employment. Everyone has the...

Babson Globe

About the Globe

At the foot of the main stairway in the Library stands the Henry Blake Babson Geophysical Globe. Custom-made for the Academy, the globe is the gift of the industrialist and yachtsman for whom it is named and symbolizes the mission of the Academy educating students for a...

Organization

The regiment is organized into two battalions and five companies. At the head of the Regiment is the RC, Regimental Commander. The RC is assisted by the RX, Regimental Executive Officer, and the rest of the Regimental Staff.  The Regimental Staff includes personnel responsible for key...

Varsity and Intramural Sports

The Academy seeks to promote midshipman growth as a “whole person” and is concerned with physical development and with nurturing character, leadership and intellect. Physical fitness and athletics are therefore an important part of midshipman life.

The varsity athletic program is...

Applications for the Class of 2030 open on 1 May 2025