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Fingers sweeping for dust. Eyes peering into drawers and closets. Plebes trembling at attention. These were common themes at last Saturday’s U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Command Inspection, in which members of the Regimental staff and guests examined more than 600...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., - August 18, 2015. The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point held its first blood drive of 2014 yesterday, breaking the Academy’s previous donation record by 100 units.
USMMA, in partnership with Long Island Blood Services, hosts three blood drives...
Friends, colleagues and midshipmen of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point held a memorial service yesterday, remembering and honoring CAPT Elwood Charles Baumgart, USMS, Professor in the Department of Engineering, who died on July 31. He was remembered not only as a...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., August 14, 2015 – Three U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Cadets are sailing on the Navy's first Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) variant of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP).
As part of their Sea Year, Deck Cadet Leighton-Joshua Flores, Engine Cadet Patricia Ormond...
KINGS POINT, N.Y., August 14, 2015 – On Wednesday, during a lunchtime ceremony Academic Dean, Dr. Shashi N. Kumar, Deputy Superintendent, Rear Adm. Sue Dunlap, USMS, and Director of the Academic Center for Excellence, Lt. Cmdr Paul D. Acquaro, USMS, were joined by United States Merchant...