People are, by and large, ignorant of the existence of the USMMA (United States Merchant Marine Academy) located in Kings Point on Long Island. It is a service academy that educate/trains people for positions as merchant marine officers (and you can also get a naval commision through there). It is, I think, even smaller than the USCG Aca…
People are, by and large, ignorant of the existence of the USMMA (United States Merchant Marine Academy) located in Kings Point on Long Island. It is a service academy that educate/trains people for positions as merchant marine officers (and you can also get a naval commision through there). It is, I think, even smaller than the USCG Academy.
I tried to get into the service academies (would have accepted any one) but did not have the political connections to get the congressional appointment. I was offered a spot at the USMMA (probably because few people apply for it because few know it exists) but did not take it. Still not sure if that was a mistake or not. Did not really see myself as a mate on a merchant ship.
One of my civilian supervisors at KAPL was a grad.
USMMA kindly referred to us over at SUNY Maritime on the other side of the Long Island Sound as "the bridge trolls" haha. At the end of the day, we had more freedom on/off campus and would leave college with the exact same credentials/commissions if we wanted to. We'd commission some 150+ "strategic sealift officers" (as they're now known) each year back in '13. Not sure what the numbers are now.
People are, by and large, ignorant of the existence of the USMMA (United States Merchant Marine Academy) located in Kings Point on Long Island. It is a service academy that educate/trains people for positions as merchant marine officers (and you can also get a naval commision through there). It is, I think, even smaller than the USCG Academy.
I tried to get into the service academies (would have accepted any one) but did not have the political connections to get the congressional appointment. I was offered a spot at the USMMA (probably because few people apply for it because few know it exists) but did not take it. Still not sure if that was a mistake or not. Did not really see myself as a mate on a merchant ship.
One of my civilian supervisors at KAPL was a grad.
USMMA kindly referred to us over at SUNY Maritime on the other side of the Long Island Sound as "the bridge trolls" haha. At the end of the day, we had more freedom on/off campus and would leave college with the exact same credentials/commissions if we wanted to. We'd commission some 150+ "strategic sealift officers" (as they're now known) each year back in '13. Not sure what the numbers are now.
More info here: https://www.netc.navy.mil/Commands/Naval-Service-Training-Command/NROTC/SSMP/
That must have come in since I was involved, I don't remember it working that way at that time (1979).
The times they are a changin'