U.S. Transportation Secretary Wants to Rebuild USMMA

U.S. Transportation Secretary Wants to Rebuild USMMA

In a visit to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledged to help find the resources needed to resto...

Graves opens 2025 service academy nominations for North Missouri

Congressman Sam Graves of Missouri’s 6th Congressional District announced that his office is accepting applications from students in North Missouri who are interested in receiving a nomination to attend one of the nation’s four service academies: the Air Force Academy, the Merchant Marine Academy, the Military Academy, or the Naval Academy. Graves stated that nominating […] The post Graves opens 2025 service academy nominations for North Missour…

U.S. Transportation Secretary Wants to Rebuild USMMA - The Maritime Executive - WiredFocus

In a visit to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledged to help find the resources needed to restore the institution’s infrastructure – an investment that DOT has not prioritized before.  “You don’t deserve to have an academy that’s dilapidated,” Duffy told midshipmen in an energetic speech. “The problem is, you guys haven’t had the focus of a secretary to say, ‘we’re going to turn this around.'…