Midshipman Jackson Tinkis, a graduate of Airline High School and native of Bossier City, marked a significant milestone on June 23, 2025, as he graduated from the prestigious U.S. Merchant Marine ...

The superintendent and deputy superintendent of the U S Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, stepped down ...

Created in 1938, the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps moved to the Merchant Marine Academy's current location in Kings Point, N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, in 1943.

Merchant marines salute each other as they walk to class at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, on Aug. 1, 2016. (Yana Paskova/The Washington Post via Getty Images) ...

Sailors from the Merchant Marine Academy salute during the national anthem before the Arizona Diamondbacks-New York Mets game at Citi Field on Aug. 23, 2017, in New York City.

One day after the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduated its class of 2025, the Department of Transportation announced that ...

The following is the June 17, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduation speech from Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. Thank you very much, John, for that kind introduction. Good morning ...

WASHINGTON – The US Merchant Marine Academy canceled its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Friday – two days after The Post broke the story of its ongoing denial of all exemption requests from ...

Months after the Pentagon lifted its COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the US Merchant Marine Academy has kept its requirement in place -- denying all requests from potential midshipmen for religious or ...

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy campus is “unworthy of the greatest country in the world,” but fixing it is now a priority, ...

May 15 (UPI) --A historic painting that formerly was displayed at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., will be on display once again. "We are moving Jesus out of the basement," U ...

(JTA) — A large painting of Jesus will be moved out of a room at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York, and mandatory events will not take place in its presence.