USMMA received 1,700 applications this year, but only accepted 280 appointees. Despite the odds, two friends from the Coast ...

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 ...

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates lived for years in a "neglected" Kings Point campus that has fallen into deep ...

“Numerous reports have been issued since 2010 documenting poor and deteriorating conditions on the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s campus,” the report summarized, including facilities with ...

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.

Brooks Ilgenfritz (right) and Henry Nunmaker (left) leave for the United States Merchant Marine Academy on July 3. There, they will receive rigorous academic, professional and physical maritime ...

USMMA leaders Vice Admiral Nunan and Rear Admiral Wulf announced their departure after overseeing key developments.

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) ...

United States Merchant Marine Academy Majors. Ten Most Popular Majors for 2023 Graduates. Transportation and Materials Moving, Other. 42%. Engineering, Other. 25%. Systems Engineering. 14%.

Senator Ted Cruz sent a letter to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy superintendent demanding answers regrading the sexual assault prevention director's series of racially-charged tweets.