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USMMA received 1,700 applications this year, but only accepted 280 appointees. Despite the odds, two friends from the Coast will be attending together.
The superintendent and deputy superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, stepped down Tuesday.
At The Basic School, freshly commissioned second lieutenants undergo six months of intense training designed to prepare them for the complexities of leading Marines. This segment walks through the ...
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates lived for years in a "neglected" Kings Point campus that has fallen into deep disrepair, with students often struggling with a lack of hot water or dorms ...
HAMPTON — A former police officer with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission is suing three of the agency’s leaders, alleging retaliation for reporting internal surveillance on fellow officers.
The remaining graduates will serve as Navy reservists in the Strategic Sealift Officer Program while working as United States Coast Guard-Licensed Mariners aboard deep-sea vessels, offshore supply ...
Sailor, a golden retriever, will be chief dog officer aboard the upcoming Star of the Seas, following Rover on Icon of the Seas. The dogs have become social media sensations.
Long Island representatives are calling for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s modernization plan to be a focal point of the national maritime strategy.
Twelve members of Princeton’s Class of 2025 became commissioned officers in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force on May 27 during a ceremony led by Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, a Class of ...
Marine Corps vet who smuggled coke on plane that landed on freeway is sentenced A police officer saw Troy Smith unzip a backpack and toss a package into the bushes near a guardrail on the highway ...