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The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine , branches of the United States Armed Forces , and the transportation industry.
The United States Merchant Marine Academy's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Mariners and they compete in the Division III of the NCAA, generally as once a charter member of the Landmark Conference. [1] In 2016, they returned to the Skyline Conference in all sports. Men's sports include baseball, football, basketball, cross country ...
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1845; The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in New London, Connecticut, founded in 1876; The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, founded in 1943; The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, founded ...
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s next superintendent will be the first woman appointed to the position in the institution’s nearly 80-year history, the U.S. Transportation Department ...
Joseph D. Stewart, also known as "Joey D," (July 9, 1942 – April 30, 2019) was a United States Marine Corps major general, who after his retirement from the Marine Corps, was appointed as superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) on August 1, 1998.
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
At viewer's far left, Rear Admiral Thomas A. King, 6th Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, at awards ceremony. Thomas A. King (1921 – April 5, 2012), Rear Admiral (United States), was the first graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York (1942) to become its Superintendent [1] He was the 6th Superintendent of the USMMA ...
A dedicated supporter of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) and the Alumni Association and Foundation (AAF), he exemplifies leadership and commitment to maritime excellence. In 2022, VADM Buono received the prestigious Kings Pointer of the Year Award, honoring his outstanding contributions to the Academy and the maritime industry.