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The Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) is a United States Coast Guard school located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Charleston, South Carolina. It was created from the relocation and merger of the former Law Enforcement School at Yorktown, Virginia, and the former Boarding Team Member School at Petaluma ...
The Maritime Enforcement Specialist (ME) rating is the uniformed law enforcement specialist of the United States Coast Guard. Responsible for law enforcement and force protection, these personnel are trained in traditional maritime law enforcement, anti-terrorism, force protection, port security and safety, and unit-level training. [1]
In 1942 the U.S. Navy housed their Mine Warfare Training School on the land. The U.S. Coast Guard took possession of the school in 1957 and established the Reserve Training Center or RTC. The purpose of the RTC was to become the home of Coast Guard Officer Candidate School RTC was moved to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT in 1998 ...
Turkmenbashi Maritime Secondary Vocational School [83] Turkmenabat River Secondary Special School [84] Sri Lanka: Colombo: Mahapola Training Institute: Overseen by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority: Ocean University of Sri Lanka: Diyagama: Institute of Technology, University of Moratuwa: Kandy: Rainbow World Maritime Training Center: Katunayake
Between 1874 and 1936, diverse federal legislation supported maritime training through school ships, internships at sea, and other methods. A disastrous fire in 1934 aboard the passenger ship SS Morro Castle, in which 134 people died, convinced the U.S. Congress that direct federal involvement in efficient and standardized training was needed.
In 1979, the governments of Jamaica and Norway formed a joint committee to examine the feasibility of opening a merchant marine training school in Jamaica. [1] In an agreement signed on 2 May 1980, the Norwegian government granted 9 million Norwegian krone (3.1 million Jamaican dollars) for the development of the maritime sector, specifically for maritime training.
Pages in category "Maritime law enforcement agencies of the United States" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Maritime law enforcement agencies enforce the law at sea and on waterways. For the purpose of this category, agencies are includes only if they have broad responsibility for enforcing the criminal law in a maritime context: an agency that is solely responsible for protecting a border would be under Category:Border guards, and one that solely enforces shipping regulations or provides SAR ...