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    Graduation date change 2014

    Kinda Sad at Lack of Respect for a Baccalaureate I think receiving one's baccalaureate degree should be treated with some solemnity. Receiving a military officer's commission and one's Third Assistant Engineer or Third Mate's license (or for USMMA dual majors, both), with the grave...
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    USMMAAA Eviction

    Your stand seems to be based in your perception of what is moral, fraternal and right. Most other KPers posting to online fora have the same stand. I can appreciate sticking up for one's morals and what one thinks is a gallant cause. But I think DOT/MARAD/USMMA leaders stuck up for the law, the...
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    USMMAAA Eviction

    Hey Jasper, I am an alum of USMMA. I do read the USMMA AAF Facebook and dotcom sites, including the financial statements. I know many alumni and a number of parents of mids are dismayed about the DOT/MARAD/USMMA eviction of the AAF. My sense is that most alum have only read the AAF's side...
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    USMMAAA Eviction

    "Non-profit" means the corporation does not profit. Those who work for the corporation do. In the case of the AAF, the non-board executives (e.g. the President) and several staff of the AAF are paid nicely from the AAF's budget, to the tune of over $500,000 a year. The AAF also has a sizable...
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    USMMAAA Eviction

    I Support the Superintendent, MARAD & DOT and so the Mishipmen I agree with Rideon400. The two letters linked below, from the USMMA/MARAD/DOT, clarify a great deal. Per the November letter, the Alumni Association and Foundation (AAF) was profiting from using the Academy name on merchandise...
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