Holy Crap! USMMA!

Kaleun Volk · 02-12-09, 10:44 PM

I was offered, and just accepted an appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy

!!!
I thought I was in the chips with the NROTC scholarship, but this takes the cake!

King's Point, I'm a comming your way...

Neptunus Rex · 02-12-09, 10:46 PM

Congrats and Good Luck!

Remember this while there...

A collision at sea can ruin your whole day!

Congrats again.

Zachstar · 02-12-09, 11:11 PM

Wow!

You know I have been hearing more about this merchant navy. Is it seriously difficult to get in?

August · 02-12-09, 11:14 PM

Making your fondness for a subsim a tad ironic.

Seriously Congratulations Cadet!

Weiss Pinguin · 02-12-09, 11:34 PM

Congrats

Ship 'em all!

A Very Super Market · 02-12-09, 11:40 PM

Never quite understood the dynamics of the merchant marine. You know better than I, obviously, so good luck!

Etienne · 02-13-09, 03:27 AM

'Grats, Volks, and good luck. Have you decided how you're going to specialize? Navigation, engineering, shoreside?

There's a pretty good shortage of licensed personnel worldwide, so don't let yourself be depressed by the economy.

Kaleun Volk · 02-13-09, 05:58 PM

I believe that I will seek either a Marine Transportation, or a Logistics Degree, although the school only offers a few degree programs (Marine Transportation, Maritime Operations and Technology, Logistics and Intermodal Transportation, Marine Engineering, Marine Engineering Systems, Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management)

"Between 1874 and 1936, diverse Federal legislation supported maritime training through schoolships, internships at sea and other methods. A disastrous fire in 1934 aboard the passenger ship MORRO CASTLE, in which 134 lives were lost, convinced the U.S. Congress that direct Federal involvement in efficient and standardized training was needed."

This off of the academy website. And yes, it will be a little ironic that I frequent subsim (although, that whole "know your enemy thing"...

).

They commision into all 5 branches of service, so I am not limited to civillian merchant shipping. So if it "floats my boat" at the end of school, 'Dolphins' could be a very real deal,
Thanks
-Volk

02-12-09, 10:44 PM	#1
Kaleun Volk A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 72 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Holy Crap! USMMA! I was offered, and just accepted an appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy !!! I thought I was in the chips with the NROTC scholarship, but this takes the cake! King's Point, I'm a comming your way...

02-12-09, 10:46 PM	#2
Neptunus Rex Frogman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 294 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats and Good Luck! Remember this while there... A collision at sea can ruin your whole day! Congrats again. __________________ Neptunus Rex sends "In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president." A.C. 11-5-08

02-12-09, 11:11 PM	#3
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Wow! You know I have been hearing more about this merchant navy. Is it seriously difficult to get in? __________________

02-12-09, 11:14 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,206 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Making your fondness for a subsim a tad ironic. Seriously Congratulations Cadet! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-12-09, 11:34 PM	#5
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Congrats Ship 'em all! __________________

02-12-09, 11:40 PM	#6
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Never quite understood the dynamics of the merchant marine. You know better than I, obviously, so good luck! __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

02-13-09, 03:27 AM	#7
Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	'Grats, Volks, and good luck. Have you decided how you're going to specialize? Navigation, engineering, shoreside? There's a pretty good shortage of licensed personnel worldwide, so don't let yourself be depressed by the economy.

02-13-09, 05:58 PM	#8
Kaleun Volk A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 72 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I believe that I will seek either a Marine Transportation, or a Logistics Degree, although the school only offers a few degree programs (Marine Transportation, Maritime Operations and Technology, Logistics and Intermodal Transportation, Marine Engineering, Marine Engineering Systems, Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management) "Between 1874 and 1936, diverse Federal legislation supported maritime training through schoolships, internships at sea and other methods. A disastrous fire in 1934 aboard the passenger ship MORRO CASTLE, in which 134 lives were lost, convinced the U.S. Congress that direct Federal involvement in efficient and standardized training was needed." This off of the academy website. And yes, it will be a little ironic that I frequent subsim (although, that whole "know your enemy thing"... ). They commision into all 5 branches of service, so I am not limited to civillian merchant shipping. So if it "floats my boat" at the end of school, 'Dolphins' could be a very real deal, Thanks -Volk