The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a United States service academy in Kings Point,New York. It trains its midshipmen to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine,branches of the United States Armed Forces and the transportation industry. Midshipmen are trained in different fields such as marine engineering,navigation,ship's administration,maritime law,personnel management,international law,customs,and many other subjects important to the task of running a large ship.
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy. Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all US military services as well as for other government agencies. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's ocean transport needs. The MSTS was renamed the Military Sealift Command in 1970.
The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation. MARAD administers financial programs to develop,promote,and operate the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Merchant Marine. In addition,it conducts research and development activities in the maritime field;regulates the transfer of U.S. documented vessels to foreign registries;maintains equipment,shipyard facilities,and reserve fleets of Government-owned ships essential for national defense.
Its programs promote the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system,and the viability of the U.S. merchant marine. The Maritime Administration works in many areas involving ships and shipping,shipbuilding,port operations,vessel operations,national security,environment,and safety. The Maritime Administration is also charged with maintaining the health of the merchant marine,since commercial mariners,vessels,and intermodal facilities are vital for supporting national security,and so the agency provides support and information for current mariners,extensive support for educating future mariners,and programs to educate America's young people about the vital role the maritime industry plays in the lives of all Americans.
Albert Joseph Herberger was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy,and the first United States Merchant Marine Academy graduate to attain the rank.
Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president of the United States appoints individuals to these positions,most with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They include members of the president's Cabinet,several top-ranking officials of each executive department,the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies,and several members of the Executive Office of the President.
Thomas J. Barrett is a former United States Coast Guard officer and former Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 2007 until 2009.
Mark Howard Buzby is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration. He retired from the Navy in 2013 and joined Carnival Cruise Line's Safety &Reliability Review Board. Buzby was nominated to be MARAD Administrator in June 2017 by President Donald Trump,and confirmed to the position by the United States Senate on August 3,2017. He resigned from the post on January 11,2021,along with Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao,to protest the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
USS Interpreter (AGR-14) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship,converted from a Liberty Ship,acquired by the US Navy in 1957. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Pacific Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line.
Sean Thomas Connaughton is an American attorney who was the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2010 until 2014. He served as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration,an agency of the United States Department of Transportation,from 2006 until early 2009. Connaughton served as Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors from January 1,2000 until his appointment as Maritime Administrator. He is also a lawyer,unsuccessful 2005 Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia,former United States Coast Guard officer,and a retired officer of the United States Naval Reserve. He was confirmed as Maritime Administrator by the Senate on August 3,2006.
John E. Jamian is an American businessman,former U.S. government official,and Michigan State Legislator. He served as deputy and later acting maritime administrator,the head of the U.S. Maritime Administration,an agency of the United States Department of Transportation,from 2003 until 2006. He was confirmed as deputy maritime administrator by the Senate on May 7,2003 and became acting maritime administrator February 12,2005. Prior to his service at the Maritime Administration,Jamian was elected to three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 to 1996. From 1997 to 2001 he served as executive director of the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority and from 2001 until his appointment as deputy director in 2003 as the executive director the Armenian Assembly of America. Between 2011 and 2015,Jamian resumed his role as executive director at the Port of Detroit. Since returning to private life in 2015,he has held the position of Chief Operations Officer for Troy,Michigan based AmeriCare Medical Inc. and continues to serve as the Armenian Assembly of America's State of Michigan Director.
David Peter Pekoske is an American government official and retired U.S. Coast Guard vice admiral who has served as the seventh administrator of the Transportation Security Administration in the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since 2017. He served as the acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security from April to November 2019 and again from January to June 2021. From January 20,2021 to February 2,2021 he served as acting secretary of homeland security,during the Senate confirmation of Alejandro Mayorkas. Pekoske retired with 33 years of active military service in 2010 as the 26th vice commandant of the Coast Guard.
Carol Ann DiBattiste is an American lawyer who served as United States Under Secretary of the Air Force from 1999 to 2001.
Harold Edson Shear was an admiral in the United States Navy.
Rear Adm. Jonathan Alex Yuen is a retired American admiral,who last served as the 47th Chief of Supply Corps and Commander of the Naval Supply Systems Command.
Kathryn Denise Rucker Krepp is an American lawyer,who formerly served as the Chief Counsel for U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) which operated under the United States Department of Transportation.
The United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) is an inter-agency committee authorized by the United States Coast Guard and the Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 to coordinate policies affecting the U.S. Marine Transportation System (MTS).
Rear Admiral Carl Joseph Seiberlich was a naval aviator in the United States Navy who commanded the aircraft carrier USS Hornet that picked up the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts after splashdown in the Pacific. He was the first man qualified to land airships,airplanes and helicopters on an aircraft carrier.
Robert Esteban Martinez is an American politician who served under governor George Allen as the 8th Virginia Secretary of Transportation. He also served as Deputy Administrator for the United States Maritime Administration and was named by President George H. W. Bush to Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation and Director of the Office of Intermodalism.
Nathan A. Moore is a United States Coast Guard vice admiral and commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area. He previously served as deputy commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area and as commander of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District.
Ann Claire Phillips is an American retired United States Navy rear admiral who is the current administrator of the United States Maritime Administration.
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