Help to the international student

Bossf51
Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:46:33 +0000

Federal academies(maritime):US Coast Guard Academy; US Merchant Marine Academy; US Naval Academy; (US Military Academy; US Air Force Academy-non maritime).

The other maritime academies are state. The difference is the federal academies are funded and regulated by the federal government while the others are state-funded for the most part. The federal academies, other than the Coast Guard, require an appointment, usually by a congressman or senator.

You can get a job on a ship after graduating from a state academy. They all lead to a license. You can also get a commission to the services if you are an ROTC student.

The key for you is to find out if Turkey has an agreement with the US allowing its citizens to attend an academy. Since Turkey is part of NATO I can’t see why not.