<p>And the graduates from the Academy that trains people to move material by air are required to serve for five years.</p>
<p>I don’t think the complaint coming from people is about teh quality of the graduates or, even, whether the USMMA should exist.
The complaint is about whether USMMA graduates should be required to serve in the active duty military in a way that other service academy graduates serve.</p>
<p>So . . .the question is:</p>
<p>Do you believe that USMMA graduates should be required to serve–any branch–in an active-duty capacity for five years after graduation?</p>
<p>In order to address the issue of maintaining “operational readiness” for merchant purposes, perhaps they could REQUIRED [note your comment that the civilian mariner aboard a MSC is “probably” a Kings Point mariner] tos erve on supply ships or in shipping [logistics] capacities w/in the air force, army, etc.</p>
<p>This would seem to be a fair exchange for a taxapayer funded education. Otherwise, go to a private maritime school.</p>