Each graduate is required to provide their first Annual Compliance Report Form (MA-930) to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) between January 1^st and March 1^st following their graduation. Reports are required to be received at MARAD during the sixty day period between January 1^st and March 1^st following graduation and each year thereafter until all components of your service obligation has been completed.

In summary, your maritime service obligation requirements are as follows:

1. Report your compliance - between January 1^st and March 1^st each year submit your Annual Compliance Report Form (MA-930) to MARAD reporting the components of your service obligation; U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) graduates submit to the USMMA and State Maritime Academy (SMA) graduates submit to MARAD.




2. Employment - serve in the foreign and domestic commerce and the national defense of the United States for at least five (5) years following graduation, if a graduate of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) as:

   (A) a merchant marine officer in the U.S. flag fleet; or

   (B) a commissioned officer on active duty in the armed forces or NOAA Corps; or

   (C) with the Federal government in a maritime-related position that serves the national security interests; or

   (D) ashore, in a U.S. maritime related industry, profession or marine science, if a determination has been made that no afloat positions are available; and




3. License - maintain the U.S. Coast Guard Unlimited license as an officer in the merchant marine of the United States, including as a minimum all endorsements held at graduation, for six (6) years following graduation; and




4. Reserve Commission - apply for and accept, if tendered, an appointment as a commissioned officer in the reserves of the armed forces of the United States and maintain that commission for at least six (6) years after graduation ^[1] .