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The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
Ann Phillips, a retired Navy rear admiral who heads the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, told a Congressional committee last year that the mariner shortage was exacerbated ...
The Strategic Sealift Officer Program, previously known as the Merchant Marine Reserve and founded in 1913 as the Naval Auxiliary Reserve, consists of members of the United States Merchant Marine who are also members of the United States Navy. Officers in the Merchant Marine Reserve are entitled to wear the Strategic Sealift Officer Warfare ...
When the United States Maritime Commission was abolished on May 24, 1950, its functions were split between the Federal Maritime Board which was responsible for regulating shipping and awarding subsidies for construction and operation of merchant vessels, and Maritime Administration, which was responsible for administering subsidy programs, maintaining the national defense reserve merchant ...
Upon successful completion of the 13-week course the candidates are commissioned as active duty Ensigns in the United States Navy. The new officers then join their predetermined designator communities and are eligible for orders to the fleet or follow-on training.
Last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, the Navy, Army and Air Force all failed to meet their recruitment goals, while the Marine Corps and the tiny Space Force met their targets.
A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.On merchant vessels, seafarers of various ranks and sometimes members of maritime trade unions are required by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) [1] to carry Merchant Mariner's Documents.
A second mate (2nd mate) or second officer (2/O) is a licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship holding a Second Mates Certificate of Competence, [1] by an authorised governing state of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).