Certifying More Mariners To Serve in Sealift Surge A ‘Top Priority’

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The Maritime Administration is working with the Coast Guard to certify sea service veterans as credentialed merchant mariners, in an attempt to address a personnel shortfall that MARAD Administrator Paul Jaenichen called a “top priority,” reports USNI News.

“Military to mariner” program

This “military to mariner” program is a Coast Guard certification program that takes Coast Guard, Navy and Military Sealift Command veterans with watch standing experience and...

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