Merchant Marine Archives - Page 6 of 6

TRANSCOM, MARAD Want to Speed Up Purchase of Used Ships for Reserve Fleet

8 March 2019

National Defense Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay, Calif. in 2014. US Navy

Faced with skyrocketing costs to repair the U.S.’s aging fleet of reserve merchant ships, the heads of the U.S. Maritime Administration and U.S. Transportation Command officials are pushing a program to buy more used vessels to fix a mobility at-sea readiness gap.

“I want to accelerate the used [ship] buy… We’ve got to put some actual dollars to that,” Army Gen. Steve Lyons, the commander of Transportation Command, told the House...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/07/transcom-marad-want-speed-purchase-used-ships-reserve-fleet

Kearsarge ARG, 22nd MEU Enter U.S. 6th Fleet Area Of Operations

26 December 2018

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group steams in formation on Dec. 24, 2018. Navy photo.

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) spent Christmas in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, after rescuing a British merchant sailor shortly after leaving homeport.

More than 4,500 sailors and Marines in the Kearsarge ARG/22nd MEU departed Norfolk on December 17 for a routine deployment and crossed over to 6th Fleet on Christmas. The 6th Fleet area of...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/26/39871

Panel: Chinese Investments to Boost Trade Come as U.S. Commercial Shipping in Decline

2 October 2018

Chinese sailors watch a People’s LIberation Army Navy (PLAN) ship pull into Djibouti. Xinhua Photo

China, through its ongoing One Belt/One Road Initiative, is increasingly challenging the United States’ ability “to move freely in a business environment and across the oceans,” the retired vice admiral heading one of the nation’s top trade groups said Monday.

Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, retired Vice Adm. Andy Brown warned, “over time, our ability [to...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/02/panel-chinese-investments-to-boost-trade-come-as-u-s-commercial-shipping-in-decline

New video marks 75th anniversary of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

21 September 2018

Wiley Hall at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. USMMA photo.

A new video sponsored by alumni of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy commemorates the 75^th anniversary of the service academy, and memorializes midshipmen of the academy who have died in service to the nation.

The video is part of a summer campaign by the USMMA Alumni Association and Foundation to mark the anniversary of the King’s Point, N.Y., academy, and publicize the role it plays in national security and the U.S. economy.

“We really hope this anthemic video connects the dots for our fellow...

https://www.workboat.com/news/people-and-products/new-video-marks-75th-anniversary-of-u-s-merchant-marine-academy/

U.S. Surface Warfare Officers Will Now Use Logbooks to Record Time at Sea

14 September 2018

Photo of a sample page of the new Mariners Skills logbook for US Navy surface warfare officers. US Navy Photo

Surface warfare officers are borrowing a lesson from naval aviators and will now keep a logbook of their time underway throughout their career, according to a new Navy instruction obtained by USNI News.

Now, when new ensigns report to the Basic Division Officer Course they will now be issued a “Surface Warfare Mariner Skills Logbook” in which they will record everything from bridge time...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/14/u-s-surface-warfare-officers-will-now-use-logbooks-record-time-sea

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