Military Sealift Command

The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is a United States Navy organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. The United States Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all US military services as well as for other government agencies. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's ocean transport needs. The MSTS was renamed the Military Sealift Command in 1970.

Military Sealift Command ships are made up of a core fleet of ships owned by the United States Navy and others under long-term-charter augmented by short-term or voyage-chartered ships. The Navy-owned ships carry blue and gold stack colors, are in service with the prefix USNS (United States Naval Ship), rather than in commission (a USS prefix), have hull numbers as an equivalent commissioned ship would have with the prefix T- and are civilian manned by either civil service mariners or contract crews (see United States Merchant Marine) as is the case of the special mission ships. Ships on charter or equivalent, retain commercial colors and bear the normal merchant MV, SS, or GTS without hull numbers.

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China can’t afford to attack an American aircraft carrier

Hot Air 14 Jan 2019

Some other experts in military affairs have begun weighing in on the subject ... A special task force on survivable logistics evaluated the military’s current airlift, sealift, and prepositioned equipment and supplies and found major problems with supporting forces during a “high-end” conflict....

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Defending Jones Act is path to disaster

The Hill 10 Jan 2019

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CACI Awarded Potential $125 Million Task Order to Support Integrated Business Systems for U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command

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U.S. Navy Awards EM Key Solutions the Seaport Next Generation Multiple Award ID/IQ Contract

Market Watch 04 Jan 2019

TIERRA VERDE, Fla., Jan ... Through this contract, EMKS will compete for individual task orders supporting Naval Sea Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, the Office of Naval Research, and the U.S. Marine Corps ... Mr ... Related Links ... All rights reserved ....

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Here's why the US's first challenge in a conflict with Russia or China will be just getting to the fight

Business Insider 20 Dec 2018

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New Chief Operations Officer for Genco Shipping

Dry Bulk 19 Dec 2018

Reporting to the CEO, John C ... Since 1997, Captain Hughes has also held a variety of active and reservist US naval positions in Asia, East Africa, Europe and the Middle East, currently serving as a Commanding Officer at Military Sealift Command in the US Navy Reserve. Commenting on the appointment, Wobensmith said ... Read the article online at ... ....

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Navy Awards General Dynamics SeaPort NxG Contract

The Record 17 Dec 2018

FAIRFAX, Va., Dec ... Through this contract, GDIT will compete for individual task orders supporting Naval Sea Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, the Office of Naval Research, and the U.S. Marine Corps ... .......

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Pearl Harbor Memorial dedicated in Smyrna

The Beacon 08 Dec 2018

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Migrant deaths highlight African ills that US-led coalition aims to tackle

Stars and Stripes 03 Dec 2018

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Britain boosts Bahrain presence, aiding US mission in the Persian Gulf

Stars and Stripes 03 Dec 2018

MANAMA, Bahrain — British sailors are working side-by-side with the U.S ... ally boosts its global military presence ... Guy Wadge told Stars and Stripes ... Maritime Component Command, the Brits new pierside facility berths include four mine countermeasure vessels and a support auxiliary ship similar to a Military Sealift Command replenishment ship ... military....

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China voices unease at U.S. ships in strait

Arkansas Online 30 Nov 2018

Monday's passage involved the guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale and the USNS Pecos, an oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command and used for refueling ... The 100 mile-wide waterway is split down the middle between Taiwan and China, but there is no international law restricting civilian or military shipping from passing through it....

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Whatever happened to the Navy midshipman who gave President Bush a bear hug? Discipline. Then redemption.

Capital Gazette 23 Nov 2018

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