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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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Norfolk-based Navy ships involved in minor wreck off coast of Florida
Stars and Stripes 06 Feb 2019
NORFOLK, Va ... Fleet Forces Command said ... Peary, a dry cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, were operating with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group off the southeastern coast when their sterns touched during the replenishment around 4 p.m ... ——— ... .......
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Two ships collide off the southeastern US coast, minor damage reported
Stars and Stripes 06 Feb 2019
WASHINGTON — Two ships collided off the southeastern coast of the U.S. on Tuesday evening during a training exercise, causing only minor damage to the ships and no injuries to personnel. The USS Leyte Gulf, a guided-missile cruiser, and the USNS Robert E ... Fleet Forces Command and Military Sealift Command, according to the statement ... Twitter....
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06 Feb 2019
BBVA Compass names Brian Fricke Chief Information Security Officer
The Record
06 Feb 2019
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb ... "Brian has deep experience in building information security initiatives across a multitude of organizations and military installations," said BBVA Compass Head of Engineering Jorge Ortiz ... He has also worked as the CISO at the Military Sealift Command in Washington, DC. Other experience includes stints at the U.S ... .......
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The US Army plans to get rid of the boats that take soldiers and tanks into battle - here's what it's giving up
The Times of India 31 Jan 2019
"The Army's ability to project military power influences adversaries' risk calculations," the Army G-4 document said, according to Defense News, which described it as "reflect the Army’s growing impatience with the Navy’s efforts to recapitalize its surge sealift ships."....
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The Army may say bon voyage to part of its seagoing fleet
Stars and Stripes 28 Jan 2019
Sealift shortage. The Army’s review of the boat units comes amid dire warnings about shortfalls in military sealift capabilities. Many of the transport vessels in the Navy’s Military Sealift Command — which are on average 40 years old — need replacement, a 2017 Government Accountability Office report found....
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Chinese companies have their eyes on what used to be the US Navy's biggest base in the Pacific
Business Insider 15 Jan 2019
US soldiers guide a UH-60 Black Hawk into Military Sealift Command’s general-purpose heavy-lift vessel MV Ocean Jazz at Subic Bay, Philippines, May 26, 2018 ... The US military is warning that China's fishing boats are bullies and could start a war on the high seas ... military ships....
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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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The US Navy is back in the Black Sea, and it's a message to Moscow
Business Insider 08 Jan 2019
25 in the Kerch Strait ... Kyle Raines ... US Navy/Mass Comm ... Lisa M ... Cmdr ... 27 ... The Military Sealift-operated expeditionary fast transport ship Carson City visited Constanta in August to drop off soldiers from the US Army's Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment and shuttle troops and equipment from the Romanian port to Poti, Georgia ... ....
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CACI Awarded Potential $125 Million Task Order to Support Integrated Business Systems for U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command
Public Technologies 07 Jan 2019
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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
According to Defense News, the US Navy has been warning the US Military Sealift Command that there are simply too few warships to adequately escort the slow transports, as the former will be too busy fighting at the front during a major conflict ... The US military requirement is for ......
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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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