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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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Rare Boat-to-Boat Transfer Executed On High Seas By U.S. Naval Ship ‘Invincible’
Space Coast Daily 10 Mar 2019
made transfer from U.S. Coast Guard rescue boat. A rare sight was seen by crew members of the USNS Invincible recently when the ship’s mission commander transferred to the ship while it was out to sea. (AFTAC image) ... Capt. Paul A ... Col ... Coast Guard rescue boat to the Military Sealift Command vessel ... Capt. Paul A ... (U.S. Coast Guard image) ... Karsten out to sea.” ... ....
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‘Rotting’ ships and aging tankers could compromise the military’s ability to get to the fight, ...
Stars and Stripes 08 Mar 2019
Sealift, airlift and the amount of prepositioned military equipment overseas are all “ plagued by readiness issues and shortages that must be addressed in order for the United States to defeat a strategic competitor,” said the task force’s report, called Survivable Logistics....
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USNS Brunswick, USNS Fall River depart Guam to help Pacific nations prepare for disasters
Stars and Stripes 07 Mar 2019
Cmdr ... Past Pacific Partnership missions, which have lasted up to 150 days, brought together military medical professionals from several nations to work together and provide health care in Pacific countries ... The Brunswick and Fall River, both part of Military Sealift Command, allow relief planners to conduct operations from small or damaged ports ... .......
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President Trump Takes Bold Step to Transition Veterans into US Merchant Marine
The White House 04 Mar 2019
The civilian men and women of the United States Merchant Marine who pilot sealift vessels represent a mission-critical component of United States military readiness ... branch of the United States military....
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None of the people who oversee the federal laws that govern truck drivers were ever truck drivers themselves
Business Insider 27 Feb 2019
... "It truly defies safety ... Wood has been a truck driver since 2007 ... ... Mica for 23 years ... He was also a command pilot in the US Air Force and US Air Force Reserve with 6,000 hours of civilian and military flight time ... He graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in 1979 and was the commander of the Navy's Military Sealift Command from 2009 to 2013 ... ....
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Military Sealift Command Introduces New Official Seal
Public Technologies 26 Feb 2019
Dee Mewbourne, commander, Military Sealift Command (MSC), introduced the command's new official seal during an all-hands call held on board Naval Station Norfolk, Feb ... our official Military Sealift Command Seal,' he said ... As of February 25, 2019, Military Sealift Command's new official seal replaces all previous command seals and logos....
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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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