| I worked for MSC in the early 90's as an Ordinary Seamen (OS) Watch, Helsman, and Deck Worker. It was harder getting into this, than joining the Navy.
The pay was Allot Better, and so was the food and accommodations, with allot less B.S.. You actually have the same status as an Officer in the Navy. I spent most of my time in the Mediterranean Sea, be-bopping around Spain and Italy. We then crossed the Atlantic and headed south to Panama. I was working 7 days a week so I had very little time to go out site seeing, and I didn't have a camera, that's why there's only post cards on these page's. Military Sealift Command operates 122 non-combatant, civilian-crewed ships around the world each day. The mission of MSC is to provide ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war for as long as operational requirements dictate. During a war, more than 95 percent of all the equipment and supplies needed to sustain the U.S. military are carried by sea. As one of three component commands, MSC provides the sea transportation to support the mission of the United States Transportation Command: To provide air, land, and sea transportation for the DOD, both in time of peace and time of war. Numerous international crises in the 1990s have underscored the vital role of Military Sealift Command as a major contributor in the execution of our national strategy. The command operates ships for U.S. Navy fleet support; provides special ocean missions support to U.S. government agencies; prepositions U.S. military supplies and equipment at sea; and provides ocean transportation of defense cargo in both peacetime and war. |
