Maritime Careers - Military Sealift Command

[piratej924]

I am waiting for my application to come in the mail! I can't wait! I hope there is no complications while applying because I have been waiting to do this for a while now! I have been dieting, eating right, exercising, and making sure I am 100% healthy! I am so used to applying for jobs and never hearing from the company and am afraid I will be denied. But I am keeping my fingers crossed! Wish me luck everyone!

[boilertech95]

I just about have everything done. I cant wait to get back out to sea after leaving the Navy.

[dadoody]

$100k/year

[NhsMustangs92]

is this how much they can make

[tasiGale]

msc makes more money than the navy....also they have the same benefits, shop at commissary etc.....the best thing about msc, you deploy when they pull into port they can go out anywhere the navy people stays onboard most of the time...msc are civilians but better pay and they dont have to cut their hair or salute anybody....lol..my son being there for 6 years now, he loves ....now my nephew in the navy wish he knew about msc before he signed in for the navy..good job, good benefit.federal job.

[sonnygravano]

which department makes the most money in the end?

[Cypherfall]

lol Merchant Navy - what a joke

[jrwel14]

@Cypherfall Your comment is a joke. The merchant marine had the highest mortality rate in WW2. Many would take 1 trip on a merchantship. Get so scared, they would join the military. It wasn't uncommon for a merchant seaman who had several ships sunk from under him. To get beat up by civilians. Because they thought the merchant seamen were cowards for not being in the military. The merchant marines provides supplies fuel for the military.

[DeckApe85]

@Cypherfall yeah a $100,000 a year job... and unlike the US Navy we're skilled mariners.

[stangGTKKK187]

@DeckApe85 do they really make that much 

[ElProfGringo]

MSC doesn't pay a lot, true. But take a look at the folks in these vids... Many of them aren't working very hard.

MSC ships are over-manned as all naval vessels are. And civilian cargo ships are all under-manned.

What takes the Navy a crew of 300 to do is done with a crew of 20 on the merchant side.

[mitchikael]

you need a TWIC Card, a valid passpord, and a Merchant Mariners Document (MMD)

[centrozer0]

I was in the Us Navy for 4 yrs and 2 yrs as a seaman. Do I qualify to enter as an able seaman?

[toxictrembler]

i'm definately going to do it now when i get out of the navy

[jrwel14]

When I was younger, I applied for the Navy to be a bow gunner on a PBR in Nam. Got turned down, so thought about the Merchant Marines. Was told by the Unions that there was alot of unemployed seaman out there waiting to get in. Also, that it was very difficult to get a Z card. For those with no experience. Didn't know that MSC would train you.

[caserock]

the Z-Card is now known as an MMD (Merchant Mariner's Document) After i got my application in, I got it in the mail about a week later.

[telemanque]

thanx... applied to msc in 2003... no answer so i applied and was excepted in piney point : the harry lundenberg school of seamanship.entered 2005 and graduated in 06...class 667

[lgutai87]

they said in the video an able bodied seaman makes 32-40 grand a year...anybody know what an ordinary seaman makes??

[Fitoldo]

$ 24,000 a year, so you better upgrade quickly

[lgutai87]

yes, a MMD is what they used to call a Z card..and once you have the MMD the TWIC is very easy to get..set up an appoint on the USCG website and it usually takes a month to get in the mail...im thinkin about joining msc because i have been having a hard time finding a job after getting my MMD. Maybe its because i have no sea experience? i dont know

[jrwel14]

So, the MMD is what they used to call a "Z" card.

[defdakilla41]

Yeah thats true. You also have to get a Pass port, a twic card, and a AB seaman or ordinary seaman qual. I'm about to try to join and I'm just getting out the coast guard.

If you have sea time or any bridge time get the paper work from your unit. It helps make you more money. Unlike what the dumb lady in the video the navy doesn't stay out on the water for 2-5 years.

[daveantd1971]

i think what the lady is referring to is a 2 to 5 year enlistment and with sea lift if you wish to quit and leave you can at any time unlike the navy once you sign the papers you are stuck until the enlistment is up i did navy time my self