C.W. was a cook on a Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessel. The ship’s chief steward, the head of the civilian hospitality crew, began spending a lot of time in the galley, just standing around and socializing. “He would dawdle,”…
In 2016, after seven years of regulatory battles, the Block Island Wind Farm went online and the first watts produced from a turbine built on America’s continental shelf traveled to an energy grid. At the time, the Obama administration…
In the brief cellphone video recorded by a crewmember on the offshore supply vessel (OSV) Remas, the pirates walk back and forth on the deck of the ship, clenching their guns and using them to point as they order…
Civilian mariners with the Military Sealift Command release anchor chain pins on the submarine tender USS Frank Cable while on deployment in the Arabian Sea. Seafarer unions hope to collect penalty pay for MSC mariners who…
A degree from a maritime academy usually spares one from the pain of checking job websites throughout a day, hoping a suitable position has popped up since they last hit refresh.
While the world embraced social distancing and self-isolating amid the spread of the coronavirus, the Military Sealift Command (MSC) required thousands of civilian mariners, or “civmars,” to stay on U.S. Navy ships, sharing tight quarters and cramped workspaces.
