How To Become A Merchant Marine

The next weeks were filled with classes and exercises, waking up before the sun and not getting enough sleep. During my classes I learned not only survival skills but skills that would help me pick my rate in the Navy. Although the exercising was brutal, it taught me self discipline and will power. Along with the skills I learned in class, I was also taught how to be a proper military member. I was taught that my shoes always needed to be shiny and my uniforms were always to be ironed. When I was not in classes, I was in tech training. Tech training was the time where I learned basic survival skills that would ensure my safety whether on the ship or on shore. In Tech training, I learned the skills of a Sailor. I learned to handle and shoot the M9 service pistol and M870 shotgun correctly. I also learned the basics of a seamanship which included basic water survival and fire fighting because a fire can break out on ship without any notice. While the time in boot camp was stressful, I can look back and see how it prepared me for the life ahead of me while I was serving on board the USS Enterprise. I left boot camp on January 23, 2002. years but it help shape me as a better

Military training in a school environment was unlike anything I had encountered in high school. I was thrown into a curriculum filled with different aspects of military intelligence, from identifying ships in foreign navies to learning how to build and present an intelligence brief. I enjoyed learning how historical events shape present day policy and how new information fit into foreign policy and current events. I graduated as one of the top students in my class.

He was only sixteen so he had to fake his birth certificate so he could enlist. While in the Navy, Jerry got a lot of education he never got when he lived with his parents, and got a lot of training. He went to military and contractor schools, which helped him learn a lot, but that was not enough for young Jerry. Jerry was a Petty Officer 2nd Class and an aircraft engine mechanic while in the Navy. Three months before his three year contract ended with the Navy, the Korean War began, so Jerry could not be discharged. This led to him reenlisting in the Navy for another six years. After the time he served in the Navy, someone suggested he go to the Air Force.His brother suggested he go to San Antonio, Texas. While in the Air force, Jerry was in the tech services for five years, and he also was very interested in airplanes. He served in the Air Force for eleven years, and then retired at the age of 36 as a Senior Master Sergeant.. Which is pretty impressive I think because he explained to us that a Senior Master Sergeant as being a higher rank than Master Sergeant, but not the highest rank one can receive. A Senior Master Sergeant is the fourth Non-Commissioned Officer rank in the Air

From the beginning of boot camp we are taught to listen to the details and follow direction to the exact point. We are also taught to give your one hundred percent effort in everything you do. It is ingrained in us as Marines; that our core values are Honor, Courage, and Commitment. These traits of hard work that are instilled in us during boot camp will help me in my pursuit of my college degree. I will be ever attentive to the details of assignments and will give my all to the work that needs to be done. After boot camp I went to my job training school in California. It was an intense two month class learning about my job as an Air Support Net Operator. During those two months I learned about time management skills, the importance of studying, and

So my brother went through some marine boot camp in California and from the years he was a part of the training, he taught me some survival stuff, how to defend yourself basic stuff. When I was in high school I remember I used to see marines come during lunch time and talk to some people. They had some free bottles and keychains little trinkets. Just to come talk about what they are doing for training. Just last year I kne4w a friend that was in Boy Scout, and he became an Eagle Scout.

There are many reasons I chose the Coast Guard Academy. However, the most important is the quality of education and a multitude of skills that the academy will develop me as an individual and a component to benefit society, and to become a better leader for the coast guard. Next, is the desire cadets have to serve our country, and their readiness for any situation at any given time, and the dedication that cadets put forth to get the best possible experience at the academy. Cadets and Officers spend countless hours planning and preparing for any situation that may come their way and when an opportunity presents itself; many are eager to take on the challenge and use their past training and knowledge to complete the test. Another notion for

Merchant Marine Officers are licensed, like surgeons or airline pilots. The regulatory agency for the Merchant Marine is the U.S. Coast Guard and after you have started the application process and paid the required fees, the Coast Guard will evaluate your experience and advise you which license endorsement or endorsements you may be eligible for. However, to become licensed you need to enter a maritime academy and study a rigorous curriculum encompassing many different aspects of the Maritime Industry and ships. There are six state or regional maritime academies in the United States.  All of which, lead to a license as a Merchant Marine Officer and an accredited Bachelor’s degree in various areas such as Marine Transportation, engineering,

He dropped out of high school to go to the marine corps, he was 17 years old. Participating in the marine corps was extremely difficult. There was persistent, training for war, but he never had to go fight. This was boot camp and it was super scary because the sergeants screamed and, hit them. If he had had to go to war, he would have been a basic rifleman, they try to shoot and kill. That experience changed his life because it made him appreciate America and freedom.

Fast forward almost an entire decade, and I have now served 8 years in the US Coast Guard, started a real education, and found a career

It was no different for the individual I chose to interview. My interviewee is a male that served in the United States Marine Corps. He grew up in a small town in Mississippi. He remembers himself as a rebellious teenager. He knew that he did not have the money for college, and joining the military was an option. The Marine Corps, not only would assist in college funding, but it would give him the chance to travel the world. At 17-years old his mother signed the paperwork in 1995 so that he could enlist, but because of delayed entry he did not go to boot camp in San Diego, California until July of 1996.

I grew-up watching my father advance himself to the rank of Colonel in the Marine Corps. It was because of him I developed a strong desire to be part of a brotherhood. By the time I got to college I knew I wanted a career that was structured similarly to the military, but with opportunities to serve my community at a local level. I started my educational career at Hillsborough Community College, where I received my associate’s degree and continued onto the University of South Florida, where I received a bachelor’s degree in Criminology.

I chose to make my career as a US marine because I think it would be a fun job where you get to challenge yourself and be the “good-guy”. I chose the Marines in particular because they receive more training and their more battle ready than the Army.

After the whole freshmen orientation was over four other freshmen and I started up with the Marine platoon. This platoon is much more different than the Navy platoons. We have to PT Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at five thirty in the morning. Where as the Navy platoons PT once a week and usually end up playing Frisbee. We are also expected to have more discipline than the other Navy guys. The fact that we have to be ten times better than the Navy, Army, and Airforce guys gives me the motivation and the joy of being in the marine platoon.

Every soldier that joins, they pick a field that they are qualified for; from a mechanic, to a chief, or any other range of careers that are needed in our society. Not everyone is a combat soldier that just learns to shot a gun and kill bad people. Those jobs require a soldier to continue onto training after basic training for their trade. These training then can be converted into the private sector and a soldier then can continue on their career after they leave the military. Even after a soldier completes their oblation to the military, they receive additional benefits if they decide to change their job completely or need additional training to complete their degree. This can be from covering tuition and fees for college to help paying for supplies and books for college classes. The benefits of this is that it reduces the cost on the soldier or veteran to enroll in classes and reduces the requiring a soldier to work full time to cover expenses to attend college. Another benefit in joining the military and being a veteran, there are a lot of businesses that offer a discount and special programs for these groups. Most companies that do offer a discount, tends to offer 10% to 20%; furthermore, these discounts also help by allowing the service member to save a few extra dollars in their pocket. These benefits

Being in the US Navy for 10 years on Active Duty was a wonderful adventure