A modern maritime service can deliver what the nation needs

Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered ship motor tanker Badlands Trader positions alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a fueling-at-sea while underway in the Philippine Sea on May 28. If the MSC’s Ready Reserve Force RRF and the 72 U.S.-flagged merchant ships enrolled in various security programs were reactivated right now, there would be an estimated shortage of some 1,800 qualified mariners to crew those vessels.

Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered ship motor tanker Badlands Trader positions alongside Nim

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