The MV 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo is operated by American Overseas Marine and manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers. The ship is named for the U.S. Marine Corp. Reserve officer who was mortally wounded during a battle in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.
Three seagoing unions April 26 urged Maritime Administrator William Schubert to deny an application to sell and reflag a domestic tanker.
An application package with all of the necessary paperwork and guidelines for renewing a merchant mariner document (MMD) is available to American Maritime Officers members through RTM STAR Center.
Seven maritime unions in April filed formal objections to a new U.S. Coast Guard interim rule, which they say establishes vague standards for the rejection of applications for merchant mariner documents and may be used to prevent qualified American seafarers from working in their chosen profession.
This is the third in a series on The RRF in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Lessons Learned, a study report prepared for the Maritime Administration on the performance of MARAD's Ready Reserve Force sealift fleet in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. The study determined how RRF improvements made by MARAD after Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf in 1990 and 1991 had influenced RRF activation and service during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
Capt. Michael Frye, master of the MV Resolve, in April accepted a Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award on behalf of his crew for their rescue of two people off the coast of North Carolina Dec. 13, 2003.
American Maritime Officers and Seafarers International Union members working under government charter participated in a recent series of successful U.S. military exercises, and one ship drew praise for its support of U.S. Marines sent to Haiti during an uprising that drove President Jean-Bertrand Aristede from power.
American Maritime Officers and Seafarers International Union members working under government charter participated in a recent series of successful U.S. military exercises, and one ship drew praise for its support of U.S. Marines sent to Haiti during an uprising that drove President Jean-Bertrand Aristede from power.
