Citing civilian mariner shortages, President Trump plans to waive credentialing fees for qualifying service members. You Joined the Military. Now, Uncle Sam Wants You to Join the Merchant Marine ...

United States Merchant Mariners suffered the highest rate of casualities of any service in World War II. According to one estimate, one of every 26 mariners died and as many as 8,000 perished in to… ...

Members of the Merchant Marine, a civilian organization that fought the Japanese in World War II, are now in their 80s and 90s. But now their battle wages on for recognition from the U.S ...

Some 9,521 merchant mariners, one of every 26, were killed during World War II, suffering more casualties in proportion to their numbers than any U.S. military branch.

In peacetime, the Merchant Marine is a civilian service that handles commercial cargo. But the. Merchant Marine Act of 1936. allowed it to be converted during wartime to an auxiliary of the U.S. Navy.

U.S. water transportation workers earn on average $65,700 a year, with many merchant mariners taking home more than that, according to officials. Read more about the order on Military.com .

The Coast Guard has only limited capabilities to process Merchant Mariner ... Although the Coast Guard said Oct. 5 it was bringing back 5,778 furloughed civilian employees under a new ...

More than 200,000 Merchant Mariners played essential and perilous roles in winning the war -- ferrying American troops and supplies into Atlantic and Pacific theater battle zones.

The men were part of the Merchant Marine, the civilian fleet of U.S.-owned ships that during peacetime handle commercial shipping. During times of war, such ships can be called into service by the ...

Our civilian Merchant Marine is responsible for getting our armed forces to the fight and for keeping them supplied once they get there.