Strategic Sealift Midshipman Program: Officer in Charge (OIC) Department of Naval Science (DNS), United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) i and OIC DNS, Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Strategic 5ealift Midshipman Program conducted by. To: All Strategic Sealift Officers From: Strategic Sealift Officer Program Manager Subject: New Navy Reserve Personnel Manual (RESPERSMAN) SSOs, On June 5th, RADM Little signed into instruction the Navy Reserve Personnel Manual. Strategic Sealift Officer Program The Strategic Sealift Officer Program (SSOP), formerly the Merchant Marine Reserve (MMR), is an excellent way to assist you in meeting the financial obligations of your college education. The SSOP is designed to train and educate.
Strategic Sealift Officer Program Detachment 71 / U.S. Navy Reserve Program Become a part of America's 'Fourth Arm of Defense:' The Merchant Marine In an era of global trade and increased inter-dependency, Strategic Sealift Officers are on the forefront of.
Strategic Sealift Officer Program . Strategic Sealift Officers normally serve on inactive duty in the Individual Ready Reserve allowing them to work as civilians in the maritime industry. They serve on active duty when required to support military sealift operations that call for the training and experience of licensed Merchant Marine Officers. The program is open to students who are participating in Coast Guard unlimited License program.
Students will apply to this program during the summer prior to the fall semester of their freshman or sophomore year. If admitted, students will start naval science training concurrently with the fall semester.
Strategic sealift ships are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) prepositioning program. There are currently 49 ships in the program, strategically positioned around the globe to support the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Defense. STRATEGIC SEALIFT OFFICER PROGRAM (formerly the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve Program) UPDATE, JUNE 2011: The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics approved transitioning the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve. Naval Reserve Merchant Marine Insignia was a breast insignia of officers in the United States Merchant Marine who also served in the United States Navy or United States Naval Reserve. The insignia was replaced by the Strategic Sealift Officer Warfare Insignia (SSOWI) in June 2011, per.
Qualified students may apply for the Student Incentive Payments (SIP) funded by the U. S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) during their freshman year. SIP benefits amount to a maximum of $3.
SSO students must be physically qualified, complete three Naval Science courses and participate in all NROTC Battalion drills and activities to qualify for SIP and/or commissioning. Students may participate in the SSO program without receiving SIP. Simultaneous enrollment in the NROTC College Program, basic standing, to compete for NROTC scholarships is allowed and encouraged. Following graduation and commissioning, Strategic Sealift Officers must maintain an active Coast Guard merchant officer license for at least 6 years, serve in the Navy Reserve for at least 8 years, and work in the maritime industry for 5 years. The program also offers SSO MIDN limited opportunities to pursue an active duty commission upon graduation as a line or staff corps officer in the Navy, but availability of active duty commissions to SSO MIDN is extremely limited and not guaranteed and is dependent on qualifications, class ranking and Navy needs.
SSOP NROTC FAQs. SSOP Brochure. SSOP Flyer. SSOP Information. SSOP Overview Powerpoint. Reserve Personnel Manual. Student Incentive Payment (SIP) Booklet. SUNY NROTC SSOP Instruction. OPNAV Instruction 1.
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Strategic Sealift – MARADRole and Purpose This office administers the Maritime Administration’s strategic sealift related programs. These programs provide commercial and government- owned shipping capability in times of national emergency and to meet Department of Defense strategic sealift requirements. Major Activities The Associate Administrator works directly for the Maritime Administrator. The Ship Operations Office manages and maintains the fleet of inactive, Government- owned vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), including the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). The RRF currently has 5. It provides a ready source of “surge” shipping, available when needed by the Department of Defense’s U.
S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), to support rapid deployment of U. S. All NDRF activities, including the RRF, are funded from appropriations transferred to the Maritime Administration from Navy’s National Defense Sealift Fund in accordance with a 1. Memorandum of Agreement between the Maritime Administration and USTRANSCOM. The Emergency Preparedness office develops and maintains plans for carrying out transportation support activities for any military mobilizations required due to a war or a national emergency. The office also maintains emergency resource evaluation data; helps formulate international and national plans for maritime emergency and mobilization activities; and operates the Maritime Administration’s emergency operations and telecommunications centers.
The Sealift Support office manages the Maritime Security Program and the Voluntary Inter- modal Sealift Agreement. These programs are designed to assure the availability of sufficient U. S. This office also administers the transfer of U.
S. Non- retention vessels are those merchant- type ships that have reached the end of their useful, economic life in service to the U. S. The environmentally sound disposal of these vessels is accomplished through dismantlement/recycling, artificial reefing, sale for retrofit and reuse, deep- sinking in conjunction with Department of Defense at- sea exercises and donation to qualified non- profit organizations.
The office is also responsible for management of the decommissioning activities of the Nuclear Ship Savannah which is a retention vessel. Merchant mariners have made contributions to support our Nation during all of our national conflicts, but particularly so during World War II. During this war, the United States conducted the greatest sealift in history to move troops and their equipment to many locations around the world and periodically resupply them. The United States mobilized its national resources to quickly produce thousands of cargo vessels to carry these troops and supplies.
The mariners who operated these vessels were educated through U. S. Maritime Service training programs.
It is estimated that over 2. World War II. During the wartime years from 1. United States cargo vessels faced a number of dangers that included attack by enemy submarines, vessels and aircraft and mines. These vessels also faced all the natural perils at sea that mariners have faced for millennia.
Several estimates of the total number of mariners who perished during the war exceed 9,0. Contacts. Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift. Kevin M. Tokarski.
Kevin. Tokarski@dot. Deputy Associate Administrator Federal Sealift. William H. Cahill. William. Cahill@dot. Office of Ship Operations.
William H. Cahill, Director. Russell Krause, Acting Deputy Director. Russ. alan@dot. gov. Office of Ship Disposal. Shaun Ireland, Director. Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Sealift.
Anthony Fisher. 20. Anthony. Fisher@dot. Office of Cargo and Commercial Sealift. William Mc. Donald. Office of Sealift Support. William Mc. Donald, Director. William. G. Mcdonald@dot.
Deputy Associate. Shashi Kumar. 20.
Office of Maritime Labor and Training. Anne Wehde, Director. Anne. Wehde@dot. gov.