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New job openings are posted with the US Military Sealift Command. MSC offers
attractive salaries and good benefits. Follow this
link to their website to review the
inventory of current openings. This large government employer provides underway
replenishment and transport services for the Navy.
The jobs on their bulletin board aren't for the tug business. We know that. However,
we know from your e-mails that some of you are ocean mariners. We figured the
information would be useful. Again, we apologize for not being able to reply to all
your e-mails…  all of you are important to us. It's just that the volume of mail is high.
If we had a larger staff, we'd individually write to all of you to tell you how much we
want to see you find a job without paying a cent to find one! You're all in our hearts...
every one of you. We know people are hurtin' in this job market. Hang in there!
The USNS Leroy Grumman T-AO-195, alongside the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS
Mitscher DDG57, in the Gulf of Aden on June 28, 2011. The Grumman is a 31,200 ton fleet oiler  
measuring 667.5' in length, 97.5' wide (12.5' to spare for the Panama Canal!), with a draft of 35'.
Her two 16,000 horsepower Colt-Pielstick diesel engines give her a speed of 20 knots. Her crew
consists of three military officers and 82 civil service employees.
This federal employer arranges job fairs throughout the nation, covering Norfolk,
Virginia; Dallas, Texas; San Diego, California, Minnesota; Tampa, Florida and many
other venues. You can learn more from their career recruiters, and also from our
employment symposium, expo, and
job fairs page. Just a note about terminology…  
human resources personnel who seek out suitable candidates are called recruiters.
But in the business sector, they are also referred to as corporate headhunters. It
may be a matter of distinction, where a headhunter is someone who looks to fill
$100,000 a year positions. If these corporate rainmakers help line up an interview,
who cares what they're called!
What happens when fast civilian ships are retired from service? They become fast sealift
ships with the federal government.
USNS Bellatrix, below, is one of the Grumman's faster
buddies... rated for 27 knots. That's impressive, but back in the 1980s, when Wall Street was
roaring, she sailed under Sea-Land Lines as an
SL-7. Her Foster Wheeler boilers and General
Electric turbines produced 120,000 horsepower, giving her a top speed of 33 knots. That's
moving!