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March 30, 2020The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are crewed by civil service mariners who operate and navigate the ship, load and off-load the cargo, assist with the repairs to mission equipment and provide essential services to keep the ships running....
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March 22, 2020In time of war, the civilian U.S. merchant marine contributes directly to national defense, providing most of the lift to bring America’s military to the fight. However, last year’s mobilization exercise for the U.S. government-owned sealift fleet revealed a startlingly low...
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March 14, 2020United 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 total — while more than...
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March 14, 2020On Friday, March 13, 2020, the President signed into law H.R. 5671, the “Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 202.” This legislation authorizes the issuance of a Congressional gold medal collectively, to the United...
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March 5, 2020WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman John Garamendi’s (D-CA) “Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020” (H.R.5671) passed Congress and is heading to the President’s desk to be signed into law. Representatives Don Young (R-AK) and...
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February 14, 2020The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a DC-based independent policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking about national security strategy, is calling for the United States to adopt a new approach to maritime policy that recognizes...
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February 4, 2020Without the ships and mariners of the U.S. merchant marine, the nation could find itself with military forces deployed overseas with no means to feed, arm, or sustain them. Read More.
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February 4, 2020Tensions with Russia are increasing with no end in sight. Over the course of the last year, the House discussed at length Russia’s successful attempts to meddle in our election — affecting what Americans hold most dear: our democracy....
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December 12, 2019With pride, Americans point to the U.S. Navy as the mightiest in the world, now or ever. But China is in the midst of a campaign to try to surpass us. The People’s Liberation Army Navy has developed an...
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December 11, 2019WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), Chair of the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Sub-Committee, and Reps. David Rouzer (R-N.C.), Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.), Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced a resolution commending the Federal...
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