How to Become a Merchant Mariner (USA)
This video is to help those interested in becoming Merchant Mariners. Below I will list all the links I mentioned in this video for your resource. I hope you all find this helpful....Good luck-Jeff National Maritime Center (Info how to get your documents and forms etc...) MMC and Medical Cert. Card application dco.uscg.mil/national_maritime_center/ To get a TWIC Card: https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic Schools: California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) https://www.csum.edu/ Mass Maritime https://www.maritime.edu Maine Maritime https://www.mainemaritime.edu United States Merchant Marine Academy (King's Point) https://www.usmma.edu SUNY Maritime https://www.sunymaritime.org Seafarers International Union Training Program https://www.seafarers.org (click on "training and careers") Unions: Seafarers International Union https://www.seafarers.org MEBA- Marine Engineers Beneficial Association https://www.mebaunion.org AMO- American Maritime Officers https://www.amo-union.org MMP- Masters, Mates and pilots https://www.bridgedeck.org SUP- Seafarers Union of the Pacific (west coast) https://www.sailors.org Marine Fireman's Union (MFOW) https://www.mfoww.org Extra Information: www.mitags.org (Training school in Maryland) Indeed.com

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