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The sugar run, also for Matson. It was one of my cadet ships and if not for other life choices I would have just camped out doing that...

If travel is important to you than a shoreside job right out of school likely won't support that. Service Obligation: If you are IRR...

Thank you for aging me, I guess I am no longer a graduate of "recent times". Oh well ... the grey in the beard was already telling me...

I recommend applying for an NROTC - Marine option scholarship at a college/university with a major you want to study.

My point was about the opportunity to go, not the probability of completion.

The surest way to get an opportunity to attend BUD/s is to enlist in the Navy under an NSW contract. NavySEALS.com

They are afraid if you knew the truth you wouldn't go.

Most alumni references include only four letters so be prepared for a lot of that too. As was said to me when I was home for Christmas...

An internship can't be used as sea days if you are working in the office. If the Academy allows you to count time on an ATB in excess...

Deck or Engine? You can but it may be limiting to your ability to sit for license exams. For deck, ATBs count as 1 for 2 time towards...

Engine is the harder curriculum, Deck has harder license exams. Most important is to pick what you like to study. It is an extremely...

^^^ This To get the Navy Pension you need 50 points a year. Being in the SSO program alone doesn't quite get you there, a couple of...

You only need the waiver if you want to go full time in lieu of sailing. If you go part time while you sail then no waiver is needed...

Auditing in the maritime industry is related to the International Safety Management code. The ISM Code is essentially the maritime...

Or when you meet a fellow alumni for the first time and it's immediately like you have been best friends for decades.