The Merchant Marine operates in both peacetime and wartime, but its services are particularly valuable during times of ...

Big, gray, merchant marine transport ships could eventually be anchored in Humboldt Bay waiting to be deployed. The United States Maritime Administration or MARAD is interested in storing Ready ...

On October 28, Greeks around the world celebrate Oxi Day, commemorating the Greek government’s decision to resist the ...

Back in December, U.S. Sen. Scott Kelly (D-Arizona), U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana), and then-Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Florida) (now the president’s National Security Advisor) co-sponsored a bill to ...

SCIO nn Born in New Mexico and reared in Utah, Joe Bernabe "Ben" Montoya, was destined for a life in one of the largest copper mines in the world until World War II threw the former baseball player a ...

It’s time for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point to get a superintendent who knows the ropes firsthand. Facebook/U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - USMMA Our nation once had a huge fleet of ...

A former merchant marine captain – who’s traveled in and out of the Baltimore port "a number of times" – explained what happens when a mechanical error occurs ...

As the Merchant Marine ships ferried the P.O.W.s to Germany, the prisoners had to do menial chores such as chipping and painting at sea under the supervision of the Merchant Mariners and the Armed ...

Senator Mark Kelly introduces Steve Carmel as MARAD nominee, emphasizing his maritime experience and the need to revive the U ...

Dudik is the president of the World War II Experience, an educational nonprofit based in San Marcos, where she lives. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Parkinson family in Fallbrook anxiously began a long wait to ...