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America must boost sealift capability

Asiatimes 24 May 2023
... over the coming decade – then it must ensure its military sealift system is up to the challenge of great-power conflict ... The US Merchant Marine has well under 200 militarily useful ships, while Military Sealift Command has a few dozen support ships across a variety of classes.
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US Navy Orders Another T-AO Class Oil Transport Ship For $736Mln - Pentagon

Urdu Point 23 May 2023
The US Navy currently operates 15 fleet replenishment oilers through Military Sealift Command to provide underway replenishment of fuel to ships at sea and jet fuel for aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers ... ....
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Military Sealift Command Honors Merchant Mariners Past and Present with National Maritime Day Celebration (US Fleet Forces Command)

Public Technologies 23 May 2023
) Military Sealift Command Honors Merchant Mariners Past and Present with National Maritime Day Celebration ... Robert Jones, CHC, USN Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Deputy Command Chaplain, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), delivers the invocation during Military Sealift Command's National Maritime Day ceremony aboard Comfort May 22, 2023.
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Military's Leading Foodservice Operations Recognized for the Crucial Role They Play in Promoting Force Readiness

Victoria Advocate 21 May 2023
CHICAGO, May 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Top dining and foodservice operations from the military and Military Sealift Command were recognized at the 2023 Military Foodservice Awards ... Cook Foodservice Excellence Awards, honoring the Military Sealift Command.Small Ship Category.
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Crowley and Stena Bulk win business from the Pentagon

Splash24/7 19 May 2023
For example, Crowley won the Military Sealift Command charter contract in 2022 to run the Stena Polaris, an ice class tanker serving bulk fuel needs of the US Department of Defense in the Arctic and ...
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Austal USA's Switch to Steel Yields $3B T-AGOS Shipbuilding Contract

The Maritime Executive 19 May 2023
Navy. The T-AGOS fleet provides anti-submarine passive and active surveillance capability using towed-array sonar. These special-purpose ships are operated by Military Sealift Command with civilian crews, gathering underwater acoustical signals for the service's Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) ... Navy with this critical program ... ....
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Three Modern Product Tankers Join U.S.-Flag Fleet Under TSP Program

The Maritime Executive 17 May 2023
The U.S. Maritime Administration has signed an agreement with Crowley and Stena Bulk to reflag three product tankers into the U.S. registry and add them to the new Tanker Security Program (TSP) ... In 2022, Crowley secured a Military Sealift Command charter contract to operate the ice-class tanker Stena Polaris, serving the bulk fuel needs of the U.S.
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Civil conflict in Sudan leads to evacuation sealift

SAFETY4SEA 04 May 2023
The last convoy arrived Monday, and a State Department spokesperson told media that no further road transits were planned due to lack of demand.� The Military Sealift Command fast transport USNS Brunswick has made one crossing from ...
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Evacuation Sealift Continues in Port Sudan

The Maritime Executive 04 May 2023
Evacuation sealift operations continue in Port Sudan, as foreign nationals take advantage of a tenuous ceasefire to make ... The Military Sealift Command fast transport USNS Brunswick has made one crossing from Port Sudan to Jeddah, delivering a total of 300 people, including U.S.
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Concordia Maritime Cuts Fleet to Three Tankers Selling its Eight Ship

The Maritime Executive 04 May 2023
Concordia Maritime, which had once been a leader in product tankers, continues to sell off its fleet as management reports they continue to explore options for new business ... The company reports it has entered into an agreement for the sale of the product tanker Stena Penguin to an unnamed European buyer ... Military Sealift Command ... ....
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Alabama Shipyard Wins $22M Drydocking Contract for USNS Sacagawea

The Maritime Executive 28 Apr 2023
... day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2).
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U.S. planning to send a consular team to Sudan to assist fleeing Americans

Yahoo Daily News 26 Apr 2023
The State Department has asked the military ... Puller, which can act as a floating base or transfer station, and the expeditionary fast transport USNS Brunswick, operated by the Military Sealift Command and designed to rapidly move troops or equipment, according to the DoD official.
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U.S. plans to send contingent of troops to Port Sudan to help Americans

Sandhills Express 24 Apr 2023
military is flying reconnaissance drones near the land route to identify potential threats, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in an interview on “CBS Mornings.” While Kirby ... A supply ship belonging to the Military Sealift Command is en route to the Red Sea.
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Pentagon plans to send contingent of troops to Port Sudan to help Americans

Sandhills Express 24 Apr 2023
military is flying reconnaissance drones near the land route to identify potential threats, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in an interview on “CBS Mornings.” While Kirby ... A supply ship belonging to the Military Sealift Command is en route to the Red Sea.
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Pentagon considers sending contingent of troops to Port Sudan to help Americans

Sandhills Express 24 Apr 2023
military is already flying reconnaissance drones near the land route to identify potential threats, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in an interview on “CBS Mornings.” While ... A supply ship belonging to the Military Sealift Command is en route to the Red Sea.

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