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I'm jealous!  But I guess at age 55 it's a bit late to be starting a
naval career.


On Feb 2, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Stacy Hanna wrote:

> Doug,
> Currently Naval personnel (or Coast Guard for that matter) are not
> required to hold Coast Guard licenses. In fact very few people in the
> Navy would qualify for a Coast Guard license that would enable them to
> stand the same watches on a merchant ship. One of the main reasons for
> this is because we do not meet STCW requirements. The Coast Guard is
> currently reviewing Naval training to determine which of our courses
> should count for equivalency to STCW approved training. For example the
> Coast Guard has determined that Basic Training (boot camp) meets the
> requirements for STCW basic safety, with the exception of exposure suit
> training. Hopefully it won't be long before we can get credit for our
> training and it will be common for Naval personnel to be
> licensed(although legally the crew of a Navy ship still won't be
> required to be licensed).
> I hope you didn't take my comment wrong about QMs going head to head
> with merchant officers. That was in reply to someone who said that the
> Navy had to look to the merchants to find a good navigator. The
> Merchant
> Marine Academy alumni that I have worked with definitely knew
> navigation
> and without a doubt were better trained in that area than graduates of
> the Naval Academy or ROTC.
> On a Navy ship the typical bridge watch includes:
> Officer Of Deck (not necessarily an officer, I was qualified on my last
> ship)
> Junior Officer of the Deck and/or Conning Officer
> Quartermaster of the Watch
> Boatswain's Mate of the Watch
> Helmsman
> At least two lookouts
> Phone talker communicating with the lookouts and CIC
> And then we still several guys in CIC (Combat Information Center), who
> are also navigating as a cross-check on the quartermaster and watching
> the radar as a cross-check on the OOD.
>

   

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