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RIP to previous thread, it lasted a whole year

>>2065222
actually an urbanist twitter spammer killed it 4 hours short of a year

>>2065223
Sad!

Any military veterans here went to a maritime academy? What maritime academy did you attend and how was your experience there as a vet?

>>2065261
Not a vet but I go to SUNY and am good buddies with a few of them. I don't mind asking them any specific questions you might have and relaying it back.
You can apply to be something called a day student as a vet and be subject to less of the regimental bullshit and leave campus whenever you want to. The reg tried to pull some bullshit recently where they changed the qualifying criteria from 4 years active duty to 5 years which would have essentially disqualified every vet student, but they backed off on it. The week of indoc as a "boot camp" is a complete fucking joke, you'll have a harder time trying not to laugh in the face of the retarded 20 year old on a power trip screaming at you.

>>2065267
Thanks. Could you ask them how vet friendly SUNY is? Did the GI Bill pay 100% of their tuition or did they still had to pay for some classes out of pocket?

Currently trying to weigh my options and pick a maritime academy for deck.

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>>2065267
>The week of indoc as a "boot camp" is a complete fucking joke, you'll have a harder time trying not to laugh in the face of the retarded 20 year old on a power trip screaming at you.

I had to look this up. What the fuck is this place? Is this where stolen valor forma del Navy SEAL people go once they get enough tickets piled up and figure they should actually try going to sea? You have to wear a fucking 80s muhreen uniform to do some casual surveying? What is going on here

Here in canuckistan we've got "maritime colleges" too, but they're just normal ass community college tier engineering or administration courses but ocean-themed. Literally just "Electro/Mech tech but you learn about sewage dumping laws"

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>>2065327
>>2065267
>>2065261
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlFEbGHnMIQ
im fucking dying
i wonder what the rate is for grads appearing in hyper cringe bodycam videos getting arrested whilst standing at "parade rest"

>>2065327
All maritime academies require you to join a regiment if you're there for the license, some take the larping more seriously than others. Great Lakes is probably the most chill out of all the schools. They got a new commandant at SUNY so they've been cracking down like yelling at you if you're wearing a hat indoors.

How's the food?

>>2065325
heh
I was on that blue boat
>>2065431
depends on a lot, including your luck
I think I had decent luck, cause it was never really bad on the ships I was on
you can really tell when they've gone past the date where they should have resupplied though...

Hello, first time posting here. I've revently aquired my MMC. I've got a TWIC card and my passport is coming soon. I want to travel the globe as a deckhand. I already have 7 months previous experience as a deckhand. I wanna work on a ship that goes across the ocean. Does anyone know of a company that's hiring?

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Should I go back to the navy? I got at least my gunmetal SSI, so I'm not a real Sea Man. Should I remuster to weapons enginering or somethingor become a real big boy comms tech or some shit? This is obviously the only thing I can do and feel even vaguely competent towards. Even the stuff I was on boats for is not especially useful; I was in comms. I did some line-handling and force protection as required but what the hell do I do now

>>2065611
No, but Maersk has some US-flagged ships doing long haul.
Worth a shot, I guess, but I imagine the competition is insane considering what US seafarers make... I don't even know what the deal with those are cause they just can't be even remotely competitive. Are they just hauling weapons for the government?

>>2065611
You also need a bunch of STCW certs to sail international. There are previous few commerical US flagged deep sea ships. The vast majority of american mariners who do deep sea sail with Military Sealift Command. USN auxiliar ships basically. The hiring process is glacial and opaque, but eventually you'll get all your training for free and all you pay is your sanity from an 18 month contract and spending your time with darkies from jacksonville who make up 99% of MSC unlicensed crew.

>>2065325
Sometimes Euro-flagged vessels have EU-only crew, wish it was more common, but on the other hand, I worked with Filipinos and they're okay. Thank God I haven't met any indian met, literally every guy I talked to has negative opinion about them.

>>2065549
Oh, that's neat. In my case it was similar, no spoiled nor shortage of food. But it's different with cooks and you can easily tell when they were lazy.

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Is it possible to turn my tard ranching security certs into a job on one of those cruise ships that fart around Alaska or the Caribbean? Got laid off from a different job and I'm working out my options.
A bunk and a paycheck with a good chunk of time off outside of cruise season seems like it might be a fun deal, since I save like a jew.

>>2066472
security as in like you worked as a mall cop or security as in you are a >>>/g/twg/ reject

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>>2066074
>Military Sealift Command. USN auxiliar ships basically
*bonk*

>>2066479
Neither, a psych ward. Tard rancher in the most literal sense. Dealing with niggers for Carnival would be a step up.

>>2066526
i believe most of these companies just contract it out to Garda or whatever so your best bet is probably joining one of those companies and then badgering your manager/hr people to put you specifically in a maritime environment

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>brown cook makes better food than my mom
I really lover her but man, it feels like I'm dining at the really nice restaurant every day

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Is there any information on whether the unlimited able seaman sea service requirements will be ratified? I only have AB-special and ZERO deepwater seatime. It was 1080 days before, and it's 540 until the end of this year 2026.

>>2066471
>Sometimes Euro-flagged vessels have EU-only crew
Yes, but then they will be third world yuropoors.
>I worked with Filipinos and they're okay
Flips are mostly cool. I guess not all of them can handle the long contracts they're on (and the shitty people they sometimes have to deal with), which is understandable.
>Thank God I haven't met any indian met, literally every guy I talked to has negative opinion about them.
Rightfully so. The more they care about their retarded caste system and religion, the more awful they are, it seems. Met two decent guys, and one of them was tamil and disliked the other Indians (hindus)...

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what hobbies you guys have onboard?
>used to play video game but got tired/bored
>start learning excel but went home didn't practice anymore, forgot 80% of what i've learned
>bought camera and lenses last summer and started learning how to take photos, started posting on /p/

some anon posted in previous threads that he paints wh40k minis
anything else than listening to music and watching movies? i can;t stand watching movies alone so i almost never watch onboard

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>>2066772
>learning excel
lmao, that sounds like a higher level of boredom

In my case, I started learning how to draw. Nothing serious, just downloaded one book and do what the author says and also copy some nice pictures I find on the internet. At least I spend time more actively.
Aside from that, I also watch anime and read books.

>bought camera and lenses last summer and started learning how to take photos, started posting on /p/.
Nice photo. I was thinking about doing that too, because I really like sightseeing. Will probably buy some used camera for ~200 euros to learn basics and see if I even like it.