Ebony Wallace was working in a warehouse when she decided to take on a challenge for a better future - a six-month course to become a merchant marine able seaman. The 22-year-old Jacksonville woman ...

The MV Cape Ray, a civilian-operated ship owned by the Maritime Administration, returns to its homeport of Portsmouth, Va., on Sept. 17, 2014, after assisting in efforts to rid Syria of chemical ...

Rear Adm. Jack Buono, superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, pins Ensign Daniel May with his a Strategic Sealift Officer Warfare Insignia during a visit to Navy facilities in Bahrain on ...

Seafaring service members may soon be able to transition to the U.S. Merchant Marine with less hassle and at less cost than currently required under an executive order signed Monday by President ...

It was my pleasure on Nov. 10 to participate in the dedication of the U.S. Merchant Marine emblem alongside the emblems of the Armed Services of the United States at Veterans Memorial Plaza in ...

When he was 17, Don Knight quit high school to join the U.S. Merchant Marine, where he had the dangerous job of working on a cargo ship delivering ammunition to troops in the Pacific Theater during ...