The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has issued a news release concerning three SIU-crewed Ready Reserve Force (RRF) vessels that recently completed readiness activation exercises.The Seafarers-crewed ships activated for the successful exercises were the Green Mountain State, Gem State and Grand Canyon State.
U.S. Maritime Administrator Capt. William Schubert noted, "Readiness exercises such as these keep our ships in shape to provide the support our armed forces need. Forty ships of the RRF provided sealift for the Iraqi conflict, and they had an operational reliability record of 98 percent. Success like that comes with practice."
The complete press release is available on MarAd's web site HERE
and also on the DOT site HERE
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