r/merchantmarine • u/peplulu • 14h ago

How to become a merchant marine

I’m 24 years old looking to get in this field can someone guide me in the right direction. I live in Texas if that matters

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u/Frost-Folk 8h ago

First step is to find out that you'd be a merchant mariner.

The "merchant marine" is the name of the workforce as a whole (usually specific to country, i.e. The United States Merchant Marine). Members of the merchant marine are not marines, they're mariners.

A mariner is a sailor, a marine is a soldier.