# No experience

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/no-experience/8476>\
**Category:** Maritime Employment\
**Created:** [September 12, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/no-experience/8476 "2012-09-12T21:13:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![xnavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc348/32.png) [@xnavy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/xnavy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/no-experience/8476/1 "2012-09-12T21:13:09Z")

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How practical is it for a common joe like myself with absolutely no experience in being a merchant marine to get a job once I get my MMC and TWIC? I am 46 and retired from the Navy in 2004, aviation maintenance background but looking for a change.