For those who have attended this program in the past, any advice? Any unpleasant surprises I ought to be prepared for?

[QUOTE=tugsailor;144964]The kid is a great writer. I see a future as a maritime novelist. I suspect he is probably one of the brightest and best educated guys at Piney Point. More power to him.[/QUOTE] When you are a greater writer that maintains a blog, you will definitely suspect the author is o…

Tugsailor that’s great info but it’s not easy living in Jacksonville Florida to just pick up and start knocking on doors. I tried that once in August, went to Louisiana and struck out. It seemed nobody was hiring. I even tried the smaller companies with no lock. I am planning to try it again next mo…

Have you contacted any of the companies up on the lakes? Interlake, American Steamship, Great Lakes fleet, Grand River Navigation, Andrie.

Go see Mobro Marine right there in Jaxs

[QUOTE=ddash79;144974]Tugsailor that’s great info but it’s not easy living in Jacksonville Florida to just pick up and start knocking on doors. I tried that once in August, went to Louisiana and struck out. It seemed nobody was hiring. I even tried the smaller companies with no lock. I am planning t…

Moving is a very difficult option for some of us. Piney Point gives us a foot in the door without needing us to really turn our lives upside down. I’m not exactly looking forward to the boot camp aspect and all the unpleasant things about it, but, in the big picture, its a small price to pay for a f…

GLMA Sailor this is good info. I didn’t know about the lakes. How do you actually go about applying to those companies. Also Tugted and Tugsailor thank you for the local info. I will look into these local companies. As far as Crowley I never find them hiring for any entry level personnel. I even hav…

http://www.lcaships.com/careers/ Call the numbers and talk to the HR people. Get their email address and immediately email your resume and copies of documents, along with any applications or forms they want. Follow up with a phone call every week or so. Andrie isn’t listed but you can google and …

[QUOTE=TheShipCantSink;144989]Moving is a very difficult option for some of us. Piney Point gives us a foot in the door without needing us to really turn our lives upside down. I’m not exactly looking forward to the boot camp aspect and all the unpleasant things about it, but, in the big picture, it…

when is your report date? Mine is nov 3rd I am trying to find out if were in the same class

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