Military Sealift Command (MSC)

MITAGS offers courses that are certified by the Military Sealift Command (MSC). These programs have been specifically developed to satisfy the training requirements for contract mariners aboard LMSR (Large, Medium Speed, Roll-On/Roll-Off) vessels and others, which are critical components of the United States strategic sealift capability.

 
These courses are currently offered at MITAGS’ East Coast Campus.

 
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRN-D) Basic Indoctrination

This 1-day Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRN-D) Basic Indoctrination course is certified as meeting Military Sealift Command (MSC) requirements, designed to indoctrinate Military Sealift Command (MSC) mariners to the basics of Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) warfare and defense.

Prerequisites – None.

 

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRN-D) Officer

Military Sealift Command’s CBRD Officer course equips designated shipboard leaders to plan, lead, and sustain Chemical, Biological, Radiological Defense programs that protect crews and mission-critical logistics in contested environments. Through focused classroom instruction and hands-on practical application, participants learn hazard recognition and reporting, shipboard CBR detection and monitoring, individual and collective protection, contamination control and decontamination, material readiness and equipment management, and integration of CBRD procedures into damage control, medical response, and continuity of operations. The course emphasizes doctrine, shipboard configuration and equipment, respiratory protection and fit, alarm management, protective posture setting, drills and exercises, and consequence management planning—preparing graduates to implement CBRD readiness, direct response teams, and restore ship survivability and operations following CBR incidents.

 

Damage Control

This one-day course is designed to meet the Military Sealift Command (MSC) damage control training requirements. The course is highly recommended for all mariners. The knowledge gained in the classroom sessions are reinforced during the application phase. Attendees perform as members of a damage control team to combat various types of shipboard damage, other than fire.

Prerequisites – None.

 

Small Arms Training

This 4-day course is designed to certify mariners to safely, responsibly, and effectively employ firearms in the performance of their duties and is IAW OPNAVINST 3591.1 Series Standards. The mariner will be given instruction in and will have to qualify on: service pistol, service rifle, service shotgun. This course is required annually for annual certification and sustainment.

 One day is spent at an indoor range, student should bring closed toe shoes, long sleeves, long pants, and a hat.

 

Prerequisites: Prospective students must never have been convicted of a felony or any crime of domestic violence. Each student will be required to sign and attest that the above is true. Students must meet the requirements of

  • DoD form 2760 Qualification to Possess Firearms and Ammunition
  • MSC supplemental form to Dod 2760
  • Medical restriction IAW OPNAVINST 3591.1 Series

 

Marine Environmental Protection

This MSC course outlines duties and responsibilities with regard to the federal laws governing Sewage, Oil and Oily Waste, Oil and Hazardous Substance Spill Response, Ozone Depleting Substances, Non-Indigenous Species and Marine Mammals, and Hazardous Materials.

The Environmental Protection Program integrates MSC’s environmental policy into the decision-making process and day-to-day operations of MSC by focusing on four areas:

  • Compliance with international, national, state, and local environmental laws and regulations
  • Spill response readiness
  • Pollution prevention
  • Conservation

Prerequisites – None.

This course is required every 5 years.

 

Helicopter Firefighting:

This course is designed for those mariners working on MSC vessels and having a requirement for helicopter fire fighting. The course provides tailored team training for mariners who may serve as a member of the ship’s flight deck organization and will train mariners to save lives, fire suppression, and extinguishment of fire. Students will be required to demonstrate their competency during live fire exercises to cover pilot rescue procedures and helicopter fire suppression and extinguishment.

 

Ship Reaction Force:

This course, which combines classroom lecture and practical labs/demonstration, provides tailored training for mariners serving aboard ships under MSC  Operational Control (OPCON) and Administrative Control (ADCON) who are assigned to the Ship& Reaction Team. This course introduces team members to the equipment and procedures they will use when responding to crisis situations. This includes the function of the security reaction team, rules for the use of force and deadly force, security reaction team equipment, tactical communications, the principles of close quarters combat, tactical team movement techniques, tactical room entry techniques, tactical withdrawal techniques, and hostage situation management. This course is required once every three (3) years for members of the ship  reaction force (SRF).

Prerequisite:

  • Security Watch Stander – Basic
  • Security Watch Stander – Advanced
  • Small Arms qualified in M9 pistol and M500 shotgun

 

Security Watch Stander Basic

This course is required once in a career. Approved by the Military Sealift Command (MSC), this is an orientation course to introduce mariners to MSC  Force Protection program onboard ship. The combined lecture and practical course includes the following:

  • Shipboard security watch organization Force continuum
  • Security communications
  • Surveillance
  • Defense in Depth
  • Gangway entry control concepts
  • Searches
  • Entry control: special

 

Attendees that successfully complete this course will be able to act as watch standers on MSC owned and operated vessels and to provide the necessary skills and abilities to perform the duties of the gangway watch stander, roving patrol, and member of the security watch.

 

Security Watch Stander Advanced

This course, which combines lecture and practical labs/demonstration, and will certify a mariner to carry and employ a baton and handcuffs  in the performance of their shipboard security duties in accordance with (IAW) the Department of Defense  Interservice Nonlethal Individual Weapons Instructor Course (INIWIC) standards. This course will also train the mariner in basic Mechanical Advantage Control Holds (MACH) IAW INIWIC standards. This course is required annually to maintain certification on baton use and to review MACHs.

Prerequisite: MSC Watch Stander Basic

 

Anti-Terrorism Officer Level II

Military Sealift Command’s Anti-Terrorism Officer Level II course prepares designated shipboard leaders to manage and execute command antiterrorism and force protection programs across MSC operations worldwide. Through scenario-driven instruction and practical application, participants learn to assess threats, conduct vulnerability and risk assessments, develop and exercise AT plans, lead working groups, integrate physical security and random antiterrorism measures, and coordinate incident response for hazards ranging from active shooters to CBRNE events.

Prerequisite: ATO Level I

 

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