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To TWIC or Not to TWIC, that is the question du jour for Master Mariners

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After 9/11, the USCG and Department of Homeland Security set up a new requirement for licensing of captains and master mariners. Everyone applying for an OUPV or a Master’s ticket had to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). It required going to a special center qualified to conduct the security checks on mariners. You had to bring specific documentation of who you are and where you live, you had to be fingerprinted, photographed and background checked. They then issued you a laminated TWIC card with a chip which would theoretically provide access to secure areas of ports. It required two visits to the center in person. First to be fingerprinted and photographed, then to pick up the card. And it still does.

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