USCG The MMC Application: TWIC, Medical, Drugs and Sea Service

AI-drafted catalogue content pending SME review. USCG requirements, forms and fees change; verify every figure against the National Maritime Center and the current CFR before submitting an application.

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USCG-MMC-M1 · Eligibility and the supporting credentials

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USCG-MMC-M1-A The MMC and the CG-719B, TWIC and the PL 11-15 exemption, the CG-719K medical certificate, and drug testing. Practice in examiner →

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The MMC and the CG-719B

You can be the finest small-craft handler on the coast and still have your application returned because a form was signed eleven months and three weeks ago. The Coast Guard is not assessing your seamanship at this stage. It is assessing your file.

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TWIC — and the exemption almost nobody knows about

Ask any training school and you will be told a TWIC is mandatory, full stop. Ask the regulation and you get a more interesting answer — and for the entire six-pack population, a different one.

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The medical certificate: CG-719K

The medical certificate is a separate credential from the MMC, and it is free. Mariners routinely miss both facts — and then miss the one that matters, which is that the paperwork expires while they are still assembling the rest of the file.

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Drug testing: CG-719P and 46 CFR Part 16

A negative drug test is a condition of issue. 46 CFR 10.209(h) is unambiguous: no MMC will be issued if the applicant fails a chemical test for dangerous drugs. There is no discretion in that sentence.

USCG-MMC-M2 · Evidence, submission and renewal

4 lessons

USCG-MMC-M2-A Documenting sea service, first aid and CPR, fees and where the package goes, and renewal. Practice in examiner →

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Documenting sea service: CG-719S and 46 CFR 10.232

Your sea time is real. Proving it is a separate skill, and it is the one that decides whether the credential you are issued is the credential you earned.

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First aid, CPR, and what Basic Training covers

This is a small requirement that returns a surprising number of applications, because the two certificates do not expire the same way and almost everyone assumes they do.

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Fees, and where the package goes

The fees are modest and the structure is simple once you see the one distinction it turns on: whether your credential is **upper level** or **lower level**.

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Validity, renewal, and the grace period

An MMC runs for five years. Renewal is straightforward if you start it in time, and genuinely awkward if you do not — but the Coast Guard is more forgiving here than most mariners expect.

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