>>1971280I’d recommend either tugs or going to supply boats. For AB just pay for the courses on your own, the class is like 3k iirc.
The benefit of tugs and supply boats are that you get a relatively consistent schedule, and 1.5 days of sea time for every day worked.
I also think it’s a better learning environment than MSC or other government jobs since they generally hire shitbags, or the Jacksonville mafia (or both). Because of that, there’s a lot of potential for you to learn bad habits and how to do stuff just outright wrong.