Navy Captain Janice G. Smith shares her journey to Military Sealift Command's Chief of Staff position, Oct. 7. Smith expresses her appreciation for the MSC team and pledges to collaborate with them throughout her tenure as COS. “I am profoundly grateful to join the MSC headquarters team, a team that works selflessly every day to complete the mission. Together, we will continue to focus on health and safety of the force, mission assurance, and warfighter effectiveness, a focus that will continue to guide our actions as we adapt to meeting the challenges that lay ahead.” MSC operates approximately 120 non-combatant civilian-crewed ships that replenish U.S. Navy ships, conduct specialized missions, and strategically preposition combat cargo at sea around the world while moving military cargo and supplies used by deployed U.S. forces and coalition partners.