Anywhere you are required to have a CG license, you are require to have the TWIC card by April 15th. I went through all the paperwork in PDX last month and it is a 100% duplicate of the information required to get the USCG license. Same background and everything. It almost appears like this whole thing is a scam for the TSA to get 130$ out of you.
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