 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waOctober 22, 2001, Merchant Marine Act of 2001 yakatanga kushanda, ichibvumira kuti ngarava 300 dzivakwe mumakore gumi. Muna 2003, ngarava 40 dzeRRF dzakashandiswa mukutsigira Operation Enduring Freedom uye Operation Iraqi Freedom. Iyi RRF mupiro yaive yakakosha uye yaisanganisira sealifting zvishandiso uye zvinopihwa kunhandare yekurwira, izvo zvaisanganisira zvombo zvekutsigira zvemauto, Navy Combat Logistics Force, uye USMC Aviation Support michina. Pakazosvika kutanga kwaMay 2005, rutsigiro rwakaunganidzwa rweRRF rwakabatanidza 85 ngarava dzinoshanda dzakapinda mazuva anosvika zviuru gumi nezviviri zvengarava dzinoshanda, dzichifambisa ingangoita 25 yemidziyo inodiwa kutsigira mauto eU.S. kusunungurwa kweIraq. MSC inobatanidzwawo muhondo yeIraq iri kuitika, yakanga yaendesa mamiriyoni 61 emakiromita emakiromita 5.7 km2 emutoro uye 1.1 mabhiriyoni US gallon 4,200,000 m3 emafuta pakupera kwegore rokutanga chete. Vafambisi vengarava vanotengesa zvinhu vari kupiwa mubayiro nokuda kwezvipo zvavo muIraq. Somuenzaniso, pakupera kwa2003, Mutevedzeri waAdmiral David Brewer III, mukuru mukuru weMilitary Sealift Command, akapa maofficial nevashandi veMerchant Marine Expeditionary Medal. 