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For Domestic Use Only on your license means just that. You can not use it for international voyages. My wife had this problem a couple of years ago when she renewed her license.
Most likely you will need to add Bridge Resource Management and STCW 95 to your license to get the restriction lifted (check with the USCG or call MPT in Ft. Lauderdale).
The five day class was not an invention of the schools to make more money. The US has lagged behind in the implimentation of STCW and not required more than STCW 78 for the inland licenses. The rest of the world has been using '95 since shortly after 1996, we were just behind the curve.
Dave
PS. NO I don't work for a school
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