New Workshops at SWO School Putting Focus on Leader, Crew Performance and Wellness at Sea
Future ship commanders and executive officers are getting new tools to prepare for the rigors of leadership at sea as…
GAO Report on Surface Warfare Officer Training
The following is the Nov. 14, 2019 Government Accountability Report, Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Changes…
U.S. Surface Warfare Officers Will Now Use Logbooks to Record Time at Sea
Surface warfare officers are borrowing a lesson from naval aviators and will now keep a logbook of their time underway…
New Surface Forces Instruction Restricts Who Can Earn a SWO Pin
This post has been updated to specify that there are no restrictions on who an individual ship commander could qualify…
New Surface Warfare Officer Career Path Stresses Fundamentals; More Training Before First Ship, More Time At Sea
The U.S. Navy is retooling the career path for surface warfare officers in the aftermath of last year’s fatal guided-missile…
Navy Creates Permanent Readiness Command To Monitor Japan-Based Ships
The Navy’s Japan-based ships are the pointed end of the spear and keeping them sharp falls to the recently created Naval Surface…
Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Training to Tougher Standards Underway Ahead of Formal Navy Policy Changes
ABOARD USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND USS BUNKER HILL, IN THE PERSIAN GULF – Even as top Navy and congressional leadership…
VADM Rowden Calls Naval Surface Group Western Pacific an Advocate for Ship Training Needs
This post has been updated to include additional comments from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson. ARLINGTON, VA –…
Sequestration Sidelines Six Surface Ships
The U.S. Navy has identified six deferred ship deployments due to budget cuts due to sequestration and the ongoing Fiscal…