GAO Report on Surface Warfare Officer Career Path
The following is the Government Accountability Officer June 17, 2021 report, Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Evaluate and Improve Surface…
Surface Navy to Kick Off Program to Track, Assess Sailors Combat Skills
The surface navy community is rolling out a new way to track and assess sailors’ experience and proficiency in combat…
Surface Warfare Training Growing More Complex with Tougher Scenarios
The Navy’s plans to create tougher advanced-phase training events for surface ships are made possible by improvements in individual-level training…
Navy Continues Advanced Surface Training, Deemed Mission-Essential, During COVID Restrictions
The Navy’s advanced surface warfare exercises have been deemed mission essential and are moving forward amid coronavirus-related restrictions, demonstrating the…
NATO Evaluation Tool Points Out Training Mistakes in Almost Real-Time
NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, ITALY – An increasingly sophisticated reconstruction and evaluation team is giving sailors in NATO’s ongoing Dynamic…
Naval Surface Forces Looking Closely at Warfare Training for Individuals, Watch Teams
The surface navy is taking a serious look at how it trains individuals and watch teams in maritime warfighting skills,…
BALTOPS 19: Navy Tests New Mine Hunting Kit With European Allies
ABOARD USS MOUNT WHITNEY, IN THE BALTIC SEA – As the U.S. Navy undergoes a major transition in how it…
Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center Further Solidifying its Role in Training, Operations
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Last year, the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center accomplished a host of firsts in…
Kearsarge ARG Completes First East Coast SWATT Advanced Training Event
The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) recently completed a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT), the first time the such an…
Deployed Surface Forces Benefitting from SMWDC Training, Technologies
ABOARD USS BUNKER HILL AND USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT – Three years after the conception of the Naval Surface and Mine…