Surface Warfare Tackles Persistent Problems as More than Half of JOs Say They Don’t Want Command
Over the last year, the Navy surveyed 2,500 officers on the highs and lows of a surface warfare career. The…
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…
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…