“ The time was a century ago for the SWO officer corps to accept that the future had arrived, and it is past high time for ...

Principal Warfare Officers attended a special two-week course there. In my post-Navy career, I have had extensive interaction ...

The Navy is doling out more cash in retention bonuses to surface warfare officers, offering up to $150,000 for officers to stay in service. The increase in bonuses comes as the Navy eyes ways to keep ...

SAN DIEGO (Aug. 22, 2019) – Vice Adm. Richard A. Brown, Commander, Naval Surface Forces, delivers the keynote address at the Surface Navy Association’s 21st annual West Coast symposium on board Naval ...

Fewer than half of the Navy’s surface warfare officers want to go on to command, and most believe the surface fleet is failing to retain “top talent,” according to the results of a 2022 survey ...

Ensign Marshal White, right, and Lt. j.g. Daniel Feeney stand watch aboard the warship John S. McCain on Nov. 4. (Navy) Two U.S. congressmen introduced a bill last week that, if it becomes law, would ...

Adm. Philip S. Davidson, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, presents a surface warfare officer pin to Midshipman 1st Class Jacob Wirz, recognizing his achievement as the first midshipman to ...

Commander, Naval Surface Forces/Commander of Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet announced a revision to the requirements for qualification and designation as a surface warfare officer. Effective ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq - Imagine a blinding, gusting wall of sand and dust five to eight thousand feet high, spanning 60 to 90 miles, moving at a rate of 35 to 60 kilometers an hour ...

The federal government's watchdog agency is recommending that the Navy make significant changes to the Surface Warfare Officer, or SWO, career path. The Government Accountability Office, or GAO, ...