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Navy testing alternative crewing model amid shortages, says SWO boss
The pilot program aims to decrease the number of temporary additional duty sailors aboard destroyers.
By Diana Stancy
New command tours available for O-3 surface warfare officers
The Navy is planning to assign SWO lieutenants to command the new Mark VI patrol boats.
By Mark D. Faram
Officers of the deck to undergo competency tests
Forty OOD-qualified first tour division officers recently underwent the skills assessment in San Diego.
Surface Navy wants to slash shore time for its officers
Today's surface warfare officers need more time at sea, a top admiral says.
By David B. Larter
Interview: US Navy’s top surface warfare officer on collisions, LCS and warfare
The surface Navy has had a difficult year. Defense News sat down with the service's top surface warfare officer to discuss the past year and look ahead to 2018.
By David B. Larter
Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships
The two collisions — and a total of 17 sailors lost at sea this summer — have raised concerns about whether this generation of surface fleet officers lack the basic core competency of their trade.
By Mark D. Faram