“Despite the remarkable developments in military technology, despite the weapons and machines which have vastly expanded our ...
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 them ...
SWO specialization was a good idea for the last generation of officers, but time is now too short. Implementing it in 2026, ...
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The debate over whether Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) should be “generalists” or “specialists” is an old and vigorous one. 1 For more than 125 years, SWOs have followed a generalist career path. 2 ...
As they weigh future career paths, today’s surface warfare officers should inform their preferences and policy decisions with a critical understanding of past specialization debates, guided by several ...
The United States Marine Corps has an outsized effect on Navy force planning. While the Navy and the Marines exhibit a sincere and genuine single team spirit conducting global naval operations, they ...
Surface fleet leadership engaged in a number of innovation attempts beginning in the 1970s and culminating with the commissioning of the Basic and Advanced Division Officer Courses (BDOC) program in ...