“Despite the remarkable developments in military technology, despite the weapons and machines which have vastly expanded our ...

SWO specialization was a good idea for the last generation of officers, but time is now too short. Implementing it in 2026, ...

Specialization debates are hardly new to the U.S. Navy or the Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) community. Rapid technological change over the past two centuries repeatedly propelled demands for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Commander Dave Anderson stared into the retina scanner on the bulkhead outside SUPPLOT. He heard the hissing of a basilisk as the air pressure changed in the space between the two doors to the ship’s ...

The pilot boat’s horn cut twice, a warning that flattened chatter across the lock wall. LT Mara Delgado raised her head from the operations console as a bright speck wavered over the Miraflores ...

Riding a wave of success during his Asia tour, President Donald Trump triumphantly announced the U.S. would be working with South Korea to build nuclear submarines. 1 To those familiar with the AUKUS ...

The results of a 2023 wargame simulating a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan showed that the combined forces of Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S. successfully denied Chinese objectives and defeated the ...