“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, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

For the last two weeks, CIMSEC featured short stories submitted in response to our Call for Fiction. Authors explored a wide variety of scenarios and dilemmas. From unmanned warship attacks to ...

Host Brian Kerg talks with General Robert Neller, USMC (Ret.) to discuss the role of information in warfighting and the Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG). General Robert Neller served ...