Rust and paint have taken precedence over combat readiness at exactly the moment when our time could not be more valuable. Preservation in and of itself is not a bad thing and it certainly has a place ...
Principal Warfare Officers attended a special two-week course there. In my post-Navy career, I have had extensive interaction ...
“ 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 ...
“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 ...
Dmitry Filipoff is CIMSEC’s Director of Online Content. Contact him at Content@cimsec.org.
SWO specialization was a good idea for the last generation of officers, but time is now too short. Implementing it in 2026, with the possibility of great power war looming, would be self-destructive.
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 ...
This week CIMSEC is publishing submissions sent in response to our Call for Articles on whether U.S. Navy surface warfare officers should specialize. The long-running debate between specialized and ...
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