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	Military ROTC Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Surface Warfare is the community within the Navy that involves the use of the surface fleet's ships for the missions of forward naval presence, sea control, and projection of power ashore.
		Surface Warfare Officers (SWO's) are the men and women who, as junior officers only a year out of college, lead the sailors within the many specialized divisions of a ship's crew.
		Surface Warfare officers are assigned 45 months of initial sea duty to an afloat command split into a 27 month and an 18 month tour.
	www.military.com /ROTC/1,15281,nrotc_paths,,00.html (2553 words)

	Surface Warfare Badge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Surface Warfare Badge was first proposed in 1972 and, by 1980, several classes of the Surface Warfare Badge had been approved for issuance.
		The Staff Surface Warfare Badges are most often granted to staff personnel permanently assigned to afloat naval commands, such as the medical department onboard an aircraft carrier.
		The blade weapons on the enlisted pin are cutlasses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Surface_Warfare_Badge (1125 words)

	Navy Times - New NECC officers, new pin?
		Officers from the appropriate communities lead the existing units in NECC, and surface warfare officers have been tapped for many of the billets in the new riverine force.
		For younger officers looking for service in the riverine units, the job is seen as a career enhancer because of early command in a somewhat autonomous environment.
		An officer equivalent for Fleet Marine Force warfare qualification was approved in October.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-2049971.php (442 words)

	All Hands - November 2001 - Naval Special Warfare Unveils New Warfare Pin
		Initially issued for camouflage uniforms, the pin for dress uniforms is expected to be on the shelves at Navy Exchanges within two months.
		Requirements for wearing the pin include graduating from a 10-week training course at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, completing extensive Personal Qualification Standards (PQS), successfully passing written and oral examinations, and being recommended by commanding officers for the 5351 Navy Enlisted Classification code (NEC).
		The new pin will be a warfare designator, on par with other warfare specialties, such as Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist.
	www.mediacen.navy.mil /pubs/allhands/nov01/pg6g.htm (531 words)

	SWOS Pin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This miniature pin is traditionally given to the Firstie by plebes in the company when Service Selection is announced.
		This is the way Sandi wears her son's SWO Pin.
		She added the Red, White and Blue Ribbons when he was deployed to the Persian Gulf, but still wears them with the pin whenever she puts it on.
	www.usna.org /swos.html (57 words)

	NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS
		The student will know (be familiar with) the surface warfare officer career path and opportunities including the requirement for joint duty.
		An important mission of surface warfare is to support and protect the carrier group.
		One of the oldest missions of the surface warrior is interdiction (or "blockading") operations.
	dolphin.upenn.edu /~nrotc/ns101/LESSON13.html (2200 words)

	Briefs - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Ensign Erin Rikard, the gunnery and force protection officer on the Pearl Harbor-based destroyer USS Hopper, earned her surface warfare officer pin two days before returning home from a six-month deployment to the northern Arabian Sea.
		The milestone for all junior officers took on extra meaning for Rikard: the gold pin she was awarded was the same pin worn 24 years ago by her father, Capt. Rick Rikard, commanding officer of the USS Vella Gulf.
		Rikard sent his pin to the Hopper while it was still in the Arabian Sea in the hope his daughter would achieve the goal.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2002/Oct/21/mn/mn03a.html (600 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Navy pins new honor on crews of its small, high-speed boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Presenting the first pin was Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who served as a lieutenant aboard a river gunboat in Vietnam.
		Nowhere else in the Navy is a petty officer put in charge of $3 million worth of equipment, he said.
		The pin, like its SEAL, aviation, surface and submarine warfare counterparts, is worn on the left of a sailor's chest.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20011127-9999_1m27pins.html (546 words)

	The US Navy USN Page - Wooden Navy Plaques\|US Navy Cruise Plaques\|US Navy Plankowner Plaques\|US Navy Anchor Plaques\|US ...
		The Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist Wings (also known as the "ESWS Wings") are available to any enlisted member of the United States Navy who serves permanently on a navy afloat command and completes the Enlisted Surface Warfare qualification program and personal qualification standards (PQS).
		The Surface Warfare Officer Badge, also called the “SWO Pin”, is the highest qualification one may receive in surface warfare.
		Those receiving the Surface Warfare Officer Badge must qualify as a line Surface Warfare Officer and must hold certifications as Officer of the Deck (both underway and in port), Small Boat Officer, Combat Information Center Watch Officer, and must be trained in shipboard damage control and quality maintenance (3M).
	www.plaquesandpatches.com /navy.htm (1221 words)

	Limited Duty Officer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Limited Duty Officer (LDO) is an officer in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps who was selected for commissioning based on his skill and expertise, and is not required to have a Bachelor's Degree.
		Other than a difference in age, one would not be able to tell the difference between an URL and an LDO, with the exception of the LDO wearing ribbons and warfare insignia earned as an enlisted.
		Thus, the wearing of the navy's Good Conduct Medal or an Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) pin, if the LDO has not yet earned his Surface Warfare Officer pin, could be a give away.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Limited_Duty_Officer (383 words)

	- Joining the Military - Military.com
		The newly commissioned officer from the NROTC program may elect to pursue a career in Naval Special Warfare, which is the smallest of the unrestricted line communities.
		There you will be assigned a "wardroom" of other junior officers with diverse ship and billet assignments.
		Upon returning to your ship, you will be ready to complete your SWO qualifications and earn your Surface Warfare Officer Pin.
	www.military.com /Recruiting/Content/0,13898,nrotc_paths,,00.html (2611 words)

	Coleman's Naval Warfare Files - study guide for the enlisted sailor, air or sea
		The Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist wings are issued to enlisted personnel who acquired the specific professional skills, knowledge, and military experience that resulted in unique qualification for service in the aviation activities of the Navy.
		The specialty was not, and still is not, open to officers, but LDO and warrant officers who qualified prior to commissioning, can retain the priviledge of wearing their wings.
		The 1981 Uniform Regulations described the Aviation Warfare wings as follows: “A silver embroidered or silver color metal pin (for enlisted); winged, with a central device consisting of a shield with an anchor superimposed thereon and a scroll at the bottom of the insignia.”
	members.cox.net /navyewarfare/history.html (370 words)

	USS Albuquerque Submarine - City of Albuquerque
		While anti-submarine warfare is still their primary mission, the inherent characteristics of the submarine's stealth, mobility and endurance are used to meet the challenges of today's changing global geopolitical climate.
		The design chosen consisted of a bow view of a submarine proceeding on the surface, with bow planes rigged for diving, flanked by dolphins in horizontal positions with their heads resting on the upper edge of the bow planes.
		The Commanding Officer is empowered to employ whatever measures are required in his judgement.
	www.cabq.gov /ssn706/index.html (1897 words)

	Military Biography of LCDR Thurman "Ray" Plumlee, USN (Ret)
		To complete this tour he was selected for the Limited Duty Officer Program and on 2 April 1979 he was commissioned an Ensign.
		In July 1981 he reported to the pre-commissioning crew of the USS Mckee AS-41 as the Hull Repair Officer.
		In October 1991 he was assigned to the Staff of the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Under Sea Warfare at the Pentagon in Washington DC.
	www.rayplumlee.com /milbio.phtml (899 words)

	Unit Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Eligibility criterion is that the individual must have participated in a bona fide ground or surface combat firefight or action during which he/she was under enemy fire and his/her performance while under fire was satisfactory.
		Pin-on devices shall not be worn on working uniforms when metal devices might present a FOD or safety hazard.
		Warfare qualification insignia take precedence over other qualification insignia and are placed in the primary position.
	swiftboats.net /extras/unit_awards.htm (3510 words)

	Sealift -- USNS Niagara Falls supply officers fully qualified
		Earning a Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer pin is an important and difficult achievement for any supply officer.
		The Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer program is key to the occupational development of Supply Corps officers.
		The newly qualified officers attribute their success to the outstanding professional expertise and willingness of the civilian mariners to spend time explaining how shipboard systems operate and fully integrating the supply officers into various shipboard evolutions.
	www.msc.navy.mil /sealift/2003/November/niagarafalls.htm (664 words)

	Naval Surface Forces to Institute XO/CO 'Fleet-Up' in 2006
		A commanding officer will reap the benefits of the actions and policies he or she institutes as executive officer.
		He or she will know the crew upon assumption of command and will be intimately familiar with the material condition and the combat readiness of the ship.
		The start of an officer’s XO tour will move to the right (15.5-year point vice the current 13-year point), and the start of the CO tour will move to left (17 years vice 18 to 18.5 years).
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=21437 (455 words)

	Petty Officer Cruel Kev: Navy Jobs
		Aviation Warfare Technicians operate airborne electronic equipment detect, locate and track submarines, and operate radar to provide information for aircraft and surface ship navigation.
		Electronic Warfare Technicians operate and conduct preventive maintenance on computer-controlled electronic equipment used for detection, analysis, and identification of radar emissions.
		Quartermasters stand watch as assistants to officers of the deck and the navigator; serve as helmsman and perform ship control, navigation and bridge watch duties.
	pettyofficercruel.blogspot.com /2006/01/navy-jobs.html (1524 words)

	McCampbell Sailors Work on Warfare Qualifications
		Mark Montgomery, commanding officer of McCampbell, is proud to have awarded the 48 new ESWS qualified Sailors with their pins since leaving San Diego April 19, with hopes of more to be pinned before returning home.
		The training is usually held by chief petty officers and first class petty officers on various topics.
		Martinez feels as if having his ESWS pin will help him in the future with advancements and, “shows that I am motivated by earning my pin as an E-3.” His advice to those working on their pin is, “Don’t give up on it.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=8191 (792 words)

	The Flagship
		The officers, Lt. Sean Collier, Ensign Ken Moates and Ensigns Jason Deutsch, Jed Magda and Leonardo Mendez, were the first SWOs qualified in almost a year.
		They sat a three hour board which was headed by the ship's commanding officer and included the executive officer and department heads.
		During this board, the officers were placed in a real-life scenario and were required to implement naval strategy to show their understanding of how the Navy and carrier battle groups work.
	www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2002/nov212002_7.shtml (294 words)

	University of Virginia NROTC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He was assigned as Higgins’ plankowner Air Warfare Officer, leading a group of highly talented Operations Specialists whose primary assignment was to bring the newest warship into the Fleet.
		LT Theus earned his Surface and Subsurface Warfare Coordinator qualifications during this intense six-week underway period.
		He qualified as an Officer of the Deck underway and put on his Surface Warfare pin in August of 1999.
	www.virginia.edu /nrotc/oldsite/unit/unitstaff/1styearinstr.html (471 words)

	Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) STUDY GUIDE July 25, 1997 - Kitty Hawk
		Commanding Officer - charged with the absolute responsibility for the safety, well-being, and efficiency of his command, except when and to the extent he may be relieved therefrom by competent authority.
		Overcrowding boats/rafts - it is the responsibility of the senior officer or petty officer in charge of the raft or boat to ensure that it does not capsize or overturn due to overcrowding.
		The slide cylinder area is a bearing surface on the slide during recoil and counter recoil.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/navy/docs/esws.htm (19933 words)

	Comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I was selected as a Chief Petty Officer in 1985 upon my departure from the Bronstein and actually started wearing it while I was attending Electronics Technician "C-7" School (Electronics Circuit Design).
		I graduated from C-7 and was transferred to Surface Warfare Officers School, Pacific in Coronado, California and while there I was pressured by superiors to apply for a commissioning program, which I did.
		I was selected as a Chief Warrant Officer (W-2) in February of 1989 and set off to Pensacola, Florida to attend Officer Training School loving known as Knife and Fork School and after a month reported to USS Vancouver (LPD-2) as the Electronics Material Officer.
	retiredwarrant.blogdrive.com /comments?id=24 (643 words)

	U.S. Navy - Surface Warfare Directorate - N76 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		If you are already a Naval Officer and would like to change your designator, information is available from your chain of command.
		Surface ships in the Pacific fleet are listed at the Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Web site; surface ships in the Atlantic fleet are listed on the Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Web site.
		If you want to look at specific surface ships by type, visit the Navy Fact File for that ship type: cruisers, destroyers, or frigates.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n76/n76faqs.html (356 words)

	USS Robert G. Bradley Earns ESWS Pennant
		Final qualification is determined after each ESWS candidate passes an extensive oral board comprised of the most senior enlisted surface warfare specialists aboard in the Chief’s Mess.
		Prior to pinning by their chief in front of the entire crew, the candidate’s ESWS pin is dipped into a bucket of seawater from the area of ocean where they qualified.
		RGB is a Commander, Naval Surface Group 2 ship assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14, currently deployed to the U.S. Naval Southern Command area of operations.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=9159 (616 words)

	Essex Continues to Set the Standard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		USS Essex (LHD 2) was recently awarded the Silver Enlisted Surface Warfare Excellence Pennant, with all assigned E-5 through E-9 Sailors aboard having earned their ESWS qualifications within 18 months of reporting.
		To qualify for the award, all assigned E-5 through E-9 Sailors on Essex were required to earn their Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) qualifications within 18 months of reporting.
		During underway periods, the Second Class Petty Officer Association organized marathon training sessions on the mess decks every week to ensure training was made available to all hands.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=5384 (372 words)

	Old Chester, PA: Obituaries: Lt. Cmdr. Michael David Owsiany
		Following that, as assistant department head (surface warfare officer) aboard the USS Saipan, from 1981 to 1985, his duties included directing up to 15 boats in beach assaults during participation in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada.
		Subsequently he served as executive officer in special operations aboard the USS Edenton from 1985 to 1987, when his duties included navigator, training officer, legal officer, maintenance manager and security manager.
		From 1987 to 1990, he served with the Naval Reserve as liaison officer at the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, N.J., and from 1990 to the present, he was executive officer of Special Operations Command in the USCINSCO Theater of Operations.
	www.oldchesterpa.com /obituaries/owsiany_michael_david.htm (675 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		There have been moments like this whether it is from the commanding officer, seeing his two sons, Kyra introducing us to a 24-year-old seaman who hasn't seen his parents in Georgia for a year.
		So how they integrated that both on the officers on the watching and you will find that it made absolutely no difference and it works very, very well.
		PHILLIPS: Petty Officer James Williams Jr., an operation specialist on the USS Paul Hamilton.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0304/26/se.03.html (10886 words)

	Undersea Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Upon closer inspection, however, many of the challenges faced by our surface minehunting counterparts should be very familiar to submariners.
		Hills runs the personnel office on board, but he is also a qualified sonar operator, a Quartermaster of the Watch, and an underway Officer of the Deck (OOD) – one of only two enlisted crew members to qualify as underway OOD.
		In influence sweeping, either heavy electrical cables are towed for generating a large magnetic field, or acoustic noisemakers are deployed, to simulate the magnetic or acoustic signatures of real ships and "fool" the mines into detonating.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_3/undersea_partners.htm (1160 words)

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