Navy Surface Warfare Officer – SWO

[zoeith]

Proud SWO here, it's a challenging but rewarding job. As an Enisgn you are thrust right into leadership roles and can expect to lead a division as well as drive/navigate/fight the ship. Get Swotivated

[jmj]

"No other 22-26 yr olds are doing this"
Me, age 31 thinking of signing up for swo at ocs...

[blackLove]

I'm a proud ESWS Ret. Sailor and I remember as a young Sailor many years ago, I was trained by an Excellent SWO (LTjg Outler). He really taught me on how to be a better Sailor in standing watch (e.g., Helmsman, Lee Helmsman, Messenger of the Watch, Lookout, etc.). Thank you for SWO's 😇🇺🇸🇬🇧

[williamclark]

-B.S in Mathematics
-US Navy Surface Warfare Officer

[SonofDaVinci]

Retired SWO here. 89-09. It is probably much different now but back in the early days of my career we had a philosophy: the job wasn't done right unless we made it painful and difficult to do. Ha ha! It was hilarious that this was verified from others at Dept Head school. SWOs ate there young, weeded out the perceived weak... it was a tough culture.

[lucafabretti]

afrer i get my citizenship for the US, im going to join to be a swo after college

[joepops]

I always wondered why SWOs do everything. In other western navies (UK, Canada, Australia, ect) Maritime Warfare Officer, Weapons Systems Engineering Officer, and Marine Engineering Officer are three separate officer career tracks, but in the US Navy it's all combined into one. Seems a bit weird.

[Capitan_Doug_Keith]

I am 12 years old and want to go into the navy on a destroyer. I had no previous knowledge of any positions, just ranks and stuff I got out of "Top Gun" but you have gained yourself a future sailor.

[purplepidgin]

So an SWO in the Navy, is like a Bosun(except the weapons part😂)Asking as a merchant marine and 1stOfficer/Bosun on a container ship🤙🏾

[mr.mgarand]

Is this a hard job to get as an officer or is it easy since there are a lot of ships?

[walterbackgammon]

Is the navy pretty chill? Thinking about getting my commission.

[MrGA]

Can you choose which station you want to be at? I am moving to Northern Va, and while I know the OCS training is in RI, I would very much like to be stationed at in Washington DC

[Blakely]

I graduate college soon with an engineering degree. If I go to OCS, can I still get this job?

[darkninjamandelta]

Is a Biology degree and History degree worth much when applying to Navy OCS

[howleyeultimitegamer]

what are some college degrees to major in to get this job

[stevengoodman]

Chiefs train the surface warfare officers

[sohammitra]

is SWO a hard branch to get during nrotc selection (I'm not familiar with nrotc)

[themexican]

"Working hand-in-hand with enlisted sailors" HAHA YEAH RIGHT. The real work is done by the enlisted sailors. SWOs are glorified paper-pushers.