The U.S. Navy is struggling to retain its surface warfare officers, according to a recent government watchdog report. Ensign Marshal White, right, and Lt. j.g. Daniel Feeney stand watch aboard the ...

Navy surface warfare officers can now stand watch in a new leather jackets approved specifically for their community, the service announced Thursday. A soon-to-be-issued leather jacket has been ...

A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman and future surface warfare officer from the class of 2023 selects his first ship assignment during the academy's annual ship selection night on Feb. 2. (Midshipman ...

WASHINGTON— Navy surface warfare officers will soon be issued new leather jackets to wear and show their expertise and create a sense of pride. The new jacket is similar to the famous aviation ...

The Navy's new jacket, available exclusively to surface warfare officers, is now available for order. Active-duty and Reserve SWOs can submit their order forms to Naval Surface Forces to get the ...

Though Naval Surface Forces Command tracks separation rates for surface warfare officers by gender, it hasn’t developed a plan to improve retention rates, according to the report titled “Navy ...

Rear Adm. Ron Boxall, the U.S. Navy's head of surface warfare, talks about the importance of keeping pace with technological innovations. ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet is ...

What's to keep us from equipping these ships with an offensive SUW [surface warfare] weapon?" Rowden asked. The Navy has been looking at long-range missile options for the LCS for months now.

But it doesn't have to be that way. The same new technologies that are forcing a change in naval surface warfare strategy are also being applied to ammunition by gun-maker BAE Systems ...

Following a string of collisions in the Western Pacific in 2017, the Navy revamped how surface warfare officers were trained to sail their ships. Training at the Surface Warfare Officers School ...

Commander, Naval Surface and Warfighting Development Center Rear Adm. John Wade, left, speaks to Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) candidates after they completed their initial course of ...