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Naval Surface Forces Looking Closely at Warfare Training for Individuals, Watch Teams
By: Megan Eckstein
January 13, 2020 5:02 PM • Updated: January 14, 2020 2:39 PM
 

The surface navy is taking a serious look at how it trains individuals and watch teams in maritime warfighting skills, taking a similar approach to the recent effort to bolster navigation, shiphandling and seamanship skills, the head of the surface force told USNI News.

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 (SWOS) was revamped, new simulators were developed and delivered to the waterfront in San Diego, Calif., and Norfolk, Va., and more at-sea time was set aside to focus on these fundamentals.

Now, said Vice Adm. Richard Brown, the commander of Naval Surface Forces and Naval Surface Force Pacific, that same effort will be applied to maritime warfighting skills.

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/13/naval-surface-forces-looking-closely-at-warfare-training-for-individuals-watch-teams