Ship selection this week???

LT360 said:
SWOs wear leather jackets?
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Yes, I believe it was because someone thought that giving SWO's distinctive wear would improve SWO morale and improve retention.
(The did the same thing with SWO sweaters about 35 years ago...)
 
HopefulDad2026 said:
Why is no one picking the carrier? Is that a bad first ship to go on?
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Pretty bad place for a baby SWO as it is not easy to get the Bridge time needed to gain the OOD qualification and many of the other required checkouts are also difficult. Doing the CICWO quals are also not really easy as the CVN's setup is not a great place to get through the quals.
 
Old Navy BGO said:
(The did the same thing with SWO sweaters about 35 years ago...)
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At first the SWO sweater (AKA "SWOTER") was intended to be JUST for SWOs and the initial ones were actually the UK
"Wooly-Pully" sweaters. Within a year or two, they changed it to a much less usable sweater and made it available to
everyone so it was not a SWO thing.
Full Disclosure: The SWO Sweater grew out of something that PHIBGRU TWO started on a North Atlantic Exercise/deployment. I
was one of the initial pool of folks who were part of it so I had the original version.
 
OldRetSWO said:
Pretty bad place for a baby SWO as it is not easy to get the Bridge time needed to gain the OOD qualification and many of the other required checkouts are also difficult. Doing the CICWO quals are also not really easy as the CVN's setup is not a great place to get through the quals.
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Cool. Thanks. As the uninformed, I just thought it would be one of the cool ones to pick. Makes sense now.
 
And the blue chips are where the crew identified someone they wanted or something like that?
 
HopefulDad2026 said:
And the blue chips are where the crew identified someone they wanted or something like that?
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Blue chips come about when a Mid does their summer cruise and the CO is impressed with them enough to promise them they can come to that ship when they commission. The Mid doesn't have to take the chip but it's there for them if they want it.
 
How exciting!
Malaysia, Madagascar, Thailand, Egypt.

When the Mid pick Egypt, two Egyptian Naval Officers went to the stage.
 
Banzaipipeline said:
How exciting!
Malaysia, Madagascar, Thailand, Egypt.

When the Mid pick Egypt, two Egyptian Naval Officers went to the stage.
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My MIDN told me those were international exchange students and they are returning to their home country’s Navy. Korea was one as well as Taiwan and Madagascar.

Specific to those here who are or were SWO I understand getting in the requisite shipboard training is difficult for baby SWO’s. If multiple MIDN select same ship does it make completing that training is more difficult or can take longer?
 
Heatherg21 said:
My MIDN told me those were international exchange students and they are returning to their home country’s Navy. Korea was one as well as Taiwan and Madagascar.

Specific to those here who are or were SWO I understand getting in the requisite shipboard training is difficult for baby SWO’s. If multiple MIDN select same ship does it make completing that training is more difficult or can take longer?
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There are only a certain number of billets for O-1s on each ship (and for other ranks too). The ship has a precise manpower plan based on ship class, lifecycle stage, deployment status and other factors.
 
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