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Surface Warfare Officer School Command


I.   Academic Departments

A.   Command Training Department

1. Prospective Commanding Officers Course

a. Course Overview
b. Prospective Student Information

2. Prospective Executive Officers Course

a. Course Overview
b. Prospective Student Information

3. Major Command

4. Director's Remarks

B.  Damage Control Training Department

1.   Prospective Student Information

a.   Academic Policies
b.   Administrative Policies
c.   Coast Guard Student Information

2.   Integrated Damage Control Training Technology

3.   Damage Control Short Course

4.   Admiral H. E. Schonland's Biography

5.   Ex-USS Shadwell's www site

C.  Department Head Training Department

1.   Director's Remarks

2.   Prospective Student Information

3.   Department Head Staff Directory

D.  Division Officer Training Department

1.  Director's Comments

2.  Student Information

3. SWOS DOC Transformation

E.  Engineering Specialty Training Department



II.  Convening/Graduation Dates

III.   Curriculum Directory (Instructions for Downloading Curriculum)

A. Division Officer Training

B.  Department Head Training

1.   Curriculum

a.   Core Curriculum

(1)   Combat Systems

(a)   Communications
(b)   Warfare Fundamentals
(c)   Expeditionary Warfare
(d)   Command and Control
(e)   Under Sea Warfare (USW)
(f)    Surface Warfare (SUW)
(g)   Air Warfare (AW)

(2)  Engineering Fundamentals

(a)    Steam Engineering Curriculum
(b)    Diesel Engineering Curriculum
(c)    Gas Turbine Engineering Curriculum

(3)  Damage Control Fundamentals

b. Specialty Curriculum

(1)  Billet Specialty

(a)  Engineering

(i.)    Steam Engineering Advanced
(ii.)   Diesel Engineering Advanced
(iii.)  Gas Turbine Engineering Advanced

(b)  Platform Specialty

(i.)     First Lieutenant
(ii.)    Operations
(iii.)   Combat Systems

c.  Leadership Readiness Training Curriculum

(1)  Afloat Safety Officer
(2)  Leadership Training


C.  Command Training


D.   Engineering Training

1.   Steam (and Nuclear) Engineering

a.  Curriculum indexed by topic

(1)   Core Theory Lessons
(2)   Administration and Programs Lessons
(3)   Auxiliaries Lessons
(4)   Electrical Lessons
(5)   Main Propulsion Lessons
(6)   Plant Operations and Casualty Control Lessons

b.  Curriculum indexed by course level

2.   Diesel Engineering

a.  Curriculum indexed by topic

(1)   Administration and Programs Lessons
(2)   Auxiliaries Lessons
(3)   Core Theory Lessons
(4)   Electrical Lessons
(5)   Main Propulsion Lessons
(6)   Plant Operations and Casualty Control Lessons
(7)   Trainers

b.  Curriculum indexed by course level

3.   Gas Turbine Engineering

a.  Curriculum indexed by topic

(1)   Administration and Programs Lessons
(2)   Auxiliaries Lessons
(3)   Core Theory Lessons
(4)   Electrical Lessons
(5)   Main Propulsion Lessons
(6)   Plant Operations and Casualty Control Lessons
(7)   Trainers

b.  Curriculum by course level

E. Damage Control Training Department

1.Curriculum

a. Unit One: Damage Control Course Administration
b. Unit Two: Damage Control and Repair Organization & Administration
c. Unit Three: Practical Damage Control
d. Unit Four: Stability and Buoyancy
e. Unit Five: Introduction to Fire Fighting
f.  Unit Six: CBR Defense
g. Unit Seven: Gas Free Engineering Program

IVFeedback Forms

A. Department Head Commanding Officer Feedback
B. Department Head Graduate Feedback


V. Guide to Navy in Newport

A.   Reporting for Duty
B.   Administrative Information
C.   Medical Facilities and Services
D.   Newport and Off-duty Activities
E.   Directions and Maps
F.   Housing Information

VI. SWOS at a Glance

A.  SWOS Continuum of Training

1. Mission
2. Vision
3. Guiding Principles
4. Vital Issues

B. SWOSCOLCOM Organization

C. Trainer Facilities

1.  Damage Control Trainers
2.  Engineering Trainers
3.  Combat System Trainers

D.  Division Officer Training

E.  Department Head Training

F. Prospective Executive Officer Training

G. Prospective Commanding Officer Training

H. Damage Control Training

I. Other Courses

J. MOLS



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