[Robe]

In 2003, SWOSDOC was shuttered, largely for financial reasons,,,,,,,,
officers went directly from commissioning sources to their ships with only a packet of computer disks........
Now it was incumbent on the ship’s CO to replace a year’s worth of intensive dawn-to-dusk training, in addition to his or her other considerable responsibilities

Bringing back the SWOSDOC would be a good start

[WHBates]

In 2003, SWOSDOC was shuttered, largely for financial reasons,,,,,,,,

An Arleigh Burke class destroyer cost almost 2 billion, and we are replacing seamanship training with a CBT and OJT? Really? Wonder who made that decision?