“The elimination of SWOS Basic was the death knell of professional SWO culture in the United States Navy,” Hoffman said. “I’m not suggesting that … the entire surface warfare community is completely barren of professionalism. I’m telling you that there are systemic problems, particularly at the department head level, where they are timid, where they lack resolve and they don’t have the sea time we expect.”
Miserere nobis.
“I know I sound like a crotchety old man here”
We old men are only crotchety because of the aggravated dumbassery that surrounds us.
“but you can’t do it that way.”
Oh, Hell no. No way a new ensign has time to do computerized courses.
What are they thinking, that you work eight hours, then retire to your stateroom and put your feet up?
And what happened to Department Head school? Did they abolish that, too?