Commanding Officer

Surface Warfare Officers School

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SWOS Training Initiatives

• SWOS-CNE Consolidation

• SWO Introduction Training

• Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling

Trainers (NSSTs) in Fleet Concentration Areas

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SWOSCOLCOM as of 01 Oct 2011

SWOS Learning Site

San Diego ,CA

SWOSCOLCOM

SWOS Learning Site

International SWOS Learning Site

Newport, RI

SWOS Learning Site

Bangor. WA

SWOS Learning Site

Great Lakes, IL

SWOS Learning Site

FT Leonard Wood, MO

SWOS Learning Site

Pearl Harbor, HI

SWOS Learning Site

Yokosuka, Japan

SWOS Learning Site

Mayport, FL

SWOS Learning Site

Norfolk, VA

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Ship Handling

Core Surface Warfare Skill Sets

Tactical Engineering

SWE

Resource

Sponsors

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Tactics & Maritime Warfare

Advanced Shiphandling &

Navigation

Platform Endorsement

Junior SOSMRC (JOSMRC)

BRM (JR)

Navigation

Shiphandling

DIVO Leadership

Material Readiness

3M

Zone Inspections

32 Month

1St Tour

18 Month

2nd Tour

36 Month

Shore Duty

Dept Head

Qualify: SWO/OOD Qualify: EOOW /

Warfare AreaQualify: TAO /

CMD at Sea

Exclamation point on

being a SWO!

7.5

I-stop enroute

Advanced Division Officer

Course (ADOC) 4-weeks + BST

Baseline

DH

TAO

Platform Endorsement

DH Leadership & Mgmt

Communicate

Operate

Readiness

People

Engineering

Navigate

Proposed SWO Timeline

Basic Division Officer Course

(BDOC) 8-Weeks

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What SWOS Needs from You

• Personal involvement in JO training program

– Your investment in our future

• Push hard for use of Division Officer Study

Guide

– SWO Fundamentals exam directly from Guide

• Available on NKO

• „500 mid-watch‟ mentality

• USCG Rules of the Road test bank

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Time and experience are the key!

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All NSS instruction coordinated across the

SWOS Domain

Shiphandling Trainers in Your

Homeport

• Manpower: – Shiphandling instructors are under a new contract as of 01 Oct

– SWOS provides curriculum and instructor standardization

– Training will be consistent across the NSS continuum

• Training Requirements under SFTM:– 40 hours basic shiphandling (annually)

– 28 hours special evolutions (annually)

– Bridge Resource Management (once per cycle)

• Equipment:– Currently two separate systems

– Conducted a Business Case Analysis to neck down to one

system

• Standardization of assessment through the use of the

CRESST developed Shiphandling Assessment Tool

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Post-Command Officer Observed & Graded TAO

Assessment8

Department Head TrainingTACTICAL ACTION OFFICER

TAO

AIR & MISSILE DEFENSE

SURFACE WARFARE

INFORMATION OPERATIONS

UNDERSEA WARFARE

EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE

THREAT WEEK and

TACTICAL REFRESHTACTICAL TRAINERSAD/IO – SUW – USW – EXW

Compressed Battlespace

Coordinated Ops

EXAMS WARFARE AREA FINALS – 4 hour Essay

TAO FINAL – 4 hour Essay

TAO Electronic Scenario Driven

Assessment

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Department Head TrainingOPERATIONS, READINESS, TRAINING,

ENGINEERING (ORT&E)

DH LEADERSHIP

NAVIGATION

TRAINING MGT

DH ADMIN

LEADING AND MANAGING DEPARTMENTS AT SEA

DEPARTMENT HEAD MATERIAL

READINESS COURSE (DHMRC)

ANTI-TERRORISM

BILLET SPECIALTY

ANTI-TERRORISM

AFLOAT SAFETY

TOPSIDERS

ENGINEERS

PEO Course (10 weeks)

EXAMS IN EACH AREA AND OVERALL WEIGHTED EQUAL TO TAO

CORE

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Award Winning Training

2010 Excellence in Practice Award Winner

for

“Full Spectrum Surface Warfare Training”

• Conning Officer Virtual Environment (COVE)

• COVE Intelligent Tutoring System (COVE ITS)

• COVE Assessment Tool

• PC Based Engineering Simulators

• Virtual Maintenance Performance Aid (VMPA)

• Tactical Action Officer-Intelligent Tutoring System (TAO-ITS)

• TAO Sandbox – Instructional Tool

• TAO-Assessment Tool

• Irregular Warfare Decision Making Simulations

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Summary

• Increased rigor through assessments

– Shiphandling

– Tactical Action Officer

– Engineering

– Students accountable for learning

• SWOS engagement in FCAs

– NSST

– Damage Control School

– SWO Intro

• Reemphasizing technical, tactical, and material

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Back-ups

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Measures Of Success

• Rigorous testing in all curricula– Fundamentals testing for ASAT and PEO/Advanced Engineering

students

– Maritime Warfare and Navigation tested in ASAT

– ROR exams for DOC/DH/PXO/PCO/MCO students

– Maritime Warfare exams assess proficiency at the DIVO/DH/PCO level

• Operational Proficiency Assessments – EOOW - Engineering students assessed by ATG

• Successful completion required to graduate

– MMTT - TAO students assessed by SWOS Post-Command and post-Major Command staff

• Successful completion required to graduate

– Shiphandling assessed by civilian Master Mariners on staff

• Successful completion required to graduate

• Utilization of the Shiphandling Assessment Tool

– Across all levels of training at SWOS

– Will be introduced Fleet-wide

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• Formal Course Reviews and Surveys– Completed after each course graduation, includes:

• Analysis of student critiques

• Analysis of student test scores

• Analysis of instructor evaluations

• Student leadership surveys (CO‟s and DH‟s)

• Recommendations for Improvement

• Fleet has a voice in our curriculum

– Human Performance Requirement Review (HPRR)

• Every SWOS CIN on a cycle not to exceed 36 months

• Fleet participation critical for success

– Fleet Surveys

• Department Head

• SOSMRC

• DIVO (resuming)

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Measures Of Success

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• Advanced Adaptive Scenario Generation and Adaptive Learning

Tools

– Adaptive Device for Adaptive Performance Training (ADAPT) – ASU / APTIMA

– Adaptive Training for Combat Information Center (ATCIC) – CRESST / USC /

TSD

– Back to Basics Decision Training Systems – NPS / APTIMA

– Intelligent Aggressor (IA) – UNR

– Tactical Action Officer (TAO) Sandbox – CRESST / USC / CSU

• Automated Performance Assessment and Automated Performance

Data Collection, Storage and Analysis– Conning Officer Ship handling Assessment (COSA) – CRESST

– Damage Control Assistant Senior Enlisted (DCASE) Assessment Tool –

CRESST

– Multi-Mission Tactical Training (MMTT) TAO Assessment Tool – CRESST

– Department Head Course End-to-End Assessment Analysis – CRESST

– Readiness Console Operator (FCO) front / back end analysis – CRESST

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ONR Projects

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• Intelligent Tutoring Systems– COVE ITS – CRESST / Stanford

– TAO ITS – CRESST

• Automated Feedback Mechanisms and Surveys– Diagnostic Automated Rapid Testing of Skills (DARTS) – Soar Tech / USC

– Fleet Feedback and Surveys – CRESST

• Synthetic Training– Conning Officer Virtual Environment (COVE)

– Virtual Maintenance Performance Aid (VMPA) – Alion Science & Technology

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ONR Projects

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