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USNI News Search for: Home » Budget Industry » New Workshops at SWO School Putting Focus on Leader, Crew Performance and Wellness at Sea New Workshops at SWO School Putting Focus on Leader, Crew Performance and Wellness at Sea May 31, 2021 11:42 AM A student in the Pilot convening of the Officer of the Deck Phase II course works at the Automatic Radar Plotting Aid station in a Ship Simulator at Surface Warfare Schools Command. OOD-II will be introduced to the fleet concentration areas in October, 2021, and will be taught at SWSC’s Mariner Skills Training Command Pacific (MSTCPAC) in San D...

Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, a native of Key West, Florida, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and earned a Master of Science in Operational Research from the Naval Postgraduate School. At sea, he served as damage control assistant aboard USS Wabash (AOR 5); navigator aboard USS Reid (FFG 30); operations officer aboard USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51); operations officer for Destroyer Squadron 2; and executive officer on USS Hopper (DDG 70). Ashore, Alexander served as the Maritime Operations Center director for U.S. 3rd Fleet; executive assi...

US Navy SAN DIEGO – Capt. Jon Grant, officer in charge, turned over command of Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) Det West to Capt. Brandon Bryan, commanding officer of CSCS’ Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center (FASW), April 30. Grant will retire from the U.S. Navy after 38 years of honorable service, Oct. 1, 2021. A ceremony was not held but an official turnover was conducted by Capt. Dave Stoner, commanding officer, CSCS. “When you look at Det West’s accomplishments since February of 2020, when Jon assumed duties as officer in charge, it is apparent that he and his ...