"Duke of URL" wrote in message
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Mike Weeks @
Does anyone have any knowledge (general or otherwise) as to when
the
USN changed its policy regarding authorizing surface warfare
officers
to command the large amphib decks (the LPHs/LHAs/LHDs) ??
I'm thinking it didn't happen until after the 1970s. TIA.
But, but... We didn't HAVE the Surface Warfare Program in the
Sixties...
Although I was able to infer from context that SWO meant
surface warfare, I confess that the subject line
" ... commanded by SWOs"
produced a Pavlovian image in my head of a SWO shouting -
within the Royal Air Force - "facilities" are styled 'Stations'.
Each having a 'Station Commander' {Commandant if of 'Flag'
rank) _and_ a 'Station Warrant Officer' .... the SWO
vocalised as 'the Swoh'.
The SWO is identified by the silver-topped black cane
he (alone) carries/swaggers along with.
So, I had a mental picture of an RAF SWO bellowing
orders - his ankles awash -on the well deck of
an amphib. ...
--
Brian