SAWOC focuses on offering naval officers chosen as potential commanding officers (PCOs) and potential government officers (PXOs) for amphibious ships and staffs a strong basis within the sensible expertise and amphibious doctrine required to command, plan and execute operations previous to their afloat excursions.
“We’re offering our amphibious commodores, commanding officers and government officers with a strong basis within the sensible expertise and doctrine that can assist these officers thrive in a dynamic blue-green setting,” mentioned Capt. Neil Krueger, facilitator of SAWOC.
This was the primary convening of the brand new five-week course that consists of 4 weeks of Amphibious Warfare Indoctrination (AWI), Amphibious Air Operations Coordination (AAOC), fleet engagement and facilitated dialogue, adopted by one week of Amphibious Warfare Workers Planning (AWSP).
“We are going to depend on suggestions from this primary iteration of the course on the west coast, persevering with to enhance the instruction and including worth for the amphibious neighborhood leaders coming by means of the course sooner or later,” mentioned Krueger.
SAWOC is designed to offer floor warfare officers the baseline data to plan and execute amphibious operations.
“My private amphibious expertise is proscribed, and amphibious operations are arguably essentially the most difficult joint evolutions that we conduct,” mentioned Lt. Cmdr. Paul Tortora, PXO of the Whidbey Island-class dock touchdown ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). “This course gave me the instruments essential to confidently assume my subsequent job as the chief officer of Rushmore.”
EWTGPAC trains, educates, and advocates doctrine, ways, strategies, and procedures of Amphibious Warfare to Joint and Mixed forces as a way to improve operational commanders’ capability to conduct expeditionary operations across the globe.
