SWCC Officers

[Kinnikinik]

A common question for SWCC is, are there any SWCC Officers?

The answer is, the only Officers SWCC has are Warrant Officers. They are in charge of boat detatchments and have some departmental positions.

The Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and other unrestricted line officers are Special Warfare Officers which means they are SEALs.

There has been discussion about making SWCC officers as long as I have been in SWCC (and certainly before) but currently the community is too small to have its own officer corps. I hope that changes soon, but until it does, we are well served with the fine Special Warfare Officers who lead our Special Boat Teams. I sincerely hope I am around the day someone with a SWCC Pin takes command of an SBT. It will come, but it may not be soon.

K

[matty86]

how do you become a warrant officer?

[swcc-wife]

You have to request it- you have to put in a package to the board and convince them you are worthy for consideration. Then, you have to be better than everyone else that submitted in order to be selected. (that was an exremely simplified version of the process, sorry.)

However, you must be an E-7, or an E-6 that is board eligible, with 12 years of service before you can start the process.

[matty86]

hey, thats what i was looking for..just curious.
appreciate it.

[boomerwv]

So if I understand you are saying that there are SEALs in SWCC acting as officers? I didn't know that.

[scskowron]

If a currently commissioned naval officer wanted to do SWCC, would his request be rejected or would be able to join a team on the condition that he acts as an enlisted man?

[Kinnikinik]

If you wanted to be a SWCC operator you would have to release your commission and enlist. If you wanted to lead a SWCC detatchment, most likely a MKV detatchment, you would apply for Special Warfare Officer, go through BUD/S, and request a Special Boat Team as your duty station.

As for Special Warfare Officer SEALs "playing" boat guy. They are not, they are doing their duty as Special Warfare Officers and leading Special Warfare detatchments. They are in their position because they are qualified to do it, not because they are "playing SWCC."

K

[GAU-17]

You have to request it- you have to put in a package to the board and convince them you are worthy for consideration. Then, you have to be better than everyone else that submitted in order to be selected. (that was an exremely simplified version of the process, sorry.)

However, you must be an E-7, or an E-6 that is board eligible, with 12 years of service before you can start the process.

I think you may be mistaken on this one.

Unless the Navy has changed the rules. You must be an E-7 (CPO) for at least three years before you can submitte a package for CWO. An E-6 that is board eligible can go for LDO. But since SWCC has no LDO program you can't go that way.

Just for the record there have been two Fleet Officers have gone thru SWCC.

[swcc-wife]

Sorry, that should have been "an E-6 that is a selectee".

There are no TIR requirements, only the TIS requirements.

The info can be found in OPNAV INSTRUCTION 1420.1A.

Here is a link-
http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/01000%20Military%20Personnel%20Support/01-400%20Promotion%20and%20Advancement%20Programs/1420.1A%20(ALL).pdf

[Johan422]

Just for the record there have been two Fleet Officers have gone thru SWCC.

But they weren't allowed to complete their PQS or wear the pin.

[niner]

Hi everyone,
I am wondering if it is more logical to go to naval Rotc in college and then go to SWCC training or enlist with a swcc contract after college?

Thanks for your time,
Billy

[niner]

If you wanted to be a SWCC operator you would have to release your commission and enlist.



I have a few questions:
Does the Navy not like if you release your commision?
If you released your commision after Rotc would you have to go to boot camp?
If you did that after Rotc would you have the same 8 year service requirements?
Thanks,
Billy

[scskowron]

Hi everyone,
I am wondering if it is more logical to go to naval Rotc in college and then go to SWCC training or enlist with a swcc contract after college?

Thanks for your time,
Billy

The thread already says that the first is not possible.

[ambassador1]

The thread already says that the first is not possible.

scskowron -- I moved niner's post from one thread to another yesterday. My fault, not his.

ambassador1

[swcc-wife]

scskowron- niner originally posted that in a new thread, but it seems the thread was deleted and his post was transfered here. But the way it was done makes it look as if niner was asking a redundant question, when in fact, he hadn't yet seen this thread.

[oldswabbie]

scskowron- niner originally posted that in a new thread, but it seems the thread was deleted and his post was transfered here. But the way it was done makes it look as if niner was asking a redundant question, when in fact, he hadn't yet seen this thread.

He posted the basically the same question in another thread. A link to this thread was left for hours for him and answered. After that a soft delete was done to keep everything clean. :)

OldSwabbie

[ambassador1]

niner stared his own thread with the above title 2 days ago and in a completely different Forum.

What swcc-wife and OldSwabbie have posted is true. In my haste to move his original post to the proper forum, I never saw his post from 5/29/08 until scskowron's post this evening.

All I can say is my bad and it has been one long week. Thankfully the weekend is finally here!

ambassador1

Hi everyone,
I am wondering if it is more logical to go to naval Rotc in college and then go to SWCC training or enlist with a swcc contract after college?

Thanks for your time,
Billy

[scskowron]

Okay, sorry guys!