I think some of the difference might be in the way we execute our particular roles in current conflicts. SWO dude thinks "strike", and then thinks TLAM, and by extension, "standoff weapons". For VFA, aside from some major pre-planned strike (which does happen now and again), this generally means CAS or SCAR or some muddled ground in between. The difference in "weapons release" authority, or really the responsibility that goes with it, is a bit different between the two communities I think. I won't pretend to know the ins-and-outs of what happens on a ship up to and including firing of a TLAM (I have a basic working knowledge of it at best), but I know that they aren't in a flight of 2 first cruise JO's, talking back and forth with a JTAC, amidst some level of battlefield confusion, trying to make sure they are targeting the right thing, a thing that may be moving and doing its best to make this task quite difficult. There are methods for doing this efficiently, but in the end, if you get it wrong, you may well have killed civilians or even friendlies. The decision of whether you are damn sure you are looking at the right thing is entirely on your shoulders in your own cockpit, as that FNG, even with a clearance to release from the JTAC, and there is nobody in a command position to effectively QA your decision. I think that is a difference.