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Books about being a SWO?

tcc8988

Member
Looking for a personal recommendation from people on this forum. I've read some grand strategy books but I'm looking for personal accounts/narratives about being a modern junior SWO. Or anything close to that really.
 

Uncle Fester

Robot Pimp
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Super Moderator
Contributor
Scorpion in the Sea is one of my favorite novels and I think pretty accurately depicts SWO life, even though it’s a bit dated (Qaddafi as the bad guy and the “brand new, state of the art Spruance class,” for example).
 

ChuckMK23

FERS and TSP contributor!
pilot
and these mighty tomes::

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Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
pilot
Contributor
Here are some slightly more modern reads...
C10044C3-AE73-4522-A3F4-4D64501CAA7D.jpeg This one is a bit pedantic, but interesting.

F27B24D3-866B-42B6-94A1-533E37460973.jpeg Isn’t this on some required reading list?

8C8B82BE-FC02-40DD-A262-3D7CE5C4BAED.jpeg Not to bad.

3D9EB071-62DE-4F68-B55E-E95D474D7CAA.jpeg The best among the whole lot.
 

Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
pilot
Contributor
Oh...if you are interested in some fiction try this.

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Pags

N/A
pilot
“Inside the danger zone” is about the Persian Gulf?!?! I call bullshit and #fakenews. We all know the danger zone is somewhere in the Indian Ocean (present day).
 

Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
pilot
Contributor
“Inside the danger zone” is about the Persian Gulf?!?! I call bullshit and #fakenews. We all know the danger zone is somewhere in the Indian Ocean (present day).
That was the old “danger zone.” I think the new one is much closer to an online SAPR course.
 

azguy

Well-Known Member
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I'll second "Danger Zone" actually a good read about the last time SWOs were in a real war. Also, "Destroyer Captain" by Stavridis.
 
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