I have met SWOs who have had 2 shore duty billets (one of them typically being one year long). Different SWOs have had different shore duty experiences, and forums like this have more people who have gone through the process than the number of Department Heads on a ship.
I see this forum as another means to obtaining answers to the many questions I have and will have as I continue in my Navy career. I rarely come to this site first (as you can tell by my number of posts), but if I believe a question has more than one answer which differs based on individual experience, I consider asking it here. I was clearly wrong with this one, as I'm only getting responses from people who are not SWOs and have not been through the SWO shore duty process.
It's true that this is an Aviation Forum, but I figured the subforum titled "Surface Warfare Officer (SWO)" would be a place where SWOs can discuss topics and ask/answer questions. Apparently I'm wrong on this count too.
And to clarify, I AM a Commissioned Officer in my Division Officer tour.