That is a case where the Navy and it's current 'warfare qualification' scheme came into being many years after aviator wings and the qualifications to get them were created and established and the Navy, for several good reasons, has chosen not to change how Naval Aviator wings are awarded to conform with how more recent 'warfare' pins are awarded to include the SWO pin.
I don't disagree, but that has nothing to do with my point. Everyone seems to want to argue why things are they way they are. All irrelevant with respect to what a warfare pin is today....good or bad.
I was fortunate to experience many parts of the Navy during my career, both as a student and operationally. I came in under the nuke program as an electrician. I went through the pipeline, completed it and was offered a staff pickup gig. I declined because at the same time, I got picked up for BOOST. Fast forward a few years and I found myself in aviation training pipeline. I did well there too, but knew it wasn't for me. Next up: SWO Mecca for 6 months and then off to the ship. 1st tour on a CG and second tour on a CVN conducting combat ops in support of OIF, standing watch in CDC while working on my EOOW (fake) qual down with the nukes. I saw the good, bad, and ugly with regard to training, culture, and morale across several different communities and sub-communities.
In my opinion nuke training set the standard. It is simply the best training I personally received while in the Navy. Maybe I got more out of it than others, I don't know. But it is still the hardest damn thing I've ever had to complete. Naval Aviation training is phenomenal. It is the only thing I experienced in 14 years in the Navy that came close to replicating nuke training in the amount of information needing to be absorbed. I wholeheartedly believe you guys deserve your wings at the completion of your initial training. SWO training on the other hand, is absolutely pathetic and every SWO knows it. I've also been through TAO school and it too is nothing compared to aviation or nuke training. Not even close. The best training I received as a SWO was as a GLO. Almost zero difference between GLO training and the real thing, other than shooting live ordnance. The SWO community would serve itself well by mimicking both the nuke and aviation communities with regard to initial training.
Note: The above is my opinion only, based on my experience and observations of those around me during my career. Things may have changed, for better...or worse.