Books about being a SWO?

[tcc8988]

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]

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).

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

I found something even BETTER for you to read:

http://www.ocs.navy.mil/pdfs/OCR Appendix B.pdf

 

[ChuckMK23]

and these mighty tomes::

 

[Griz882]

Here are some slightly more modern reads...
This one is a bit pedantic, but interesting.

Isn’t this on some required reading list?

Not to bad.

The best among the whole lot.

 

[Griz882]

Oh...if you are interested in some fiction try this.

 

[Pags]

“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]

“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.

 

[jmcquate]

It's been a moving target since the beginning of time Pags.

 

[Pags]

It's been a moving target since the beginning of time Pags.

You might be missing the reference...

 

[jmcquate]

Yes I did. MiG -28s are a son of a bitch.

 

[azguy]

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