A two-year tour on a Royal Navy destroyer showed one young surface warfare officer how much he didn't know.
As the U.S. Navy makes the transition from an era of predominately blue-water operations to one of increased green- and brown-water operations, the need for professional, well-trained mariners is absolutely essential to achieve the maximum warfighting capability of our force. The war on terrorism has brought the Navy closer to the shores of the world, and as a result, the shoals of the world as well.
