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Career Outlook

Surface Warfare officers are the leaders onboard the world's most powerful vessels, managing professional and highly trained Sailors in maintaining and operating ship's systems. Training as a Surface Warfare officer directly translates to civilian careers in executive-level management as well as many technology and high-tech specialty systems. Each year, a select few candidates from the Surface Warfare community are offered a chance to specialize in Information Technology (IT), Oceanography (Ocean) or Engineering Duty Officer (EDO). If you have skills or interest in these fields, you may qualify for these exciting careers. As a Surface Warfare officer, managing and motivating personnel, assuming responsibility for multi-million dollar systems and equipment and gaining valuable insight from travelling the world will provide you with experience that is invaluable to explorers in the private sector.

Service Commitment
Each community carries unique service commitment lengths. For more information, see Obligations : Post Graduate Obligations














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-Robert South


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Evanston, IL 60208
Tel: (847) 491-3324
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A Day in the Life
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Drill Team



"Delta Company" is a group of motivated, disciplined midship-men who form the Northwestern NROTC Drill Team. They practice drill at 0600 two mornings a week, and at 1900 on Sundays in the fall.

Obligations : Academic Year






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