If I was a Navy Surface Warfare Officer who worked in navigation would I be at sea alot?

Question

I would like to be at sea as much as possible so what officer jobs are on ships the most?

Answer 1

Yes, If you plan on joining the Navy always be prepared to be at sea that is why it is called the NAVY. But if you are sea sick and that is why you are afraid of joining don't worry the ships are so large and stable you can barely feel the sea waves.

Answer 2

As a Surface Warfare Officer, you can expect to spend a lot of time at sea in your first tour.  Most of your effort at the beginning of that tour would go towards getting your Surface Warfare Officer pin ( qualification). Here's a brief that can give you a better idea of what a SWO does.  

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:jwr...

Answer 3

This sounds like a rhetorical question.

Answer 4

Being a navigator is usually a second divisional officer position, meaning you will probably have another division before your get to be the Navigator.  Overall, you dont really get to pick which job you have as a junior officer. For example, I am in engineering and I have a business degree with little engineering background.  If you pick surface warfare no matter what your job is you will be out to see quite a bit.  

Answer 5

SWOs will do back to back sea tours.. minimum of 4 years at sea before you can even THINK about getting shore duty.    as a  Baby SWO you will rotate between ALL the major jobs on board.. AUXO, CSO, NAV, the works.  its only once you become a Dept Head(typically O4) do you stay put in one spot the whole time.  DIVOs get shuffled around a lot.

Answer 6

Yes, you probably would.  Even so, there are plenty of land-based positions that the Navy needs officers for, so it's not like you'll spend all of your time at sea.