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R 171345Z NOV 00 PSN 881610J24
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01500//
NAVADMIN 294/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N13//
 
SUBJ/ENLISTED NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFT CREWMAN (SWCC)
/SPECIALIST QUALIFICATION PROGRAM//
 
REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/03OCT2000//
 
AMPN/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1414.5, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE
COMBATANT-CRAFT (SWCC) SPECIALIST QUALIFICATION PROGRAM.//
 
RMKS/1.  THE NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFT CREWMAN (SWCC)
SPECIALIST QUALIFICATION PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE AND RESERVE SWCC
COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN APPROVED PER REF A.  SWCC SPECIALIST
DESIGNATION SIGNIFIES A SWCC HAS EXCELLED IN THE OPERATION OF NAVAL
SPECIAL WARFARE COMBATANT-CRAFT, AND FORMALLY RECOGNIZES THOSE
ENLISTED INDIVIDUALS FULLY TRAINED IN COMBAT SUPPORT TO MARITIME
SPECIAL OPERATIONS. THE SWCC QUALIFICATION IS BASED ON DEMONSTRATED
KNOWLEDGE OF NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATIONS, ENGINEERING, WEAPONS, DECK
SYSTEMS, AND TACTICAL OPERATIONS OF NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE
COMBATANT-CRAFT.
 
2.  REF A PROMULGATES REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFICATION AND DESIGNATION
OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL AS SWCC SPECIALISTS.  COMMANDS HAVING SWCC
WITH ELIGIBLE NECS SHALL DEVELOP A COMMAND SWCC SPECIALIST
QUALIFICATION PROGRAM MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
OF REF A.  PERSONNEL WITH NECS 5350, 5351, OR 5352 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
SWCC SPECIALIST QUALIFICATION.
 
3.  POC IS QMCS(EOD/SW) STEVE MARSHALL, N132D7A, AT (703)
614-6854/DSN 224, E-MAIL:  N132D7A@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL.
 
4.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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