Naval Information Force Sending Officers, Enlisted Sailors to Submarines

USS Illinois (SSN-786) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on a scheduled deployment in 2019. US Navy Photo

SAN DIEGO – A Navy pilot program is testing the role of information warfare sailors and officers aboard submarines, the commander of Naval Information Forces announced Wednesday.

Two submarines – USS New Mexico (SSN-779) and USS Washington (SSN-787) – each have an information warfare junior officer and three sailors, Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach said during a talk at WEST 2023, hosted by...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/15/naval-information-force-sending-officers-enlisted-sailors-to-submarines

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