The Navy must change the way it evaluates surface warfare officer training as part of an ongoing push to prevent catastrophic ship collisions like those that killed 17 sailors in the Pacific in 2017, a top government watchdog says. A new report from the Government Accountability Office says the Navy isn't doing enough to assess the changes it put in place to train its ship drivers. The watchdog agency made several recommendations in a new 61-page report on "Actions Needed to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Changes to Surface Warfare Officer Training." Read more on Military.com.
Navy Not Doing Enough to Evaluate Training Changes After Deadly Collisions: GAO
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