The surface-warfare command course is highly selective in its own right. It attracts less mystique than the submarine Perisher course because more officers must pass through it before taking surface commands. Its lower public profile does not indicate an easier standard.
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The selective command course for surface-warfare officers
A comparison with the submarine Perisher course presents the Royal Navy's less mythologized but similarly demanding surface command training.