Strategic Sealift Officer Career Management Strategic Sealift Officers (SSO) are commissioned officers in the U.S Navy Reserve serving to maintain the U.S. Navy Reserve organization of Merchant Marine officers, composed of actively sailing members who operate merchant ships, and a shore side members assigned to maintain Naval strategic sealift readiness. Fulfilling requirements and program expectations is one’s own responsibility, not the Program Office. The program office is fundamentally the intermediary between you and the Navy providing you with Active and Reserve Duty options. The point system and the navy benefits will reward every SSO according with the amount of service every member serves while in the program. Understanding the
