Confidence votes 18.5K. BMC is the rate/rank designation for a Chief Boatswain's Mate (read Boatswain's Mate, Chief). SW  is the sailor's Warfare Qualification Designator, in this case, Surface Warfare. Written correctly, it would read BMC(SW) .
FOB stands for Free On Board or so there is no line item payment by the buyer for the cost of getting the goods onto the transport. There are two possibilities: FOB origin, or FOB destination. FOB origin means the transfer occurs as soon as the goods are safely on board the transport.
Report Abuse. FOB is an abbreviation for Free On Board (an alternative term is Freight on Board). The term FOB (often seen as f.o.b.) is commonly used when shipping goods, to indicate who pays loading and transportation costs, and/or the point at which the responsibility of the goods transfers from shipper to buyer.he shipment cost will be paid by the customer/buyer. fob(destination)-means the price includes the shipment cost up to the place of the customer/buyer.