I happen to be one those people who bought DW when first released and still ENJOY it. I don't have time to play it as much as I would like to, but I still play. I am not in the Navy nor do I work for the Navy, yet I really do like DW. I realize it is not possible to make DW ubber realistic do to the top secret nature of modern weapon systems, and I am very happy just to get a "taste" of modern naval combat.
BTW I own SH3, but play DW (1.40 + latest lwami mod) more often.