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Today we honor the heroism of those that faced the attack on Pearl Harbor 82 years ago. We are committed to preserving their legacy through learning and encourage you to listen to NWC Professor John Maurer’s lecture on
#PearlHarbor
from earlier this year.
It was a privilege to share the Naval War College’s story with our Army brothers and sisters as we celebrate the 248th birthday of the world’s finest Navy.
This week NWC hosted the fourth iteration of its Cyber Warfare, Navies and Emerging Technologies (CWNET) Workshop focused on emerging technologies and national security. Learn more here: !
Congrats to two of
@NASA
's newest astronauts,
@USNavy
Cmdr. Hathaway & Lt. Cmdr. Wittner!
Hathaway (
@NavalAcademy
2014/NWC 2016) & Wittner (
@NPS_Monterey
2018/NWC 2021) earned their wings, securing eligibility for spaceflight!
Full story here:
📸by NASA
A warm welcome to the President of the 🇯🇵
@jmsdf_pao_eng
Command and Staff College Vice Adm. Hiroshi Egawa who visited NWC & met with our President Rear Adm. Pete Garvin. Our partnerships matter & learning from one another is key to our shared successes.
@CNFJ
|
@USPacificFleet
Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield, president of the Naval War College spoke at USS Constitution’s change of command ceremony Jan. 21.
@USSConstitution
, is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat.
See the full album here:
Congrats to newly promoted Egyptian🇪🇬Navy Cmdr. Fouad Abdelhaleem from our Naval Staff College! Maritime partnerships around the🌍are critical in a complex global security environment & the value of having international students at NWC cannot be understated. BZ, Cmdr!
In recent years, China’s naval industries have made tremendous progress supporting the modernization of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) submarine force, read the latest report from
@ChinaMaritime
here: .
A warm welcome to
@usairforce
Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin who spoke with our students discussing the pace of change in today's dynamic strategic environment as well as the
#USAF
's reoptimization plan in support of great power competition amid evolving security challenges.
The U.S. Naval War College & Indian Naval War College will hold the Indo-American Naval War College Conference in Goa, India, April 16-18!
The conference is part of NWC’s regional alumni symposium (RAS) series. Learn more here:
First Adm. Baharuddin of the
@tldm_rasmi
discusses the Royal Malaysian navy’s '15-to-5′ transformation program at our Regional Alumni Symposium in
#KualaLumpur
,
#Malaysia
.
Story:
“There is nobody of
#Rohingya
origin in Silicon Valley who can say, ‘I’m going to give $5 million of my own money for a public awareness campaign for my people.’ There is nobody of Rohingya origin at the BBC or CNN who can take this on as a pet project.”
Take a tour of the buildings that make up
#NWC
See the
#historic
campus development from a poor house, donated by the citizens of
#Newport
in 1884, to one of the premier
#military
#education
institutions in the world.
Rear Adm. Chatfield sat down with the NWC staff to introduce herself last week. On leadership: “It is a good strategy to remember that when your most firm conviction is that you are right, it’s time to listen the closest.”
A warm welcome to our
@usairforce
teammates! Today, NWC welcomed Air Force Chief of Staff
@GenCQBrownJr
alongside Tuskegee Airmen retired Brig. Gen Woody Woodhouse. For more 📸 click here:
#AccelerateChange
Proud to host
@SECNAV
,
@SenWhitehouse
,
@SenJackReed
,
@RepGabeAmo
, & Navy Education for Seapower Advisory Board at NWC today! Feedback & guidance from experienced leaders, scholars, & practitioners is how our curriculum remains rigorous & relevant to the current & future fight.
Proud to participate in the Navy Education for Seapower Advisory Board meeting. Education is crucial in building a culture of warfighting excellence. It supports communication, character, judgment, diplomacy & partnerships. This board's work in education truly matters!
We were so honored to have
#GenMilley
as keynote speaker at today's graduation ceremony. You can read his entire address in the link below.
#NWCGrad2020
#GenMilley
to
@NavalWarCollege
Class of 2020 Graduates:
"Today, your mission, my mission is to prevent another great power war & maintain great power peace."
Read his full message on vigilance, deterrence & the importance of allies & partnerships:
Congratulations 🎉,
#classof2024
! Today, the U.S. Naval War College celebrated its in-residence summer graduation 🎓onboard Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island!
Read the full story here: .
RADM Yvette Davids has been nominated for appointment to the rank of vice admiral and assigned as the next
#USNA
Superintendent
Pending confirmation by the US Senate, Davids (USNA ‘89) would be the first woman to assume the role of USNA Superintendent
Adm. Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman, NWC alumnus and chief of the
@tldm_rasmi
, addresses participants of our 16th Regional Alumni Symposium in
#KualaLumpur
.
Story:
From our faculty: China is in the process of becoming an Atlantic naval power. The activities of the Chinese navy have evolved from port visits and largely symbolic joint exercises to independent operations at sea. By Ryan Martinson via
@RUSI_org
You're looking at NWC alumni from 14 nations, together at our 16th Regional Alumni Symposium in
#KualaLumpur
,
#Malaysia
.
We call this, "Strengthening our global maritime partnerships."
Join us for a YouTube watch party of our
#Graduation2020
ceremony video, with keynote speech by
#GenMilley
, chairman of
@thejointstaff
, and live comments from RADM Shoshana Chatfield, NWC president. 9:45 a.m. EDT on NWC's YouTube channel:
Congrats to Prof. David Burbach on his selection as Director of our Space Studies Group!
The group joins NWC’s existing lineup of Regional Studies Groups conducting research on every part of the Earth, including the oceans & the Arctic.
Learn more here:
On
#worldphotographyday
were sharing one of our favorite photos we never get tired of seeing, this drone shot of our beautiful campus here at ‘the Navy’s home of thought’. Our photographers here at NWC play a key role in telling the college’s story!
Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield will be the first woman president in the history of U.S. Naval War College. She holds a master's in public administration from
@Kennedy_School
and a doctorate in education from
@uofsandiego
.
NWC hosted the 15th annual Deterrence and Escalation Game and Review (DEGRE) and Global 18 wargame, co-sponsored by
@US_STRATCOM
&
@USPacificFleet
, onboard
@NAVSTANEWPORTRI
, April 22–26.
Full story here: .
From our Nikolas Gvosdev: Russia has strategy for creating new normal in Black Sea. U.S. needs to decide how much a threat Moscow’s revision is to U.S. interests.
#NWCGrad2020
#GenMilley
: NWC has sustained standards of excellence in delivering world-class education since 1884. This college has created leaders who affect substantive change in the military, across the government & among our many allies & partners around the globe.
#GenMilley
: Cohesion is a force multiplier – divisiveness leads to defeat...our different experiences and backgrounds as people make us better than we would be alone...Eliminate anything that divides us.
Prof. James Holmes delivers an insightful and provocative argument on why making strategic mistakes may be better for military progress than succeeding...
Congrats to NWC's Stephen F. Knott,
@publius57
, on his latest book, "The Lost Soul of the American Presidency," from Univ. Press of Kansas.
For Knott's take on the presidency and national security, watch his
#NWCTalks
here:
Prof Marc Genest and First Adm. Anuar, commander of
@tldm_rasmi
naval special forces, discuss
#Asia
's regional counterterrorism strategy at our Regional Alumni Symposium in
#KualaLumpur
.
Story:
RT
@ClarkUniversity
: At Clark last night,
@NavalWarCollege
professor & author of "The Death of Expertise" Tom Nichols (
@RadioFreeTom
) addressed do-it-yourself expertise, prevailing narcissism, and the “gladiatorial nature of discussion."
Congratulations to Adm. Akira Saito on his appointment as Chief of Staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
@jmsdf_pao_eng
! Adm. Saito is a Naval Command College (NCC) class of 2009 graduate. Well done, Admiral, we are proud of our NWC
#Alumni
making an impact around the world🌏!
Today marks a key educational milestone as we celebrate the graduation of NWC’s class of 2023. Special thanks to Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
@USAmbUN
, U.S. Rep to the U.N., for imparting her words of wisdom to our students. Bravo Zulu graduates!
NWC turns 135 this year! The campus has grown and course offerings are more robust. But some things don't change. “For 135 years, this college has served as the intellectual nexus for the U.S. Navy through times of peace and times of conflict.”
Tomorrow is the day! Join us for a YouTube watch party of our
#Graduation2020
ceremony video, with keynote speech by
#GenMilley
, chairman of
@thejointstaff
, and live comments from RADM Shoshana Chatfield, NWC president. 9:45 a.m. EDT at
It’s never too early to learn the value of wargaming! Yesterday NWC &
@USNWCMuseum
welcomed
@usairforce
&
@SpaceForceDoD
cadets from
@WPI
&
@BrownUniversity
for a wargame simulation, testing their analytical & strategic skills!
Best of luck with the remainder of the school year!
A warm welcome to Chilean Naval Attaché Capt. Alejandro Rosa head of the Chilean Naval Mission in D.C.! Rosa met with NWC President Rear Adm. Garvin to discuss the enduring value of having🇨🇱students at NWC & as International Fellows in our College of Maritime Operational Warfare!
Today, Rear Adm. Pete Garvin became the 58th President of NWC relieving Rear Adm. Shoshanna Chatfield. Fair winds & following seas Rear Adm. Chatfield, we are excited to continue our mission under Rear Adm. Garvin as we inform today’s decision-makers & educate tomorrow's leaders!
It's time! Tune in at 9:45 a.m. EDT today for our YouTube 'watch party' of the June 2020 virtual graduation ceremony, with keynote address by
@thejointstaff
Chairman Gen. Mark Milley:
If you have trouble finding the live stream, simply hit refresh.
Join Professor
@KaurinShanks
speaking on "Racial and Gender Diversity in the Military and in Society: An Ethics and Leadership Perspective" in the thirteenth lecture in this academic year's "Issues in National Security" lecture series.
Today marks the 139th birthday of the U.S. Naval War College, founded in 1884 with Rear Adm. Stephen B. Luce as its first President. Then Secretary of the Navy William E. Chandler ordered the establishment the college on October 6th, through Navy Dept. General Order Number 325.
Read the latest from our China Maritime Studies Institute
@ChinaMaritime
with “China Maritime Report No. 30: A Brief Technical History of PLAN Nuclear Submarines”, find it here
Completed day 1 of the Indo-American Naval War College Conference, co-hosted by
@InNwc
today. Events like this give us the opportunity to exchange ideas & information necessary for addressing common challenges in the maritime domain.
We are pleased to announce that
#maritime
#history
expert Geoffrey Till, professor emeritus
@KingsCollegeLon
, has been named our 2018 'Hattendorf Prize' recipient:
A warm welcome to Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Christopher Grady! During his visit, Adm. Grady met with students from NWC’s Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Course (JFMCC) before addressing our students, faculty, and staff. Thanks for visiting, Admiral!
Even in challenging times, spring brings beauty to our Naval War College campus, giving us hope of better days to come. Please enjoy these recent photos by command photographer Jaima Fogg.
Months before
#COVID19
became a household name, the U.S. Naval War College co-sponsored a “war” game about how to battle to a rapidly spreading infectious disease in a major urban area. Read the "quick look" initial report.
Read the latest from our China Maritime Studies Institute in the 32nd edition of their China Maritime Report titled “The PCH191 Modular Long-Range Rocket Launcher: Reshaping the PLA Army's Role in a Cross-Strait Campaign” here: !
JOB OPENING: The Strategy and Policy Department at the Naval War College, Newport, RI, invites applications
for a tenure-track, assistant professor faculty appointment beginning in July 2022.
See more below:
The NWC Press has delivered its 2nd print run of Newport Paper 43. On Wargaming by Matthew B. Caffrey Jr. has far exceeded the Press’s demand expectations. To find out why, download your copy today at .
NWC President Rear Adm. Garvin gave the keynote address at the
@WaterFireProv
Salute to Veterans paying tribute to veterans past & present. He expressed NWC’s gratitude to the over 63,000 strong veteran community of R.I. & noted the ocean states storied history with our military.