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15 unusual facts about Naval War College


Barbara E. McGann

Following this tour in 1993, McGann taught Strategic Studies as a Fellow at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

In September 2000, she assumed duties as Provost, Naval War College.

Christina Goulter

Between 1994 and 1997 Goulter served as an Associate Visiting Professor of Strategy at the US Naval War College in Rhode Island.

Corey Brooks

He also has a Master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.

Edmundo González

It is also a graduate of the United States Naval War College in Newport and joined the International Program of the Naval Command College.

George E. Mayer

Mayer served in the following shore duty assignments: Executive Assistant to the Chief of Legislative Affairs; Light Attack/Strike Fighter Junior Officer Detailer with the Navy's Bureau of Personnel (BUPERS) in Washington, D.C.; Spanish Command and Staff College in Madrid, Spain; the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he obtained a Master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.

John A. English

For five years between 1997 and 2002 English served as a Professor of Strategy with the US Naval War College.

John Cloud

John A. Cloud is a professor in the National Security Affairs Department of the U.S. Naval War College and former ambassador for the United States of America to the Republic of Lithuania.

Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday

He regularly delivers lectures at the National Defence College, Islamabad, the Administrative Staff College of Pakistan, the Naval War College and the Air Force War College of Pakistan

Larry Miles Dinger

From August 2004 to June 2005, he was the State Department's Senior Advisor to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Maura Connelly

Ambassador Connelly received a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Masters in National Security Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.

Michael J. Aguilar

In August 1993 he attended the Naval War College and was promoted to colonel in October of that same year.

Aguilar received his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach and a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies and National Security Affairs, Naval War College.

Robert J. Murray

He first joined the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island as Dean and Director of the College's Advanced Research Center and creator/director of the Strategic Studies Group.

Todd Levett

He was also selected to participate in the Fleet Seminar program for national security strategy operated by the U.S. Naval War College.


Carol Mutter

In addition to holding a B.A. degree in Mathematics Education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado, General Mutter has an M.A. degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island and both an M.S. and an honorary doctorate degree from Salve Regina University, also in Newport.

Douglas Porch

He has been a professor of strategy at the Naval War College, a guest lecturer at the Marine Corps University, a post-doctoral research fellow at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and the Mark W. Clark Professor of History at The Citadel.

Hattendorf Prize

It depicts a stylized image of the cupola of Luce Hall, the first purpose-built building of the Naval War College, built in 1892 and first used during the College presidency of Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Henry Kent Hewitt

Following World War II, he commanded U.S. Naval Forces Europe, advised the Naval War College, and served as a Navy representative to the United Nations.

James R. Stark

A surface warfare officer, his career included command of ships at sea, senior U.S. Navy and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commands, staff assignments with the Chief of Naval Operations and the National Security Council, and a tour as President of the Naval War College.

Jesse A. Wilson, Jr.

He also earned a Master of Science in Operations Research from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA (1991) and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2001.

John J. Garstka

In addition, he has lectured at Harvard University, Georgetown University, the University of California at Irvine, University of Maryland, the Army War College, the Air War College, the Naval War College, and the Naval Postgraduate School.

Ronald Arthur Hopwood

With the book is a letter from Admiral Hopwood to Admiral William Sims, USN, President of the U.S. Naval War College in 1919.

Samuel B. Griffith

After participating in the post-World War II occupation of North China, where he commanded the 3rd Marine Regiment and later the U.S. Marine Forces in Qingdao, he was a student and then a faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport from 1947 to 1950.

Tallinn Manual

The International Group of Experts was led by Professor Michael N Schmitt, Chairman of the International Law Department at the United States Naval War College, who also served as the Project Director.

Thisara Samarasinghe

While serving as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy, Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe was invited by the United States Navy Chief, Admiral Gary Roughead to participate at the 19th International Seapower Symposium conducted by the United States Navy at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, held from 6 to 9 October 2009.

Wallace L. Lind

This was followed by instruction at the Naval Unit, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Maryland, and at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I.