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U.S. Naval War College’s academic and administrative departments employ a world-class faculty and a dedicated support staff. From the classroom to quarterdeck, our team of professionals helps fulfill our mission of educating and developing future leaders.

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NWC is proud of its faculty, which comprises both active and retired senior military officers and government officials, and highly credentialed expert civilians. Aside from teaching, our faculty members contribute to the future of the fleet through original research and analysis.

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U.S. Naval War College’s academic departments provide our curriculum and elective coursework, as well as offer research and gaming opportunities.

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Second Annual Future Warfighting Symposium

Aug. 14, 2018
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Civilian-Military Humanitarian Response Workshop: August 2018

Aug. 16, 2018
8:00 a.m.
Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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The Secret Sauce to Innovate in the Military: Make Doubt and Failure Fun

Jul. 25, 2018
The National Interest
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Michael Brian Ross

Military Professor | Wargaming Department

CDR Ross is a native of Bridgeport, WV. He enlisted in the Navy in 1995 before attending the U.S. Naval Academy and receiving a commission in 2001. He was designated a Naval Aviator in 2003.
At sea, he has served at Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light FOUR TWO (HSL-42) where he deployed in USS HAWES (FFG 53) and USS BULKELEY (DDG 84) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron FIVE ONE (HSM-51) where he deployed in USS LASSEN (DDG 82) and USS McCAMPBELL (DDG 85). Additionally he deployed to Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq where he served with the III Armor Corps and the XVIII Airborne Corps. Ashore, he was in instructor at Training Squadron TWO (VT-2).

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Charles C. Chadbourn, III

Professor | College of Distance Education

Prior to joining the faculty of the Naval War College, Chadbourn served as a Surface Warfare Officer on destroyers in the Western Pacific with two tours to Vietnam. He continued serving in the Navy Reserve, retiring as a captain. He held three commands, including two of the largest reserve units in the United States. He was selected by Vice Adm. Stansfield Turner to open the first non-resident Fleet Seminar Program in Washington, DC, which has now expanded to more than a 1,000 students at fleet concentration sites around the country.

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