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Milan Vego, Ph.D.

University Professor Joint Military Operations Department
Milan Vego profile

Biography

Vego has been a professor of joint military operations at the college since 1991. A native of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he obtained political asylum in the United States in 1976. He served for 12 years as a naval officer and four years as 2nd officer in the merchant marine. Vego holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History from George Washington University and is a licensed master mariner. He is the author of 12 books, and has also published numerous articles and essays in various professional journals.

Contact Information

(401) 856-5464

Areas of Expertise

  • Europe
  • Maritime History
  • Maritime Strategy
  • Military Theory
  • Operational Warfare
  • Policy

Professional Highlights

2018

Alfred Thayer Mahan Award

2017

University Professor

2013

ADM R. K. Turner Professor of Operational Art

1976

3rd/2nd Mate of the Deck

CIVILIAN MARITIME EXPERIENCE
Freighters/bulk carriers, West German Merchant Marine (1973-1976)
1973

Line Officer

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EXPERIENCE
Former Yugoslav Navy (1961-1973)
1968

Torpedo Specialist

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
Torpedo-Tactical School, Divulje/Split

Education

Ph.D., George Washington University, 1981, Modern European History

M.A., Philosophic Faculty, Belgrade University, 1973, U.S./Latin American History

B.S., Former Yugoslav Naval Academy, Divulje/Split, 1961, Naval Science

B.A., Philosophic Faculty, Belgrade University, 1970, Modern History

C.V. or Resume

External Memberships and Associations

Master Mariner’s License
Harbor Office, Split, Croatia (1973); validated in Hamburg, Germany (1973)

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