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Paul A. Povlock, Ph.D.

Professor Joint Military Operations Department
Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired
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Biography

Professor Paul A. Povlock joined the Naval War College faculty in 2004 following command of USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN-711). He retired from active service in 2009 at which time he joined the faculty as an Associate Professor. His sea tours included duty on USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) (GOLD), USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN-687), USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN-706), and USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN-690). Significant shore tours included service on the Joint Staff as the Navy Branch Chief of the Reconnaissance Operations Division (J38), at Central Command Headquarters as the Chief of Effects Synchronization & Plans of the Strategic Effects Division (J5), and as an Instructor at the U. S. Naval Academy.

Contact Information

(401) 856-5442

Areas of Expertise

  • Operational Warfare
  • Submarine Warfare

Professional Highlights

2017

Associate Professor, Joint Military Operations Department

Education

Ph.D., Salve Regina University, 2016, Humanities

M.S., University of Maryland, 1985, Mechanical Engineering

US Naval War College, 1997, National Security and Strategic Studies

B.S., US Naval Academy, 1984, Marine Engineering

Related Credentials

“A Guerilla War at Sea: The Sri Lankan Civil War,”
Small Wars Journal, last modified September 9, 2011

“Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East,”
Global War Studies 11 (3), 81-85

“Terror in the Balkans: German Armies and Partisan Warfare,”
Global War Studies 11 (2), 106-111

“The Coming Maritime Insurgent Century,”
US Naval Institute Proceedings 138 (12), 28-32

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