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Ryan G. Vest

Military Professor Strategic and Operational Research Department
Cmdr., U.S. Navy
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Biography

Cmdr. Ryan Vest is a military professor in the Russian Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College's Center for Naval Warfare Studies. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in the War Studies Department at King’s College London, where his research is focused on Russian maritime strategy and policy. He previously served as a naval aviator, accruing more than 2,500 hours in the SH-60F, HH-60H and MH-60S.

Contact Information

(401) 856-6042

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • HA/DR
  • Russia
  • Search and Rescue

Professional Highlights

2017

CMOW C6F Action Officer

2016

Affiliate Faculty Russia Maritime Studies Institute

Education

M.A., US Naval War College, 2015, National Security and Strategic Studies

B.S., US Naval Academy, 2001, Systems Engineering

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