FACULTY COMMENTARY: Calling for a new US-Russia relationship Feb. 19, 2019 Walter Berbrick, U.S. Naval War College This month, I had the pleasure of attending a seminar at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany, where I encouraged leaders to think about a new U.S.-Russia relationship—one centered on an opening Arctic region.
‘Tough guys’ and poetry: U.S. Naval War College course uses art and literature to teach about war Feb. 07, 2019 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs With the goal of humanizing the history of war, professor Yvonne Masakowski leads a U.S. Naval War College class that might seem unusual for a military institution: It focuses on the arts.
Navy Band Northeast Honors the Life of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 30, 2019 Musician 3rd Class April Griffin Navy Band Northeast’s ceremonial band joined the Newport chapter of the NAACP on Jan. 21, to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Faculty spotlight on professor Guillermo Barrera: On the front line of sweeping change in Colombia Jan. 24, 2019 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs Four people on the U.S. Naval War College faculty were once top leaders of foreign navies – the equivalent of the U.S. Navy’s four-star chief of naval operations.
U.S. Naval War College creates faculty senate to modernize institution, increase ability to compete with outside academia Jan. 17, 2019 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs U.S. Naval War College has established a faculty senate to modernize the institution’s structure and increase the faculty’s role in shaping the college, administrators said.
Faculty spotlight on professor William Bundy: From sailor to submarine captain to associate provost for technology integration Jan. 11, 2019 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs William Bundy is U.S. Naval War College’s new associate provost for technology integration – a job, you might say, he has been training for almost his whole life.
Q&A with professor Jim Holmes on writing: How does a full-time professor manage to publish an article per week? Dec. 21, 2018 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs Professor James Holmes has written an estimated 50 published articles in 2018, with his analysis appearing regularly in National Interest, Foreign Policy and the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine.
Faculty Spotlight on Lindsay Cohn: Dissecting the military draft, and the study of why people serve Dec. 18, 2018 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs Lindsay Cohn would have been an Army military police officer except for two things: Her wrist and her foot. On an Army ROTC scholarship at Duke University, Cohn suffered several injuries during training. The damage to her wrist was bad enough to kill any future military career.
Bridging the Straits conference focuses on new era of maritime competition Dec. 14, 2018 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs United States defense policy is facing a pivot point as the rise of Chinese and Russian military power means new challenges – particularly at sea, which is considered the most likely theater for conflict.
Faculty Spotlight on Professor Dayne Nix: How a retired chaplain came to teach war-fighting Nov. 29, 2018 Jeanette Steele, U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs Dayne Nix had an early calling to join the clergy. But as a young man, after four years of undergraduate work at the University of Colorado, three years in seminary school didn’t sound immediately appealing.