Executive Level Operational Level of Warfare Course

The Executive Level Operational Level of Warfare Course (ELOC) 26-2 begins on March 2nd, 2026 and concludes on March 6th, 2026. This one-week course is taught three times a year at the College of Maritime Operational Warfare located at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island.

The senior officer candidates (O6) selected to attend include Active Component personnel and activated Reserve Component officers serving as principals to the numbered fleet. ELOC is part of a series of Professional Military Education courses that instructs students in operational-level staff objectives and the methodology of those objectives in an operational environment.

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NWC features a one-year graduate-level program that annually graduates about 600 resident and 1,000 distance learning students. Graduating students earn Joint Professional Military Education credit and either a diploma or a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies or Defense and Strategic Studies.

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