Naval War College Faculty Join Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 8 Patrol

U.S. Navy Capt. (ret.) Michael O’Hara, Ph.D., dean of the U.S. Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies, and Associate Prof. Richard Moss, Ph.D., of the school’s Russian Maritime Studies Institute, joined Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 8 for a Narragansett Bay patrol Saturday, Aug. 9.

The commanding officer of MSRON 8 Charlie Co., Cmdr. Erik Sand, Ph.D., is also an associate professor in the war college’s Strategic and Operational Research Department.

The patrol provided the faculty another opportunity to engage with the current technologies and tactics deployed by front-line U.S. Navy forces to ensure the war college is best preparing warfighters for any conflict in any environment.

MSRON 8’s taskings include harbor and homeland defense, coastal surveillance and special missions.

Within the previous two weeks, faculty and staff visited the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) following its six-month U.S. European Command deployment, and faculty and students visited the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Arlington (LPD 24), staying at the forefront of maritime technology and tactics across all domains.

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