U.S. Naval War College is a dynamic institution with programs, events, and faculty contributions that are relevant and of interest from the local to the national level.
The U.S. Naval War College International Programs Department held a pinning ceremony for 108 students in its Naval Command College and Naval Staff College programs Sunday night, May 31, 2026, at Salve Regina University’s historic Ochre Court.
Thirteen U.S. Naval War College (NWC) students – two teams of six and one solo officer – presented their responses to the Deputy Secretary of War and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Advanced Research Challenge on May 25, 2026, at the war college’s Newport, Rhode Island, campus.
The U.S. Naval War College’s Stockdale Leadership Development Concentration (SLDC) 2025-2026 cohort presented its research on senior officer career pathways to a group of war college leaders, including institution President Rear Adm. Darryl Walker, on May 13, 2026.
NEWPORT, R.I. - The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the 15th annual Deterrence and Escalation Game and Review (DEGRE) and Global 18 wargame, co-sponsored by U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), onboard Naval Station Newport, April 22–26.
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.