Lectures of Opportunity: "Get Real, Get Better" Friday, June 02, 2023 12:00 p.m. Hybrid Event “Get Real, Get Better” (GRGB) calls for every Navy leader to apply a set of Navy-proven leadership and problem-solving best practices to empower our people to achieve exceptional performance.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Mindful Resilience and Cognitive Fitness" Thursday, June 01, 2023 12:00 p.m. Hybrid Event Mindfulness is often thought of as a way to promote emotional well-being and resilience and to reduce stress. While it has indeed been shown to be a useful tool in achieving those outcomes, research has also indicated that it can strengthen areas of cognitive performance.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Pacific Sentinel: The Life and Career of Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell" Wednesday, May 24, 2023 12:00 p.m. Hybrid Event Admiral Harry Yarnell is an unheralded but pivotal figure in the development of the U.S. Navy’s strategy and force structure in the decades leading up to World War II. This lecture will focus on three distinct periods in his career.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Ethics and Emerging Military Technology Program" Monday, May 22, 2023 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 Ethics and Emerging Military Technology (EEMT) Graduate Certificate is the combination of specialized research and coursework examining the nexus of ethics and emerging technology that goes above and beyond the Naval War College M.A. degree.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Don’t Believe Me On This: Engaging with Truth and Skepticism In Maps and Data" Wednesday, May 17, 2023 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 How do maps and cartographic visualizations shape our understanding of what is “really” real in the world? Because all forms of representation rely on omission, simplification, symbolization, and aggregation in order to make complex real-world phenomena presentable and knowable.
Lectures of Opportunity: "The Horrible Peace: British Veterans and the End of Napoleonic Wars" Monday, May 15, 2023 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 "The Horrible Peace: British Veterans and the End of the Napoleonic Wars" surveys Britain’s experience in the years around 1815 from two perspectives.
Lectures of Opportunity: "No Fly Zone? Assessing USAF Options for Countering China’s A2AD Capabilities" Thursday, May 11, 2023 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 For many years China has been building anti-access/area denial forces to undermine U.S. power projection capabilities into Maritime East Asia. The United States has responded by developing new operational concepts and weapons.
Lectures of Opportunity: "I Beheld a Thing of Beauty: A Naval Attaché’s Musing on Hong Kong" Wednesday, May 03, 2023 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 A tour through the recollections of a Naval Attaché to Hong Kong during a dramatic moment in that wonderful city's history - 2018-2021.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Active Defense: Collecting Cyber Threat Intelligence through Adversary Engagement" Monday, May 01, 2023 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event This presentation will cover how active defense techniques can be used as a unique tool to collect intelligence that helps us better understand the full cycle of cyber-attacks by revealing what happens after a potential attack is successful.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Human Performance Optimization: What Makes Us ‘Human’" Wednesday, April 26, 2023 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 Join Professor, Performance Coach, and former Team USA Athlete Dr. Ford Dyke for his Lecture of Opportunity on Wednesday, April 26 to explore The Human Experience through the lens of Human Performance Optimization.