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.
U.S. Naval War College Provost Dr. Stephen Mariano and Space Studies Group Director Dr. David Burbach were on-hand at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Feb. 13, 2026, as NASA astronaut and alumnus U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jack Hathaway – along with his three crewmates – were launched into space.
Three professors from the Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute (CIPI) at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) served as guest editors for a special issue of The Cyber Defense Review focusing on the future of U.S. cyber forces.
NEWPORT, R.I.— The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) launched the Euro-Atlantic War Game 2026 (EA-26), a multi-war game series supporting U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR/AF), with initial events taking place in December 2025 and January 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.