College of Leadership and Ethics
The College of Leadership and Ethics (CLE) works through three lines of effort: education, research and outreach. The leadership and ethics area of study in the electives program and core curriculum is the key focus of CLE education. CLE’s leadership research, assessment, and analysis helps develop various leader development course curricula. CLE outreach includes support for leader development in various U.S. Navy communities.
College of Leadership and Ethics Offerings
Shaping the Future of the Navy
Our core offering is the Leadership in the Profession of Arms course, which provides in-resident students the opportunity to grow as future leaders. Students will focus on themselves as leaders, reflect on past performance, examine personal strengths and weaknesses, develop new competences, and strengthen their personal character, enhancing their ability to lead in a complex and dynamic environment.
Professional Development
Broaden your understanding of leadership and ethics by pursuing courses for flag officers and their civilian senior executive service equivalents.
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We offer support to the community for leadership development, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, moral reasoning, and cultural competence.
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Students will explore advance military and civilian leader's knowledge and develop skills that will help them to understand themselves and those they lead.
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Featured Faculty
Jeffrey M. Schneider
Lt. Col. Schneider joined the faculty at the U.S. Naval War College in 2019. He holds a bachelor’s in international affairs and a Master of Science in administration of justice and homeland security. He was commissioned as a field artillery officer through the Army ROTC program in 1997. His assignments include service in Georgia, Oklahoma, Washington, D.C., Boston and Rhode Island. He has operational and combat deployments to Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt. His last assignment was as a base of support commander for Erbil Air Base for Coalition Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve in Kurdistan, Iraq. As part of the U.S. Army National Guard, he serves as the reserve component adviser.
Brian A. Young
Cmdr. Brian Young is a military professor in the College of Leadership and Ethics. As a career submariner, his at-sea operational assignments include USS Parche (SSN 683), USS Louisiana (SSN 743) and USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735). Ashore he has served as the officer in charge of the Strategic Systems Programs’ Arduous Sea Duty Detachment in Cape Canaveral, Florida. He also specialized in cross-theater engagements at U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa in Naples, Italy. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the Army War College.