NEWPORT, R.I. – Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert will deliver a graduation address to students and their guests attending U.S. Naval War College’s (NWC) commencement ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, June 19, at Dewey Field, Naval Station Newport.
The resident graduating class includes 316 U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and civilian government employees who attended either the College of Naval Warfare or College of Naval Command and Staff; and 118 international naval officers representing 63 countries who attended either the Naval Command College or Naval Staff College.
Countries represented include: Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Ghana, Germany, Greece, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Peru, Poland, Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Additionally, 1,174 students completed their coursework through the College of Distance Education, which includes NWC programs at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., Fleet Seminar Program, online and CD-ROM programs.
Depending on the program, U.S. students earn a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies, accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, or an NWC diploma. Military graduates also earn Joint Professional Military Education credit from the Department of Defense, which is essential to an officer’s professional development.
Media interested in covering the ceremony should contact the NWC Public Affairs Office at 401-841-2220 or email pao@usnwc.edu no later than 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18. Media will be met at the Naval Station Newport Pass and ID office parking lot on Training Station Road, and be accompanied on base at 9:30 a.m. on the day of the event.
The ceremony will be broadcast live at https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/6506#.VWxouNJViko.
After the ceremony, the public affairs team will post still imagery at http://www.flickr.com/usnavalwarcollegeri.
The team will also post a recorded video of the ceremony at http://www.youtube.com/usnavalwarcollege.
| Date Taken: | 06.16.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.16.2015 20:03 |
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| Location: | NEWPORT, RI, US |
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