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NEWPORT, R.I.
(June 6, 2017)
The Joint Military Operations (JMO) department at U.S. Naval War College (NWC), Newport, Rhode Island, hosts its Capstone educational event which is designed to expose students in the courses to maritime warfare problems and how to creatively approach them. For the “War Game at Sea” exercise, 277 students in the school’s College of Naval Command and Staff (CNCS) and Naval Staff College (NSC) were divided into 10 seminar groups with each group working to solve the same complex scenario to establish sea control in a region of the South China Sea.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/released)
“The whole purpose of having this accreditation is to validate what we do here as a station,” said Tim Kerrigan, fire chief, Naval Station Newport Fire Department. “The process for getting this accreditation is very in-depth. It covers everything from administration to training to everyday operations at the station.”
As part of the Center for Public Safety Excellence, CFAI did a formal process of assessment and audit of the fire department’s management system to verify its conformance to the specifications of an international standard.
“The accreditation formalizes and validates everything we do in an objective manner,” said fire Lt. Brian Hall, assistant regional accreditation manager, Naval Station Newport Fire...
Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Jeremy Andersen, assigned to U.S. Naval War College (NWC), earned top honors as Armed Forces Master Chef of the Year at the annual all-services training and competition event held at Fort Lee, Virginia, earlier this month.
U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted maritime security experts from academia, defense and policy fields March 24-26, to focus global military attention on maritime strategy, concepts needed to implement strategy, and international reactions to strategy during the annual EMC Chair Symposium.
John B. Hattendorf, a maritime historian at U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island, was awarded a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree by the University of Oxford, England, during a ceremony held at the school, March 5
Naval Station Newport hosted 48 local high school students on base Wednesday, as part of a Newport County Mentor Group tour aimed at “opening the minds” of aspiring students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
