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NEWPORT, R.I.
(March 20, 2020)
Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield, president of the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), Command Master Chief Keith Webb, Provost Lewis Duncan and Cmdr. Gary Ross, public affairs officer NWC, hold a Facebook livestream all-hands call to answer questions about how the COVID-19 virus is affecting NWC, March 20. The participants practiced social distancing as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The live stream reached over 500 followers.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler D. John/Released)
In response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Naval War College has embraced new ways of communicating by holding its first online all-hands meeting for faculty and staff members and a public virtual town hall meeting through Facebook Live.
“This is our new normal. This is how we’re going to operate for the next period of time,” Rear Adm. Shoshana S. Chatfield, Naval War College president, told the faculty and staff on March 18 in a virtual all-hands call. “That could be two months or the end of the trimester.”
Chatfield and a handful of other college leaders spoke from Spruance Auditorium, which was empty except for the speakers on the stage. Employees watched a livestream broadcast on the college’s...
In response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Naval War College has embraced new ways of communicating by holding its first online all-hands meeting for faculty and staff members and a public virtual town hall meeting through Facebook Live.
For the sixth year, the U.S. Naval War College is holding a war game fundamentals course to teach the war-gaming skills that the college uses to help decision-makers shape the future Navy.
The U.S. Naval War College gathered experts in naval operations and maritime law for a conference Dec. 17-18 on an upcoming revision to the San Remo Manual, the principal legal document regarding armed conflicts at sea.
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Four scholars from the Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative sit down to talk about the Newport Arctic Seminar that took place from Jan. 22-24 at the U.S. Naval War College. The three-day seminar focused on discussing the limitations, opportunities and future of regional forums and organizations for Arctic security. It also explored advantages and disadvantages of Arctic regional security, official and unofficial reasons to intervene, political-military issues and how nations can strengthen their navies to maintain open channels of communication, prevent and manage conflict and enhance maritime security cooperation in the Arctic.
