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August 2008 Volume 2
The Bridge
A deeper understanding
59th Annual Current Strategy Forum
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Annual Meeting........... 8
Brown Chair...............11
CDE Dinner................13
Chairman’s Remarks.... 3
CNO Letter................. 4
Executive Director’s
Comments................ 2
Exhilirating
Experience...............11
Graduation................. 6
Halyburton Lecture.....14
Hearty Welcome.......... 8
Heritage Society.......... 5
ILD Conference..........16
Matching Gifts............14
Members’ Support....... 7
Midway.....................10
Museum Exhibit..........15
Museum Store............17
New President............. 5
New Provost............... 5
NWC Class of 2008...... 6
Opportunities
to Support................19
Ruger Monograph........ 4
Sailor of the Quarter...13
Ship Tour..................12
Student Awards........... 9
Sudoku.....................10
Thomas Lecture.........12
Upcoming Events........18
Wave of
Oceanography..........16
Website Launch..........15
Guard team as we move forward
to implement the Maritime Strategy.
Saying there is “no silver bullet to
our financial challenges,” Secretary
Winter said that the Navy cannot
afford its published 313-ship fleet
if the average cost per vessel is $3
billion. The Littoral Combat Ship was
in the spotlight as the potential vessel
of choice for many forward missions.
Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter
June 17th and 18th were the dates
of what many long-term attendees
called “the best Current Strategy
Forum in memory.” The 59th annual
Current Strategy Forum was attended
by more than 1300 students,
professors, Foundation members
and guests in Spruance Auditorium
and at simulcast sites set up around
the College including Pringle Hall
and in student seminar rooms.
Secretary of the Navy Donald C.
Winter opened the conference with
the warning that tighter defense
budgets and spiraling fuel costs would
drive cost cutting measures in both
manpower and shipbuilding that would
see us deploying smaller platforms to
meet worldwide commitments. He
also emphasized the partnership of
the Navy – Marine Corps – Coast
CNO Admiral Gary Roughhead
Admiral Gary Roughhead, our Navy’s
29th CNO, spoke of our Maritime
Strategy in action when he spoke
of the contributions and leadership
demonstrated by partners from Canada
and Great Britain in a task group led
by Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. He
spoke of French aircraft landing on
the decks of U.S. aircraft carriers and
See CSF, page 3
Executive Director’s Comments
When we, as your staff in Newport,
look at the months just past and
those ahead we see successes,
opportunities and challenges. Our
work, to add to the margin that
you provide to this exceptional
institution, is focused on adding
to those successes, growing and
harvesting those opportunities
and turning those challenges into
greater success and more opportunity.
In terms of successes we had terrific member and
Board of Trustees meetings that saw wonderful
Trustees Ed Polk and Polly Ellis replaced by Dan Thys
and Rear Admiral Joe Strasser. Rear Admiral Glenn
Whisler has taken the Chairman’s position from the
very able hands of John D’Luhy and Bob Ravitz moved
up to Vice Chairman. We changed our by-laws in
order to allow us to add to our board size and prepare
for our upcoming capital campaign. CSF this year,
as reported on in this newsletter was a TERRIFIC
event. Foundation membership continues to grow in
both numbers and dollars, and we are about to top
our 2009 goal of 5,500 members because of your
tremendous recruiting efforts. Roundtables at the
College have been a big success and we have, for the
first time, published a 6-month schedule. The 20082009 “Road Shows” schedule is in the works, and the
NYC dinner on December 2nd will feature Admiral Jim
Stavridis, Commander, U.S. Southern Command. He
is a Navy visionary so mark your calendars, line up
friends and sign up EARLY.
I mentioned opportunities, and most of those on
the horizon are brought about by the College’s
growing emphasis on regional studies in order to
better align with the Maritime Strategy. Our capital
campaign will, no doubt, address this exceptional
opportunity for us to grow our support. There are
also emerging opportunities from the faculty for
our support, and I hope to address these in our
next issue.
In terms of challenges we are facing a year
without Spruance Auditorium, home to our evening
lectures, major speakers and our annual Current
Strategy Forum. The Foundation’s home base in
Luce Hall will also be affected by upcoming major
renovations at the College. We are working very
closely with the College in order to study the use
of Pringle Hall Auditorium for lectures coupled with
simulcast, and we have tentatively slated CSF 2009
for 14-15 September. The Foundation offices will
move to Mahan Hall in October and you will find me
near the rotunda.
I want to thank each one of you for helping us to
grow and to meet the challenges ahead!
RADM Roger T. Nolan, USNR (Ret.)
Naval War College Foundation Trustees
Officers
Trustees Emeriti
Glenn E. Whisler, Chairman
Robert A. Ravitz, Vice Chairman
Dennis F. McCoy, Secretary
Richard M. Rosenberg, Treasurer
Henry H. Anderson, Jr.
Richard C. Barker Mrs. Robert Crown
John H. Dalton Mrs. Long Ellis
Tylor Field II
William B. Forti
James E. Hayes
James T. Larkin
D. Robert McGinnis
C. Kenneth Morrelly
B. Franklin Reinauer II
Robert R. Sheahan
Austin N. Volk
Trustees
William R. Adelaar
Edward H. Bragg, Jr
John J. D’Luhy
Harold I. Lunde
Peter A. Pelletier
Joseph D. Roxe
Richard B. Sheffield
Daniel M. Thys
Judith D. Wood
Richard N. Bohan
William J. Constantine
Mrs. Barbara Epstein
Hugh E. McLoone
Thomas F. Quirk, Jr.
John J. Salesses
Joseph C. Strasser
John A. van Beuren
Executive Director
Honorary Trustee
RADM Roger T. Nolan, USNR (Ret.)
RADM Jacob L. Shuford, USN
Photos by MCC (SCW) Greg Frazho, NWC Photographer
and Petriona Ross, NWCF
Hugh D. Auchincloss III
Frederick C. Brehm
Paul P. Daley
Diane M. Disney
Paul B. Fay, Jr.
S. Robert Foley, Jr.
Albert H. Friedrich
Jonathan T. Isham
Mrs. Laidler B. Mackall
J. William Middendorf II
Edward M. Polk
Chauncey E. Schmidt
Robert Turpin
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CHAIRMAN’S REMARKS
When I was elected Chairman of the
Naval War College Foundation in June
2006, I indicated to the Board of
Trustees the goals I intended to pursue
during my tenure as chairman. I stated
that my two goals were: to broaden
the membership and the influence of
the regional officers; and secondly
to organize and prepare for a capital
campaign.
9/11, the College has grown in size and
importance as it trains and educates
U.S. and foreign officers to better
understand how to ensure the security
of their nations and regions and to
promote peace through the collegiality
of the officers attending the college.
So too must the Foundation grow
its endowment in order to meet the
greater challenges and costs of the
College’s educational component.
Over the past two years, the regional
officer group has increased in size
significantly with representation in
more cities critical to the Foundation’s
mission and with people of stature. The
regional officers are now fully in the informational
loop at the Foundation and receive information
specific to their region and needs. The success of
this effort is attributable to Glenn Whisler, President,
and Roger Nolan, Executive Director. A job very well
done.
When the Capital Campaign is begun,
I hope that every member will make a
donation to the campaign and thereby
make a statement for security and
peace. In my estimation, there is no donation that
a person can make that will more directly impact
the peace and security of our nation and of the free
world because of what the Foundation contributes
to the education of these officers from around the
world. We, the members of the Foundation, deliver
that “Margin of Excellence” so that these officers can
return to their duties as defenders of freedom.
The Capital Campaign is being organized under
Chairman Bill Constantine and his committee. The
importance of having a successful campaign cannot
be overstated. The mission of the Foundation is
solely to support the Naval War College and to
provide an “academic Margin of Excellence.” Since
I am honored to have served as your chairman and I
thank you for your support.
John J. D’Luhy
CSF
outlining his USMC challenges. He
said the challenge of supporting Iraq,
the work of the navies from Singapore
Afghanistan and other worldwide
and Malaysia in the Straits of Malacca.
commitments on a rotational
Forty-five percent of our fleet was
basis has left little opportunity to
underway as he spoke with fifty percent
be expeditionary and little time
forward with partners. The CNO spoke
to support the Maritime Strategy.
about striking the balance between
Faced with a goal of increasing
core and emergency requirements
the size of the Corps by 27,000
and is always, he said, on his mind.
his recruiters were able to beat
Keeping an eye on China’s emerging
the 5-year goal and delivered the
navy, having a flexible and responsive
increased force with high quality
Reserve Component, building a 313- USMC COMDT General James Conway in 3 years. He talked about the
ship navy with 55 LCS, 11 CVNs and enough challenge of taking a Marine Corps with a reputation
strike fighters is a goal. Having well trained Navy for “knocking things down” and transitioning to a
foreign area officers, hospital ships that are ready force that “protects.” When asked if he was losing
to respond to disaster relief scenarios with host the ability to do the former he laughed and said, “We
nation, non-government organizations and military still recruit marines with those qualities.” All who
medical staffs, and having enough countermine heard the Commandant understood that the Corps is
capability are among his diverse challenges. stressed but ready to answer America’s challenges.
continued from page 1
Wednesday saw USMC Commandant General James
Conway take to the stage and move the Spruance
audience. General Conway, after limbering the crowd
with an Ensign-Lance Corporal joke, got down to
For all in attendance this was an amazing 2 days that
saw terrific panels and very candid discussion. Next
year’s CSF is tentatively slated for 14-15 September
because of renovations to Spruance Auditorium.
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A Letter To The CNO: Implementing The Maritime Strategy
CNO,
As we have discussed on several occasions over the last few months, we
are building a regional structure to better leverage our unique institutional
strengths toward implementing the new Maritime Strategy. The objectives
are to:
1. Achieve greater alignment with Regional Combatant and
Naval Component Commanders Theater Security Cooperation
Strategies;
2. More comprehensively exploit the extensive regional expertise,
perspectives and relationships within the College’s faculty; and
3. Build greater relevance and currency into cultural and regional
elements of the College’s programs and curricula.
Specifically, the following steps will be taken:
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Six regional chairs are planned (two are already filled), with an internationally prominent
scholar or policymaker invited aboard for up to 2 years to anchor the regional electives
already structured into “clusters” to produce the regional qualifying designators. Each chair
will have a faculty member associated with it to develop and coordinate each regional agenda.
•
Establish an International Fellows program that will identify one senior officer each year from
each region to spend a year as an adjunct to the regional chair.
•
Translate and distribute the War College Review internationally.
•
Name a prominent academic as Dean to coalesce and drive the various elements of the
program into a College of Regional and International Studies. While our international programs
will be more systematically involved, they will continue to be administered separately.
•
The International Forum for Operational and Strategic Leadership will serve as the primary
venue for regional and international activities.
RADM Jacob L. Shuford, USN
President, NWC
We will be sending an
in-depth article to our
members about how
the Naval War College’s
vision and challenges
with facilities impact
accreditation and the
success of the Maritime
Strategy. Also, please
visit the Naval War
College
Foundation’s
newly designed website
at www.nwcfoundation.
org for more information.
Monograph Now Available
A monograph of the second annual William B.
Ruger Chair Workshop on Defense Strategy
and Forces: Setting Future Directions.,
including all papers and summaries
of discussion, is available online at:
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/academics/
courses/nsdm/rugerpapers.aspx.
If you wish to receive a complimentary
hard copy, please contact Sharyl Jump at
the Foundation office (401.848.8301 or
email her at [email protected]).
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NEW PROVOST ANNOUNCED
Rear Admiral Shuford has announced the selection of Ambassador Mary Ann
Peters to serve as the 4th Provost of the Naval War College. Ambassador
Peters, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh from 2000 to 2003,
is currently the Dean of Academics of the College of International and
Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security
Studies. A senior diplomat, fluent in six foreign languages, she has
served in Ottawa, Canada and Sofia, Bulgaria as Deputy Chief of Mission;
in Moscow as Economic Counselor; and in Mandalay, Burma as Principal
Officer. From 1988 to 1990 Ambassador Peters was the Deputy Director
of the Office of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh affairs in the U.S.
State Department.
After choosing from a very talented pool of candidates for the Provost
position, the College looks forward to welcoming Ambassador Peters in
mid-September.
NEW COLLEGE PRESIDENT TO ARRIVE IN NOVEMBER
The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, has named Rear Admiral
James P. “Phil” Wisecup, currently serving as Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven,
onboard USS Ronald Reagan, to be the College’s 52nd President. The date of the change
of command is slated for early November. A complete biography for Rear Admiral
Wisecup will be provided in the change of command edition of “The Bridge.”
HERITAGE SOCIETY
Pictured are the new inductees into the
NWCF’s Heritage Society: (l-r) Melissa
Cartee, Judith Wood and David Judson
Gray. The three were recognized and
awarded the exclusive Heritage Society
pin during the annual members’ meeting on 16 June. In addition their names
are prominently displayed on the Wall
of Honor in the lobby of Spruance
Auditorium.
Membership is reserved
exclusively for those making a planned
gift to the Foundation and acknowledges
those who have made this long-term
commitment to the College.
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WAR COLLEGE SKILLS AND VISION “NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEY ARE TODAY”
In
addressing
the
largest
graduating class in the College’s
125-year history, Senator Jack
Reed of Rhode Island went to great
lengths to point out that the skills
being learned by the graduates
during their studies in Newport
were never more important
or sought after than they are
today. Drawing his thread from
Admiral Stephen B. Luce’s famous
declaration that “the College would
be a place of original research on
all questions relating to war, and
to statesmanship connected with
war or its prevention,” the Senator
explained that this necessarily
meant that the College’s program of
study would have to go far beyond
the purely military considerations,
into the realm of strategy, foreign
policy, geography, economics,
demographics and even culture. This
was a good thing he said, because
in these times of “dynamic and at
times disorienting” changes, it was
often doubly difficult to identify and
anticipate the threats emerging to
challenge our nation, when the
whole international system itself
Senator Jack Reed
was in turmoil. He emphasized
that it was in times like these,
when the nation as a whole finds
itself ill-prepared to provide the
necessary “non-kinetic” or civilian
counterpart to our military prowess
in places like Iraq and Afghanistan,
that the “skills and vision” of the
College and its graduates would
enjoy their greatest premiums.
In a searching and sometimes
sobering analysis of the changes
being wrought by globalization, the
Senator went on to point out that,
unlike the period when the Pacific
war was planned here in Newport,
today’s geo-political environment
has to contend with a general
weakening of the nation state as
an entity in favor of bodies that are
empowered by the extraordinary
revolutions in communications and
transportation. These collectively
have made information readily
available at all levels and have
given hitherto unthinkable powers
to these sub-national entities.
He challenged the graduates to
think how this might influence the
national security problem. How, for
example, might we help organize
the world community and protect
our values when national leadership
everywhere is being displaced by
these transnational forces and
nongovernmental organizations?
In closing on an optimistic note
however, the Senator reassured
his audience that, with the
extraordinary spirit of the young
men in today’s armed forces, there
was no shortage of inspiration
and strength from which to draw.
Professor Angus Ross, CDE
THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE CLASS OF 2008
The Acting Provost, Professor Bill Spain released a profile of the Naval War College Class of 2007-2008 and
what follows is a summary of his communiqué with the faculty.
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The Class of 2008 was the largest NWC class ever with 1692 graduates.
All resident Fall, Winter and June graduates totaled 642 with 522 US and 120 international students.
The College of Naval Warfare (Senior JPME) graduated 207, of which 108 were US Navy.
The College of Naval Command & Staff (Intermediate JPME) graduated 315, of which 208 were US Navy.
All but one resident US student earned a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.
Nonresident programs saw 1050 graduates with 780 of those from the U.S. Navy. Those officers
completed Intermediate JPME and represented 80% of the College’s throughput for that curriculum.
The breakout for nonresident programs was as follows:
o 240 Fleet Seminar Program
o 187 Fleet Seminar Program and MA in National Security and Strategic Studies
o 187 Web-enabled Program
o 156 CD-ROM Program
o 250 NWC at the Naval Post Graduate School.
81 of this year’s Fleet Seminar Program graduates are Congressional or White House staff.
32 of 38 June College of Naval Warfare graduates went to joint billets, Navy Command or Command
equivalent assignments.
50 of 58 College of Navy Command and Staff graduates went to joint billets, command billets, or career
milestone assignments.
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Honoring Members’ Support
June 15th marked the date for
the Foundation’s 12th Major Donor
Dinner held annually to celebrate
our major donors’ generous
support of the Naval War College
through their donations to the
Foundation.
We are proud to
recognize the following members
and organizations for their
outstanding commitment and
generous contributions.
Both the Alletta Morris McBean
Charitable Trust and The John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation were inducted into
the Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Society for contributions totaling
more than $250,000.
Mrs. Charles (Bebe) Stetson),
John (Archie) van Beuren
and Robert W. Hayden were
inducted into the Admiral William
S. Sims Society for cumulative
giving
from
$100,000
to
$250,000. Mrs. Stetson endowed
a counterterrorism lecture and Mr.
van Beuren supported classroom
renovations, the John Nicholas
Brown
Counterterrorism
Chair and other Foundation
initiatives.
Mr. Hayden
endowed the Kurth Electives
fund.
(l-r) Bob Alvine, Joann Thompson, Joe and Maureen Roxe, Harold and
Catherine Finn
Line, Limited, Pratt & Whitney,
Raytheon Missile Systems,
Tucson, and SAIC Enterprise
Solutions.
Slocum,
Gordon
and
Company, Drs. Dan and
Susan Thys and Judith Wood
were inducted into the Admiral
John T. Hayward Society for
their cumulative contributions
of between $50,000 and
$100,000.
Slocum, Gordon
Glenn Whisler (l) and John D’Luhy (r)
provides the NWCF with expert
present the Pringle Award to Pratt &
financial
management
of
Whitney’s Hugh Risseeuw (c).
our portfolio. The Drs. Thys
endowed both a lecture series
and an academic award for the Here are the honorees in our
U.S. student with the highest GPA. Chairman’s Circle for 2007.
Mrs. Wood helped fund the Brown Recognition is awarded to those
Chair and set up a charitable gift who have donated at least
annuity with the Foundation.
$10,000 during the calendar year.
There are 4 new inductees into Their donations have been used
the Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle for College-requested projects or
Society for giving totaling between as unrestricted funds to support
$25,000 and $50,000: Maersk various projects the federal
government does not fully fund.
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Robert Alvine
Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation
Daniel Coughlin
Irving (Nick) Fellner
Tory Finnerty
James Getz
Robert Hayden
James Ingram
James Larkin
John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation
Alletta Morris McBean
Charitable Trust
Northrop Grumman Corp
The Robert & Helen Odell Fund
Edward Polk
Raytheon Integrated Defense
Systems
Richard Rosenberg
Joseph Roxe
Slocum, Gordon and Company
Smith Richardson Foundation
Mrs. Charles Stetson
Daniel and Susan Thys
Robert Turpin
USAA Foundation, A
Charitable Trust
John van Beuren
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Judith Wood
Annual Members’ Meeting
The Naval War College
Foundation’s
annual
members’ meeting was
held in Pringle Auditorium
on Monday, June 16th,
2008. It was attended by
approximately 150 members
and was chaired by outgoing
Chairman of the Board John
D’Luhy.
(l-r) Secretary Richard Sheffield, Treasurer Frank Fariello, President Glenn Whisler,
Chairman John D’Luhy and Executive Director Roger Nolan.
Highlights of the meeting included
presentations by: Finance Committee
Chairman Frank Fariello on the annual
audit and statement of financial
position; Foundation President
Glenn Whisler on the progress of the
Regional Vice Presidents’ program;
Jeffrey Gordon of Slocum & Gordon,
on the status of the Foundation’s
portfolio and endowment; and Bill
Constantine with a brief overview of
the upcoming capital campaign.
The Board of Trustees election was
also held. Newly elected for threeyear terms were former executive
director RADM Joseph Strasser and
Dr. Daniel Thys. Richard Bohan,
Harold Lunde, Thomas Quirk, Jr.,
Robert Ravitz, and John (Archie)
van Beuren were all unanimously
re-elected to additional three-year
terms.
Finally, RADM Jacob Shuford,
President of the Naval War College,
addressed the members on the
future of the College and the way
ahead. It was a timely brief in that
RADM Roger Nolan presented his he had presented it to the Chief of
executive director’s report, an upbeat Naval Operations the prior week.
summary of past, current, and future
activities within the Foundation. He The meeting was followed by a
also recognized inductees into the buffet luncheon under the Mahan
Admirals’ and Heritage Societies Rotunda.
(see accompanying articles pages
5 and 7) and congratulated the
Meritorious Service Award winners
former Secretary and Trustee
Peter J. Finnerty (posthumously),
current Trustee Emeritus B. Franklin
Reinhauer II and Foundation member
Mrs. Charles (Bebe) Stetson.
A Hearty Welcome
The Foundation is pleased to welcome 16 new corporate members so far this year:
American Defense Systems, Inc., Corporate Partner
Amica Mutual Insurance Company, Corporate Member
Apptis Inc., Corporate Member
Brenham National Bank, Corporate Member
Commodore Builders, Corporate Small Business
Craig Drill Capital, Corporate Member
CSL Consulting, LLC, Corporate Small Business
Doctors Referral Service, LLC, Corporate Small Business
Kelly Services, Corporate Member
Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, Corporate Partner
Moran Transportation & Towing Company, Corporate Partner
Norel Service Company, Inc., Corporate Small Business
Somerset Access Television, Corporate Small Business
Strategic Insight Ltd, Corporate Member
SwimEx, Inc., Corporate Member
The Investor Relations Group, Corporate Member
We appreciate the support we receive from our corporate members at all levels, and we look
forward to adding more in the coming months.
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2007-08 AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RESEARCH
The Naval War College Foundation takes great pride in providing awards to those students who have
excelled in their studies, leadership or focused writing during their year-long residential studies or in
their matriculation in the College of Distance Education. This year’s award winners are listed below.
The CAPT WALTER B. WOODSON MEMORIAL
PRIZE
MAJOR CHEW CHUN-LIANG, Republic of Singapore
Navy (NSC 72) for his essay Bin Laden’s Protracted
War: Al Qaeda’s Application of Mao’s Asymmetric
Strategies to its Global Insurgency
NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION AWARD
LT CHRISTOPHER HULITT, USN (CNC&S 11/08) for
his essay The Taipei Airlift: Operation Vittles as a
Framework for Countering a People’s Republic of
China Blockade of Taiwan
ADM RICHARD G. COLBERT MEMORIAL PRIZE
LTCOL STANTON S. COERR, USMCR (CNW 6/08) for
his essay The Quantum Theory of Fifth Generation
War
J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II AWARD FOR
STUDENT RESEARCH
MR. ROBERT L. PERRY, NGIA (CNW 6/08) for his
essay From Monologue to Dialog: Toward a New
Definition of Strategic Communication
The LT MICHAEL P. MURPHY
COUNTERTERRORISM PRIZE
MR. GEORGE W. TALLEN, JR., DOE (CNW 11/07) for
his essay Paramilitary Terrorism: A Neglected Threat
Non-Writing Awards
The RADM JOSEPH C. STRASSER
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
NCC 2008: CDR CARL GILLIS, Belgian Navy
NSC 2008: LCDR RONALD PUMPHREY, Canadian Navy
NSC 72: COMMANDANT VIVEKANANDA
CHATURVEDULA, Indian Coast Guard
B. FRANKLIN REINAUER II DEFENSE
ECONOMICS PRIZE
LT COL VANCE C. BATEMAN, USAF (CNW 11/08) for
his essay DOD’s Disappearing Oil Foundation: Peak
Oil Theory’s Economic Implications on Military Force
Planning
The LARKIN PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
BY A U.S. MARINE CORPS OFFICER
LTCOL JAMES E. DONNELLAN, USMC (CNW 06/08)
VADM JAMES H. DOYLE, JR., MILITARY
OPERATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW PRIZE
COL DAVID A. WALLACE, USA (CNW 6/08) for his
essay Contractor Warriors: Mercenaries in the Global
War on Terror?
The drs. daniel and susan thys prize
FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BY A U.S. navy
OFFICER
CAPT ERIC G. PETERSEN, USN (CNW 06/08)
ROBERT E. BATEMAN
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
CAPT D.K. TRIPATHI, Indian Navy (NCC 2008) for his
essay Importance of Cultural Awareness for Building
Trust and Understanding with Coalition Partners – An
Asian Perspective
THE VICE ADMIRAL JOHN T. HAYWARD AWARD
CDR FREDERICK J. REISINGER, USN (CDE)
MCGINNIS FAMILY AWARD
MS KATHI A. SOHN (CDE)
JEROME E. LEVY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND
WORLD ORDER PRIZE
CAPT DOUGLAS R. McCRIMMON, JR, USCG (CNW
0608/NCC 2008) for his essay The Economic
Importance of Oceania’s Fisheries Justifies a Stronger
U.S. Role in Oceania’s Maritime Security
The professor MiCHAEL HANDEL PRIZE
MAJ PETER R. HAYDEN, USA (CNC&S 6/08) for his
essay Naval Operations and War Termination
The ZIMMERMAN-GRAY NSC INTERNATIONAL
PRIZE
LCDR RON PUMPHREY, Canadian Navy (NSC 2008)
for his essay Operation Plan Ice: Working Together
for a Safer North America
RADM Shuford (l), CAPT Eric Petersen (c) receives
The Drs. Daniel & Susan Thys Academic Prize from
Dr. Daniel Thys (r).
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Naval War College 2008 Battle Of Midway Commemoration
Yorktown before the carrier sank, attended
the commemoration. They were honored at
a luncheon in the College’s Admiral Joseph C.
Strasser Dining Room sponsored by the Naval
War College Foundation prior to the event’s
academic program. Chief Historian of the USS
Arizona Memorial Daniel Martinez provided an
inspiring presentation on Torpedo Squadron
8, the squadron that was so instrumental in
ensuring the success of the Midway operation.
He then joined RADM Jacob L. Shuford in
presenting the four Midway veterans plaques
with fragments of USS Arizona mounted on
them.
The Battle of Midway, which took place on 4
June 1942, was a turning point in the U.S.
naval campaign in the Pacific in World War II. The American victory there, which resulted in
the sinking of four Japanese aircraft carriers and
one cruiser, evened the odds in the naval balance
with Japan. This ultimately allowed the U.S. to
go on the offensive in the Guadalcanal and Upper
Solomons campaigns and the ensuing islandhopping campaign that led to a decisive attack
against the Japanese home islands.
(l-r) Daniel Martinez, RADM Jacob Shuford and
CDR Hugh Moore
On 6 June the Naval War College celebrated
the 66th anniversary of the Battle of Midway
– one of the most important naval victories in
American history. Four veterans of that battle,
Commander John Powell of Middletown, who was
aboard USS Astoria at Midway, Commander Hugh
Moore of Middletown, aboard USS Trout during
the battle, Fire Controlman Chief Eli Ferguson,
who was on USS Vincennes, and Radioman
Francis Fabian, the last man to abandon USS
Professor Doug Smith, CDE
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of elimination to determine
which characters belong in
the empty cells in order to
completely fill in the puzzle.
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for you, and the answer
appears on page 17.
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EXHILARATING EXPERIENCE AT NEWPORT
Last April I received a phone call
from my appointer informing
me of my nomination for the
Naval Command College at
the NWC. I was elated and
immediately shared it with
family. As a young officer, I had
heard only good things about
the Newport experience from
my Commanding Officers and
others. It was thus one of my
hidden desires to undergo this
experience myself. My family and
I arrived with much trepidation
and anxiety; however, the
efficient organizational structure
at the College put us at ease.
The program has been an
unqualified success in the past.
In fact, given the existing and
emerging security environment,
there is increasing stress on
collective
response,
joint
working and coalitions between
countries.
The bonds of
friendship built at Newport will
come in handy where senior
military leaders from distant
Senator Jack Reed and CAPT Dinesh
Tripathi, Indian Navy
parts of the globe will be able to
communicate with each other
with ease. The originator of the
NCC program Admiral Arleigh
Burke was a visionary.
The
real fruits of the program will
be savored in the coming years
in a fragmented world that will
require a common approach to
solving complex problems....
On a personal note, it has been
the most wonderful experience
for me and my family. Whilst
I have gained immensely on
the professional front, more
importantly the exposure has
broadened my horizons about
other cultures and values. During
our interactions we have been
overwhelmed by love, friendship,
warmth and hospitality. When
we came here, as ambassadors
of our respective countries, we
brought a part of our cultures
with us. Magically, when we
go back, we will carry a large
part of the US and indeed of the
globe with us. I have no doubt
that the memories of the time
spent at Newport will linger in
each of us and we will cherish
our friendship for the rest of our
lives. That is the true essence
of NCC and embodies the motto
of “Friendship, Cooperation and
Knowledge.”
CAPT Dinesh Tripathi, Indian Navy,
NCC 2008
Brown Chair Publishes
“Armed Groups – Studies In National Security, Counterterrorism, And Counterinsurgency”
Professor Jeffrey H. Norwitz, the
John Nicholas Brown Academic
Chair of Counterterrorism, recently
completed a 2-year editorial effort
to publish a 500-page graduatelevel textbook bringing together
32 world-class contributors. The
book explores armed groups as
an element of future conflict and
includes such diverse assemblages
as classic insurgents, terrorists,
guerrillas, militias, police agencies,
criminal organizations, warlords,
privatized military organizations,
mercenaries,
pirates,
drug
cartels, apocalyptic religious
extremists, orchestrated rioters
and mobs, and tribal factions.
The collection leverages academic
disciplines of history, political
science, anthropology, sociology,
exception, each of the chapters
was written exclusively for this
volume.
Here is an excerpt of the foreword
that was written by Admiral
Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret):
theology, economics and matters
of ethics, technology, intelligence,
education, law, diplomacy, military
science, and mythology. With one
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“…The (Naval War College)
Foundation has played, and
does play, an important role in
encouraging original thinking on
naval matters. As President of
the College some years ago, I
found the Foundation’s support
invaluable for projects that were
too exploratory to qualify readily
for governmental funding. Yet
exploring frontiers is essential in
any profession. …”
“LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE PACIFIC WAR”
CONTEMPORARY
CIVILIZATION LECTURE
Students, staff, Foundation
members and interested
citizens gathered to hear
Mr. Evan Thomas, Editor at
Large of Newsweek, share his
observations on the leaders
that shaped the war in the
Pacific. He chose, from the
vast tome of this theater of war,
to examine the chapter on the
Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Mr. Thomas is an artist with
language: his voice brushed and
daubed words onto the audience’s
mental canvases. The mural
began with powerful remarks
about a young gunner on the USS
Johnston (DD-557) listening to his
Commanding Officer, Commander
Ernest E. Evans, order flank speed
and a lonely, purposeful turn into
a far superior enemy surface
Admirals Kurito, Halsey, Nimitz,
Kinkaid, Sprague and Ugaki
were crafted and highlighted
with details about each man’s
reaction to cultural influences,
their aspirations and how these
influenced this battle.
group of battleships, cruisers and
destroyers that were emerging
from the San Bernardino Straits to
threaten U.S. landing forces and
their light surface cover.
A fitting frame for Mr. Thomas’
word art emerged during the
question and answer period
when it became apparent
that among the lecturegoers
were men who had stood on the
decks of ships and flown aircraft
engaged in this battle.
He broadened his strokes to
encompass and set in place the
scope and breadth of the battle
area and description of the fleets
that met that day. Then smoothly
and with remarkable thrift of
phrase he developed insightful
profiles of the principal leaders,
their contributions, decisions and
outcomes. Dimensioned images of
For those who may have missed
the lecture or are interested in
expanding their knowledge, Mr.
Thomas’ book, “Sea of Thunder”
promises to be a good read.
He certainly created a buzz
in Newport with his views on
the war in the Pacific and his
more contemporary views of the
challenges America faces today.
USS JAMES E. WILLIAMS TOURS
Some 180 Foundation members and
invited guests were treated to tours of
the USS James E. Williams (DDG-95),
an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile
destroyer during the week of 9 June.
USS James E. Williams, homeported
in Norfolk, Virginia, was commissioned
in December 2004 and is capable of
conducting and supporting a variety of
missions such as sea control, power
projection, crisis management and
peacetime presence.
The ship pulled into Pier 2 to act as
a training platform for the Surface
Warfare Officers’ School Command, and
the Commanding Officer CDR Timothy
Trampenau was gracious enough to allow
our events coordinator Sharyl Jump to
set up six tours during its stay.
We are hoping to offer other similar opportunities to our members later this year; watch your mailbox for
more information.
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S om e, Or Perha ps M os t , “D o I t T h e H a rd Wa y ”
At a dinner honoring the latest crop of graduates
from the Naval War College’s College of Distance
Education (CDE), the NWCF’s Executive Director
RADM Roger Nolan was keen to point out that
the graduates of the College’s largest program
were really rather special. In explaining the key
supportive role played by the student’s partners
and family, he stressed that the pressures on
the CDE students were far higher than many
understood. Unlike the resident students who
have a professional year that is wholly dedicated
to their course, these individuals are faced with
the very real difficulties of balancing family
commitments and a high-pressure, full time
job while they are working at their academic
endeavors. That said, they still manage to put
in award-winning performances in the College’s
various professional writing and research awards,
a fact endorsed by the appearance of no less
than 3 winners and 2 “Honorable Mentions” in
this year’s listings.
(l-r) CDR Arthur McCormick NYNM and his son
LCDR Ryan McCormick USNR
facts are that, for the foreseeable future, the
vast majority of officers who gain a War College
diploma will do so in their own time and by
making use of the resources of the CDE while
they continue at their posts worldwide. This
year’s dinner, as well as honoring the graduates
and award winners, also saw another notable
“first” – the first ever graduation by a fatherson team, Arthur McCormick of Carmel, NY, and
LCDR Ryan McCormick, USNR from Sterling, VA,
who both completed the College’s web-enabled
program within days of one another.
Founded in the early 70’s, the Distance Education
program of fleet seminars and web-enabled/
CD-ROM courses has now grown to be the largest
in the War College’s repertoire producing, in this
year alone, a total of 1,050 graduates. It fills
a vital niche in the Navy’s education strategy
since, even if the College’s capacity were to be
magically doubled, it would still only touch a
small percentage of the officers that are eligible
for and who need this education. The stark
Professor Angus Ross, CDE
Sailor of the Quarter
CAPT Michael Van Vleck, USN, Deputy/Chief of Staff (Acting) presents (l) EM2(SW) Desmond
Johnson of the President’s Office with the Junior Sailor of the Quarter Award for the second quarter
2008. CAPT Van Vleck awards (r) IC1(SW) Brian Teneyck of the War Gaming Department with his
Senior Sailor of the Quarter plaque.
Each Sailor of
the Quarter
also received
a check from
the
Naval
War College
Fo u n d a t i o n
for
$250
through the
generosity
of
Trustee
Emeritus
Edward M.
Polk.
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“REFLECTIONS ON CAPTIVITY”
The Foundation’s Contemporary
Civilization
Lecture
Series
wrapped up the academic
year with a presentation by
former NWC professor Porter
Alexander Halyburton on June
3rd. Halyburton was held captive
for 7½ years in North Vietnam
after his plane was shot down on
October 17, 1965. Commander
Halyburton opened by drawing
the audience in, conveying that
had he been released on 3 June
2008, his period of captivity
would have begun on 5 February
2001.
He broke his time of
confinement into three periods:
a time of adapting, a time of
torture and a time of relief. His
lecture this night was to be
framed in groupings of three.
Halyburton
described
his
imprisonment and the horrendous
and torturous conditions to which
he and others were subjected
and how he and his fellow
prisoners of war overcame the
mental reconciliation with those
who had held him in captivity.
He recounted, in vivid detail,
how he said “I forgive you” as he
left the “Hanoi Hilton.” His wife
Marty joined him on stage briefly
and related thoughts, actions,
challenges and emotions from
her perspective. She also said
that based upon the reaction
of the Vietnamese people to
Americans now, she felt that
America had won the war.
The audience was noticeably
moved by the Halyburtons’ very
sensitive and very thoughtful
presentation and by the great
faith from which, clearly, they
draw their strength.
A brief
Q&A period followed, before the
isolation, abuse and depression attendees solemnly adjourned.
by
developing
their
own
clandestine communication and The NWCF would like to thank the
support systems. He then told Edwin S. Soforenko Foundation
the audience of more than 750 for its generosity and sponsorship
about his release and return of this evening lecture.
to the United States and his
MATCHING GIFTS
In keeping with community mindedness and
spirit, many corporations now offer their
current and retired employees the opportunity
to essentially double their donations to the
Naval War College Foundation by instituting
matching gift programs. Our office has seen
a substantial increase in both the number and
amounts of matching gifts received.
In 2007 we received 32 matches with a total
value of over $21,500 and so far in 2008 we
have had 30 matching gifts worth $17,338.
Each corporate matching gift is credited to
the Foundation member who enables us to
receive it and can be restricted for a specific
purpose or added to our unrestricted fund.
Interestingly, for the first time last year, one
of our members participated in a volunteer
involvement program at his company where
this individual’s volunteer hours were matched
to a monetary gift of $500 to the Foundation.
We are grateful for the time and effort our
member has expended in order to help out the
Foundation in this unique way.
If you are employed by or retired from a company
that has a matching gift program, please take the
time to fill in and return the required paperwork.
If you are unsure if your company has such a
program, please inquire on our behalf.
As you can tell, matching
gifts can have a significant
impact on Foundation
support for the College.
Your
assistance
in
this matter is greatly
appreciated. Many thanks.
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N e w M us e um Ex h i b i t
photographs of President Abraham Lincoln, the
U.S. Navy’s first Admiral David Farragut, inventor
John Ericsson and Admiral David Dixon Porter.
Recent materials include memorabilia from
Ambassador Middendorf’s period as Secretary of
the Navy and a fascinating collection of American
flag officers’ business cards, including those of
Admirals Dewey, Mayo, Spruance, Kincaid, Moorer,
and the very latest addition, RADM Shuford.
Paper Treasures:
The Naval Historical Collection of
Ambassador J. William Middendorf, II
Secretary of the Navy, 1974-1977
The Naval War College Museum opened a major
new temporary exhibit on Friday, 30 May that
will run through November 2008. The Naval War
College Foundation and the Naval War College
jointly hosted the very well-attended opening
reception that featured short talks by Ambassador
Middendorf, RADM Shuford, RADM Nolan and
Professor John Hattendorf.
To complement the exhibit, several items already
in the Naval War College Museum have been
added. These items include Admiral Dewey’s
original two-star flag from 1898 and a number of
ship models.
In this exhibit, Ambassador Middendorf
shares with the community his collection of
Civil War era ‘carte de visite’ photographs,
rare naval prints and naval documents.
The rare documents range from the era of
the American Revolution on into the 20th
century and include a signed 1788 letter
from Thomas Jefferson to John Paul Jones,
letters addressed to John Hancock reporting
the early development of the Continental
Navy and items illustrating the early U.S
Navy signed by John Barry, Edward Preble,
William Bainbridge and Isaac Hull. Also
on exhibit are numerous items from the
Civil War period such as ‘carte de visite’
New Website Launch
The premier edition of The Bridge marked the first phase of your
Foundation’s effort to rework our media. In the Executive Director’s
Comments, we introduced the effort and talked about follow on work
on our website and literature.
In this brief update, we’re happy to report that the next time you type
www.nwcfoundation.org into your internet search engine, or use the
bookmark for the Foundation in your browser you will enjoy an entirely
new, much improved and richer experience. Considerable thought and
talent have gone into this effort with an eye toward defining our message and improving
the way we convey our organization to members, friends and strangers alike. We invite
you to drop by and take a look.
A deeper understanding
We will be highlighting features of the new website in future editions of The Bridge.
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Keeping On The Right Side Of International Law In Afghanistan
The
Naval
War
College’s
International Law Department
recently held a workshop entitled
“The War in Afghanistan: A Legal
Analysis,” whose aim was to
look at the thorny questions
surrounding the overall legality
of the intervention and its
subsequent prosecution.
The
workshop, made possible through
the generous support of the
Naval War College Foundation
and the Israel Yearbook on
Human Rights, consisted of 5
panels and 3 addresses.
Panel discussions explored such
wide-ranging and topical subjects
as the status of the conflict as an
international armed conflict, the
legality of cross-border operations
into Pakistan, the subsequent
treatment of detainees and the
issue of human rights in stability
operations. Interestingly, on the
topic of whether the transnational
nature of the conflict with Al
Qaeda and the Taliban had made
the
Afghanistan
experience
distinctly different (there being
no “state” with which to go to
war), the experts were of the
opinion that the policy restrictions
on targeting were far more likely
to be influential in the decisions
that were made, than any legal
analysis per se. This is because
the humanitarian requirements
for this sort of persuasive
warfare these days are invariably
narrower than the applicable
legal statutes.
practitioners took part in the
workshop, coming from the
United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, France, Switzerland,
Germany and Israel. Participants
were treated to keynote lectures
by Professor W. Michael Reisman
of Yale Law School and Professor
Sir Adam Roberts of Oxford
University. Papers presented at
this conference will be published
in volume 85 of the Naval War
College’s
International
Law
Studies Blue Book series.
Thirty seven internationallyrenowned legal scholars and
NEW WAVE OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Recently, 37 international students from the
Naval Staff College (NSC) Class 2008 visited
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
the world’s largest private nonprofit ocean
research, engineering and education
organization dedicated to advancing the
understanding of the ocean to the world
community.
The Field Study Program
curriculum provides students with handson, real-world opportunities to learn about
American culture, technology, politics, military,
manufacturing, and education as a follow-up
to traditional classroom instruction.
The Naval War College Foundation proudly
supports the academic and cultural
development of international officers from
around the world through direct collaboration
with and support for both the Naval Staff
College and the Naval Command College.
Members of the NSC Class 2008 learn about a
Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit (REMUS).
CDR Randy G. Wietman, USN
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Upcoming Events
The following are Naval War College and Foundation events that are scheduled for the upcoming
months.
For more information, please check our website (www.nwcfoundation.org) under
Upcoming Events or call 401.848.8305. All events are open to members and the general public
unless otherwise indicated.
26 August Roundtable discussion featuring Dr. John Garofano, the Captain Jerome E. Levy
Economic Geography & National Security Chairholder. Professor Garofano will
present “Vietnam Revisited: 44 Years of Change.”
15 September Foundation Executive Committee Meeting in Newport (Executive Committee
only)
25 September Roundtable discussion featuring Professor Marc Genest, NWC Strategy & Policy
Department. His topic will be “Election 2008: Foreign Policy Implications.”
21 October Roundtable discussion with Professor Derek Reveron, NWC National Security
Decision Making Department. His topic will be “The Impact of Transnational
Terrorist Threats on Intelligence Cooperation.”
2 December Foundation Executive Committee Meeting in New York City (Executive
Committee only)
2 December Annual Dinner in New York City with Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN,
Commander, U.S. Southern Command as the featured speaker.
3 December Board of Trustees Meeting in New York City (restricted to Trustees, Trustee
Emeriti and Regional Directors)
2009 Events
14 June Foundation Executive Committee Meeting in Newport (Executive Committee
only)
15 June Annual Members’ Meeting and Luncheon in Newport
15 June Board of Trustees Meeting in Newport (restricted to Trustees, Trustee Emeriti
and Regional Directors)
16-17 June Current Strategy Forum (by invitation only)
18 June NWC Graduate Awards Ceremony
19 June NWC Graduation
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Moroccan students at Naval Staff College use kayaks
to explore Blue Bill Cove in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
CPT Abdeslem Bensouda “Ben” (on the left) and LCDR Mostafa Tafrhy, Officers
of the Royal Moroccan Navy are seen here acquainting themselves with the art
of kayaking prior to exploring the waters of Blue Bill Cove in Portsmouth, Rhode
Island. Foundation members Bill and Lee Ferreira hosted the exploration. Bill
guided the sea component of the adventure while Lee took charge of a land
expedition that brought Ben’s wife Kaoutar and daughters Lena and Noor to the
Green Animals Topiary Gardens in Portsmouth and culminated with a careful
sampling of the delightful treasures at Gray’s Ice Cream in Tiverton. The sea and
land explorers shared delicious Moroccan and American dishes before and after
their adventures.