Chairman
Fred P. Drake
Professor
Halligan Hall Room 239
831-656-3003
DSN 756-3003
Associate Chair
Harold D. Blanton
Professor
Halligan Hall Room 251
831-656-2302
DSN 756-2302
George W. Baer, Professor (1981); Ph.D. Harvard (1965); M.A., B.A. Oxford (1959) Rhodes Scholar; A.B. Stanford (1957)
Harold D. Blanton, Professor (1999); Ph.D., M.A., Florida State University (1999); B.S., Valdosta State University (1991)
J. Warwick Boulton, Associate Professor (2000); M.A. Lehigh University (1970); B.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science (1969)
Jan S. Breemer, Professor (1999); Ph.D., M.A., University of Southern California (1987,1973); B.A., California State University, Long Beach (1968)
R. Mitchell Brown III, Professor (1999); CDR USN (ret); C&S Naval War College (2002); M.A., Naval Postgraduate School, (1980); MBA Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) (1976); B.S., U.S. Naval Academy (1968)
Jonathan E. Czarnecki, Professor (2001); COL USA, ARNG (ret); Ph.D., M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo (1979, 1976); B.S. Clarkson University (1970)
Fred P. Drake, Professor (1999); CDR USN (ret); M.A., U.S. Naval War College (1996); M.S., Troy State University (1988); B.S., University of Idaho (1979)
Richard B. Grahlman, Professor (1999); CDR USN (ret); M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, B.S., Oregon State University
Kenneth J. Hagan, Professor (1999); CAPT USNR (ret); Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School (1970); M.A., A.B., University of California, Berkeley; Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Academy
Randall J. Hess, Professor (2001); CAPT USN (ret); M.A., Naval War College (1992); M.A., Stanford University (1986); B.S., U.S. Naval Academy
Michael W. Jones, Professor (2000); LT USNR; Ph.D., Florida State University (2004); M.S., B.A., University of New Orleans (1993)
Casey J. Lucias, Associate Professor (2009); Ph.D., University of Hawaii (2007); M.A., Naval Postgraduate School (2002); B.A., Ashland University (1997)
Michael T. McMaster, Professor (2001); CDR USN (ret); M.S., Naval Postgraduate School (1987); B.B.A., University of New Mexico (1979)
Thomas P. Moore, Professor (2001); COL USAR (ret); Ph.D., Virginia Tech (1986); M.S., Stanford University (1975); B.A., Northeastern University (1974)
Dayne E. Nix, Associate Professor (2009); Ph.D., Salve Regina University (2007); M.A., Naval War College (2004); Th.M., Duke University (1993); M.Div., Denver Seminary (1983); B.A., University of Colorado (1974)
Gary J. Ohls, Professor (2009); Col USMC (ret); Ph.D., Texas Christian University (2008, 2004); M.A., Naval War College (1994); M.B.A., California State University, Long Beach (1977)
David F. Overton, Associate Professor (2007); LtCol USMC (ret); M.S., Naval Postgraduate School (2003); B.S., East Carolina University (1994)
Donald J. Stoker, Professor (1999); Ph.D., Florida State University (1997); M.A., B.A., Valdosta State University
The U.S. Naval War College curricula offered at NPS meets all of the requirements for Navy PME (as established by the Chief of Naval Operations) and for JPME (as established by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff) for Intermediate Level Professional Military Education. The importance of offering a program that blends graduate-level study with Joint Professional Military Education was recognized by NPS in the early 1990s. Originally called the Joint Education Electives Program (JEEP) when it began in 1993, the program's name was changed to the Program for Joint Education (PJE) to make its name consistent with current military education terminology. In academic year 1999-2000, NPS partnered with the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), Newport, RI to provide NPS students with a tailored program leading to a Naval War College diploma and JPME phase I certification.
It should be recognized that the courses described below are Naval War College courses, which are taught by Naval War College faculty. As such, course content, teaching methodology and program management are the sole responsibility of the Naval War College. The entire sequence of courses including Strategy and Policy, National Security Decision Making and Joint Maritime Operations (parts 1&2), has been reviewed and approved through the Process for Accreditation of Joint Education (PAJE) process conducted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Naval War College's College of Distance Education.
The three-course NWC program provides coverage of all mandatory "learning areas" outlined in CJCS's Officer Professional Military Education Policy (OPMEP), CJCSINST 1800.01 (series). The NWC program, both at NPS and on the College's main campus in Newport, RI, provides instruction in three course areas: Strategy and Policy (S&P), National Security Decision Making (NSDM), and Joint Maritime Operations (JMO). Effective in September 1999, the S&P curriculum replaced the NPS course Joint Maritime Strategy NS-3252, which had been required for all department of the Navy (DoN) students since 1989. Completion of the NWC S&P course is now the mandatory course requirement fulfilling the Secretary of the Navy's maritime strategy requirement which must be met by all DoN students.
Note: Only those students who complete the entire sequence (S&P, NSDM and JMO) will earn JPME phase I certification.
Transcripts of those students who complete all NWC courses (S&P, NSDM and JMO) through any methodology – Fleet Seminar, correspondence, NWC Monterey courses – will be annotated to verify their JPME phase I certification.
All versions of NWC courses are academically rigorous and will require significant effort on the part of each student. The goal is to enable each student to earn both their NPS degree and the NWC diploma (with JPME phase I). It should be recognized, however, that students who cannot complete all of the NWC requirements while in Monterey can enroll in the remaining NWC courses, by Fleet Seminar or other DL course offerings, at their next duty station.
NW3230 Strategy & War (4–2)
The S&W course is designed to prepare the military officer for the mid-level to advanced stages of a professional career in which he or she may be intimately involved in the interplay between military power and the political process – that is, between strategy, policy, and major operations. The course uses historical examples to demonstrate the military officer's urgent need for a joint and combined warfare perspective on the military profession. That perspective significantly enhances the ability of strategic thinkers and war-fighters to wield the military instrument in support of national goals. In the early stages of an officer's career he or she is trained in tactics. The S&W curriculum, in contrast, is designed to teach officers to think strategically. The course illustrates the relationship between a nation's political interests and goals and the ways military force may be used to achieve them. It focuses on a series of studies that begins with interests, continues through conflict and ends with the final post-war settlement. Academic disciplines of history, political science, military studies, and international relations are woven into a coherent analysis of how wars begin, how they are fought and how they end. The Strategy & War course hones the officer's ability to analyze past operations and apply historical lessons to future joint and combined operations. Three facets of the course develop strategic thought. First and foremost, the course focuses extensively on the strategic analyses that are the cornerstone of strategic thought, particularly the works of Clausewitz and Sun Tzu. Second, the masters' work is used to analyze strategic decisions made during several historical conflicts. Collectively these case studies sharpen the student's understanding of the essence of strategy. Clear, objective and imaginative thinking is the framework for the final part of the course where students consider recent wars as well as conflicts that may occur in the future.
NW3275 Joint Maritime Operations (Part 1) (4–0)
The Joint Maritime Operations curriculum develops the ability to translate contemporary national and regional military strategies into naval, joint and multinational operations, with particular emphasis on the operational art and employment of the Sea Services. Thus, it enables officers to make sound operational decisions in both command and staff positions. JMO is an executive development course that emphasizes planning and decision making factors at the joint task force level for operations in the maritime environment. Planning and executing military/maritime operations requires military officers to make increasing use of many disciplines. This differs from the past where application of a single discrete discipline was more often the norm. Officers must have a firm grasp of military strategy, an understanding of joint and combined operations, and a thorough background in the essential elements of the military planning and decision making process to deploy, employ and sustain U.S. military forces efficiently and successfully. Consequently, the JMO course employs a multi-disciplinary approach, providing the student the opportunity to synthesize various ideas that include maritime strategy, joint and service doctrine, military decision-making, operational planning, naval warfare, military warfare, threat assessment, and war gaming techniques. JMO applies these ideas to military problems requiring decisions in dynamic situations. The integrating themes of the courses are joint maritime operations, the operational level of war, and military-decision making. Emphasis is placed on the ability to identify the military conditions required to achieve strategic goals, the required sequence of actions, resources and associated costs or risks in that process. NW-3275 is the first of a sequence of two classes required to complete the JMO curriculum; it must be followed by NW-3276 to earn credit for the course.
NW3276 Joint Maritime Operations (Part 2) (4–0)
This class is the second in a sequence of two classes required to complete the JMO curriculum. PREREQUISITE: NW-3275. (See NW-3275 for info.)
NW3285 National Security Decision Making (4–0)
The National Security Decision Making curriculum educates military officers in the effective selection and leadership of armed forces within national resource constraints, providing instruction in: the strategic planning and selection of future military forces: systematic approaches to programmatic resource choices under conditions of high uncertainty; and the nature of economic, political, organizational and behavioral factors affecting selection and command of military forces. The NSDM curriculum is an executive development course wherein major emphasis is placed on the preparation of officers for intermediate-level command and staff assignments. Selection of concepts and materials is predicated on the belief that an effective career executive does not apply discrete disciplines, but rather is required to synthesize many disciplines relevant to different situations. Moreover, the appropriate point of view is an integrative one that seeks a balanced use of reasoning based on both an academic and professional foundation. For this reason, the NSDM curriculum employs a multidisciplinary approach, synthesizing selective concepts from economics, political science, strategy, operations research, leadership, psychology, management control, and other related fields. All instruction seeks to use the broad experience of the student body and focuses on making and implementing critical decisions within the national security environment.
Marine Corps officers selected to attend NPS through the Marine Corps' Special Education Program (SEP) can participate in Marine Corps PME seminar programs for captains and majors. The Marine Corps' College of Continuing Education (CCE) designs, develops, and delivers both of the Marine Corps' officer distance education programs (DEP): the Expeditionary Warfare School (EWSDEP) and the Command & Staff College (CSCDEP). Interested officers can contact the CCE regional coordinator for NPS through the CCE website: https://www.marinenet.usmc.mil/cce. USMC PME information is found at www.mcu.usmc.mil/pme/Officer/officerpme.htm.
NPS JPME Requirement. All naval officers (Navy and Marine Corps) must take NW-3230 "Strategy and Policy: The American Experience" while attending the Naval Postgraduate School. This requirement is specified in SECNAVINST 1524.2A in 1989. Credit for NW-3230 validates the first unit of Marine Corps Command and Staff, 8901 "The Theory and Nature of War." As NW-3230 is an NPS JPME requirement, validating NW3230 requires the full completion of the entire Command and Staff 8900 series.
Naval War College C&S option. Marine Corps officers attending NPS may enroll in the Naval War College Command and Staff program in lieu of the Marine Corps Command and Staff DEP. The Naval War College courses needed to complete the Navy C&S requirement while at NPS are: NW3230 (Strategy and Policy-one quarter), NW3275 and NW3276 (Joint Maritime Operations-two consecutive quarters), and NW3285 (National Security Decision Making-one quarter).
Air Force officers selected for IDE programs at the NPS are managed by the Air Force Institute of Technology, Civilian Institution Programs (AFIT/CI) office at Wright-Patterson AFB OH. Selected officers complete a master's degree program at NPS in a field of study appropriate to their careers. They will also complete the appropriate PME courses in conjunction with their degree (if they have not already completed Air Command and Staff College by either seminar or correspondence). IDE selected officers attending NPS may enroll in the Naval War College Command and Staff program in lieu of the ACSC DL course for intermediate level service college and JPME phase I credit.