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"You have a choice: you can either create
your own future, or you can become the victim
of a future that someone else creates for you.
By seizing the transformation opportunities, you
are seizing the opportunity to create your own
future." - VADM Arthur Cebrowski
Our institute is named after Vice Admiral Arthur
Cebrowski, a distinguished graduate of the Naval
Postgraduate School in Computer Systems Management
in 1973, and retired director of the Defense Department’s
Office of Force Transformation. Known as the Father
of Network Centric Warfare, he spent the last
six years of his DOD service leading transformation
in a cultural climate resistant to change. VADM
Cebrowski passed away Nov. 12, 2005 after a long
battle with cancer.
VADM Cebrowski entered the Navy through the Reserve
Officers Training Corps in 1964. He was
a Naval Aviator and commanded Fighter Squadron
41 and Carrier Air Wing EIGHT. He commanded
the assault ship USS GUAM, the aircraft carrier
USS MIDWAY and the USS AMERICA Battle Group.
He had combat experience in Vietnam and Desert
Storm. His Joint assignments included service
as the Director, Command, Control, Communications
and Computers (J-6), Joint Staff. Admiral
Cebrowski retired from the Navy on October 1,
2001 with over 37 years of service, after serving
as the President of the Naval War College in Newport,
Rhode Island .
For more information on VADM Cebrowski visit http://www.oft.osd.mil/cebrowski.cfm
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