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The Web-Enabled Program is offered to eligible students located throughout the world. During this course of study, the student will submit a variety of written assignments in the form of assessments, answers to multiple choice questions, and essays. Time limits for submission of written materials are specified in individual syllabi.

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As part of the agreement between U. The agreement stipulated a level of effort equating four separate four-credit hour courses which can be achieved by enrolling in one course per quarter. These courses are offered at multiple locations, in keeping with efforts of the Chief of Naval Personnel, to foster a deliberate and flexible learning environment.

Each course normally requires one academic year to complete an FSP academic year runs from September through the following May. The core course work for the intermediate resident program consists of three trimesters of study, plus three electives, one per each trimester. The intermediate course has one longer trimester of seventeen weeks for the study of joint maritime operations and two other eleven week trimesters.

Naval War College develops the three core courses as independent courses of study to accommodate the unique system of matriculating and graduating students in November, March, and June. The course builds on fundamentals and culminates with practical planning and execution application using a complex, fictitious case study, including a four and a half day Battle Lab experience. The Maritime Operational Planners Course MOPC is an eleven week course that develops planners capable of performing in dynamic, complex, and high-tempo maritime operational environments.

The course is available to a select group of officers, O3 to O5 en-route or already assigned to a maritime headquarters. MOPC produces officers capable of forming, organizing, and leading operational planning teams and are proficient in the detailed application of the Navy Planning Process.

Naval War College NWC International Programs and the College of Maritime Operational Warfare, to provide international naval officers the skills needed to support the planning and execution of maritime operations and integrate with existing operational planning teams. Naval doctrine, with a special emphasis on the U. Additionally, O3 officers ordered to an operational deploying command as an "Executive Officer" are also eligible to attend. Selected Reservists Officers may attend if serving in an Executive Officer, or equivalent billet, on a space-available basis.

Requests for officers not strictly meeting the above requirements will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Commanding Officer, Naval Leadership and Ethics Center. It consists of three major areas of study, electives program, Field Studies Program, and country presentations. This is augmented by a three-month planning exercise, as well as joint and interagency interface opportunities.

Each course normally requires one academic year to complete. Advanced Strategist Program is a specialized elective track completed in conjunction with month College of Naval Warfare and College of Naval Command and Staff curricula. Naval War College International Programs and the Wargaming Department, to introduce international partners to the fundamental concepts of wargaming through the project management process, and practical application.

The core course work for the senior resident programs consists of three trimesters of study, plus three electives, one per each trimester. The senior course consists of three equal trimesters of about thirteen weeks each. ELOC focuses at the senior leadership O6 level, this course will ensure the attendees are properly educated in, and understand the intricacies of, effectively participating in the decision-making process and managing a Maritime Operations Center MOC and its resources.

In the Naval Command College NCC , senior international officers pursue eleven months of graduate-level study in residence. The NCC program has five major pillars: International students are fully integrated with their U. They must complete all class and seminar exercises and writing assignments, and they receive written feedback from the faculty. Prospective Commanding Officers who typically have years of commissioned service: Selected Reserve Officers who have screened for command and are assigned to commissioned units will mirror the active force Leadership Training Continuum requirements.

The purpose of the flag level Combined Force Maritime Component Commander CFMCC Flag Course is to develop a network of leaders, focused on the operational level, in support of cooperation in the theater, oriented toward maritime security. It also helps to evolve the Combined Maritime Command and Control concepts and mechanisms, while advancing the understanding of those security issues facing participating nations. Building on the foundation of the Navy Leadership Competency Model, the course utilizes both facilitated seminars and comprehensive group case study analysis to achieve its objective of preparing individuals for the most demanding assignments in the Navy.

The Navy Senior Enlisted Academy SEA provides senior enlisted leaders education in communication skills, leadership and management, national security affairs, Navy programs, and physical fitness. With capacity of supporting over 1, students annually, it is attended by active and reserve personnel from the U. Nearly a century after Stephen B. The Center has complemented the curriculum at the Naval War College by providing a place for dedicated research that fuels our mission to educate future leaders, helps to define the future Navy, and informs national policy.

Nix served in the Marine Corps from - , and the U. He is a retired U. Navy chaplain and served worldwide in Navy and Marine Corps assignments. Nix maintains an interest in the intersection of religion, security and international relations His current scholarly interests focus on the ways nation state's leverage religion to accomplish strategic ends, particularly during the First World War and the Soviet-Afghan conflict of United States defense policy is facing a pivot point as the rise of Chinese and Russian military power means new challenges — particularly at sea, which is considered the most likely theater for conflict.

U.S. Naval War College Programs

Naval Station Newport is home to 50 military commands, educational institutions, and services. Naval War College NWC distance education programs were designed to fit into the geographic and time constraints of students unable to participate in our traditional residential program. To enter as a cadet on September 1, one must be at least 18 years of age and not over 25 years, although exceptions can be made for candidates up to the age of 34, provided that they meet medical and fitness requirements.

All cadets receive the same basic naval education for the first year, including a six-week cruise on a Royal Navy warship. In the early days of the U. Navy , during the American Revolution , Barbary Wars , War of , and Mexican War , many young men distinguished themselves while in the rank of midshipman. Until all service as midshipmen was in seagoing ships. Farragut became a midshipman at the age of 9 and was promoted to lieutenant at Usually, however, the age at entrance was 14 to Congress provided that midshipmen should be appointed to the academy by senators and representatives.

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This policy, which already applied to the United States Military Academy , had the advantage of bringing in young men from all sections of the country, in proportion to population, thus making the navy a national rather than a sectional institution. In the beginning a midshipman spent one year at Annapolis, three years at sea, and another year at Annapolis for study and final examinations. The students at the naval academy have been called in turn acting midshipmen, midshipmen, cadet midshipmen and cadet engineers, naval cadets, and, again, since , midshipmen.

In the 21st century the navy undertook a review of its position titles to reflect the increasing number of women serving throughout the military. The term midshipman was retained for both men and women; officials noted that midshipman is a naval rank codified in U. We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles.

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