Naval War College (U.S.)

Student research paper by Major Steven L. Ellis, USA and Major Myron C. Lynch, Jr., USA in satisfaction of the requirements for the Advanced Research Program elective. In this paper, the authors outlined a plausible U.S. military strategy designed to counter a possible Soviet space strategy at various levels of the conflict spectrum.

A group research study that concentrated on the Command and Staff Course of the Naval War College and addressed two questions: (1) What should the product of the School of Naval Command and Staff be in terms of acquired skills and knowledge; and (2) How many graduates having the aforementioned skills and knowledge are required annually? The purpose of this study was to identify the product of the Naval Command and Staff school and conduct a billet analysis to determine Navy requirements for graduates in order to provide a basis for a critical analysis of the school and its curriculum to produce the necessary graduates in sufficient quantity and quality to satisfy the Navy's requirements.

Group study for the School of Naval Command and Staff.

A student paper by CDR D. R Jones for the course in naval warfare at the Naval War College in which he attempted to establish that optimum knowledge of the oceans of the world is a prime and requisite element of sea power and proposed that this knowledge of inner space (i.e., the aqueous envelope of the earth extending from the surface of the ocean to its floor) is necessary for both national defense purposes and to ensure the exploitation of the oceans' vast food, mineral and energy resources. The author suggested that scientific and technological activities in oceanography should be broadened and increased to not only strengthen the U.S. military posture but also to satisfy the needs of the burgeoning populations of the world.

This paper published by NWC's Center for Advanced Research covers the College's history and tradition of responding to American naval need. The paper discusses NWC's struggles to establish its institutional identity, educational outcomes, and while contributing to the development of American naval professionalism.