Faculty

CDR ROBERT E. BURKE, USN, joined the Naval War College faculty in June 2008 after completing a one year tour in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM as the OIC of the Counter Radio-Controlled IED Electronic Warfare (CREW) Detachment, Afghanistan attached to JTF Paladin. He is qualified as a Special Operations, Diving and Salvage officer. Previous tours include Naval Sea Systems Command where he worked Mine Warfare Mission Package integration for LCS, Executive Decision Management Office within the Director of Navy Staff office, Conventional Ordnance Explosives Safety and Nuclear Weapons System Safety, OPNAV N41, and OIC of Atlantic Ordnance Command, Detachment Charleston. He has served onboard USS Edenton and USS Grasp, participating in numerous diving and salvage operations. He has Navy Reserve experience in Naval Coastal Warfare and Harbor Defense, Military Sealift Command, and Mobile Diving and Salvage Units. CDR Burke was enrolled in the National Defense University, School for National Security Executive Education prior to being deployed. He earned a Master of Science degree in Ocean Systems Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.