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OVERVIEW
The College of Naval Warfare is a multidisciplinary program designed for U.S. Naval
and Coast Guard officers in the grades of captain or commander, U.S. Marine Corps,
Army and Air Force officers in the grades of colonel or lieutenant colonel and civilians
of equivalent seniority from various Federal agencies. This senior level professional
military education program provides students with executive-level preparation for
higher responsibilities as senior captains/colonels and flag/general officers.
SELECTION
Military students are selected to attend the College of Naval Warfare by their respective
services. All officers who attend the College of Naval War will have bachelor's
degree--historically, on average, more than half will already have been awarded
master's degrees and three percent will hold doctorates, will have compiled outstanding
performance records during their 15 to 20-year service careers to date, and will
be considered to possess the potential for future achievement and promotion within
their respective services and the joint arena. While each service has its own selection
process, in the case of the U.S. Navy, each annual board convened to select officers
for promotion to commander then proceeds to choose candidates for the College of
Naval Warfare from among those commander-selectees; all captain selectees are considered
eligible to attend a senior service college. Attendance by civilian officials is
by invitation to their Federal agencies, who in turn nominate their respective candidates
using similar selection criteria.
CLASS PROFILE
While the size of each College of Naval Warfare class varies slightly due to a number
of factors, a typical class will be comprised of 200-225 students. Although the
majority of U.S. Naval officers and officers from the other U.S. services and civilians
in the class will begin their studies in August, nearly one-half of the Navy students
and several of their classmates matriculate at the beginning of either the winter
or spring trimesters of a given academic year.
CURRICULUM
College of Naval Warfare students pursue studies in each of the Naval War College's
three core subject areas in the following order of presentation: National Security
Decision Making, Policy and Strategy, and joint Military Operations. During the
first two of these trimesters, College of Naval Warfare students will be joined
in lectures and in seminars by international students of the Naval Command College.
Each College of Naval Warfare student is also required to enroll in one Elective
Program course of his or her choice per trimester. A limited number of students
in each class may, with selection committee approval, forego up to one trimester
of the core curriculum to participate in the Center for Naval Warfare Studies' Advanced
Research Program.
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