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Faculty Showcase Archive Article ; When he touches down in Argentina the weekend of Apr. 17, Naval Postgraduate School lecturer in the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) and Department of National Security Affairs retired Navy Capt. Scott Jasper will be carrying hot-off-the-press copies of his pioneering book Transforming Defense Capabilities: New Approaches for International Security. The anthology will form the core of a "Capabilities-Based Operations" executive course for 40 senior Argentine military officers and Ministry of Defense officials, the first of many bilateral and partner nation courses using the text. ; Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

World-class Naval Postgraduate School faculty members have authored more than half the articles in the only book on best practices and lessons learned in U.S. defense program management. "U.S. Military Program Management: lessons learned and best practices" co-authored by NPS Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP) Lcturer and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Rene Rendon, covers all aspects of Army, Navy and Air Force program management from both the government and industry contractor perspectives, including specific recommendations for future improvements. The book was published in early 2007 by Management Concepts, a private corporation that trains management professionals and publishes articles and textbooks in the field.

On Jan. 30, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) announced the creation of the Center for Survivability and Lethality. The new research and education enterprise is the first interdisciplinary center dedicated to making the broad range of U.S. and allied military, homeland security and critical infrastructure platforms more survivable to attack and more lethal to hostile platforms and systems.

If there ever was a Norman Rockwell moment, Dec. 4 at the Pacific Grove, Calif., Fire Department was it. Army Maj. Chris Muller, A Latin American foreign area officer and December Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) defense analysis graduate, was named 2006 Volunteer Firefighter of the Year by the chief of "America's last home town." Muller is the first military member to receive the honor since the town created it in 1966 and the only military officer serving with the station.

Naval Postgraduate School Associate Professor of Systems Engineering Cliff Whitcomb has won the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) "Jimmie" Hamilton Award for the best original technical paper published in the association's journal in 2005. The winning article "A military effectiveness analysis and decision making framewrok for naval ship design and acquisition," was co-authored with Mr. John Hootman andd appeared in the summer 2005 issue of Naval Engineer's Journal.

On 7 October 2001, the Navy aircrews catapulted from Carl Vinson (CVN 70) made history, twice over. First, they provided America's opening response to the terrorist attacks of 11 September in the first wave of Operation Enduring Freedom. They also streaked into Afghanistan with a "big picture" overview of the history, culture and politics of the Middle East and southern Asia, made possible by the Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) Regional Security Education Program (RSEP).

Anywhere else, "The Eagle Has Landed" invokes images of man's first landing on the moon. But for the Naval Postgraduate School and NPS military instructor, Lt. Cmdr. Chris Eagle, it has two entirely different meanings.

Naval Postgraduate School, Office of Naval Research. Professional Military Education for the 21st Century Warrior. Conference Proceedings. 15 - 16 January 1998, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Reported by Shelly A Jones and Judy A. Daniel. Compiled by Barbara Honegger. Cover design by LT Craig Anderson. Edite by CDR Michael D. Palatas. ; The Naval Postgraduate School and Office of Naval Research were pleased to host the Professional Military Education for the 21st Century Warrior Conference in January 1998. An impressive group of top-ranking legislators, academicians, historians, and military education community leaders came together at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey to present and discuss the history, current status, and future of professional military education (PME). The conference presentations and panel discussions, transcripts of which are included in this proceedings book, raised and proposed solutions to some of the challenges that face those in the military education community. The overall tone of conference participants indicated that, while PME has improved significantly as a result of Goldwater-Nichols legislation and the Skelton Panel recommendations, there is still work to be done.