Rob Doane, the curator of the US Naval War College Museum, on the only life mask of one of history’s greatest naval leaders, Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson, which has been on display in Newport, R.I., until Sept. 30 after which it returns to the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, England.
Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, USAF Ret., the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, on the new name for the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber and US Air Force priorities.
Adm. Paul Zukunft, the US Coast Guard commandant, on his recent visit to Greenland and the implications of climate change at the 22nd International Seapower Symposium at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I., a gathering of navy and coast guard leaders from more than 100 nations.
In the second of a three-part exclusive interview, Michèle Flournoy, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and frontrunner to become America’s first female defense secretary if Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wins the White House, discusses America’s allies, Britain’s exit from the European Union, and countering increasingly assertive Russia and China.
Adm. John Richardson, the US chief of naval operations, on international cooperation, innovation and high-velocity learning, China and major programs at the 22nd International Seapower Symposium at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, a gathering of navy and coast guard leaders from more than 100 countries.
Capt. Kevin Parker, the commanding officer of USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26), on the US Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship. The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock was built at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and will be commissioned in Philadelphia on Oct. 8.
Adm. John Richardson, the US chief of naval operations, wraps up the 22nd International Seapower Symposium at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, and offers ideas for the next gathering of navy and coast guard leaders in 2018.
Raanan Horowitz, the president of CEO of Elbit Systems of America, on US Air Force opportunities for the company and its role in the recent 10-year, $38 billion US military aide package for Israel.
Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, USAF, the commander of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., on how the service is transformation military education.
Denise Hollywood, the executive vice president of the Air Force Association, previews this year’s Air, Space & Cyber conference and tradeshow.