CNO Stresses Lifelong Learning During Spring Graduation Ceremony by MC2 Tom Tonthat Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm

UPDATE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL POSTGRADUATE NAVAL (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Patrick Dionne) CNO stresses lifelong learning during spring graduation ceremony By MC2 Tom Tonthat Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John M. Richardson addressed graduating students, family, faculty and staff during the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) 2019 Spring Quarter Graduation ceremony at King Auditorium, June 14. NPS said farewell to 298 graduates, including 25 international students from 17 countries, during the ceremony. As you go up, be leaders of competence, be leaders of character, and “be leaders who remain highly connected. In doing so, you will ensure that our Navy remains the safest Navy for our Sailors, the best partner Navy for all of our friends and allies, and the absolute worst nightmare to anyone who would try to be our enemy.” -Adm. John M. Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations “Today is a day of celebration, not only for the achievement of our students with the support of their NPS families and friends, but to also celebrate the act of learning,” said NPS President retired Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau. Rondeau proceeded to invite Richardson to podium, and he began his speech by offering some input on a few theses from the graduating class that varied from complex nanomaterials to political stability. “It becomes very clear that the world out there is extremely complicated,” he said. “Reading your theses gave me tremendous confidence that you are ready for this challenge and that this graduating class, as they go back to where they’re going to work, represents a tremendous addition to the strategic arsenal of our nation and the nations represented here by the international students.” “This school, by virtue of its unique place and unique student body, produces leaders who are ready and willing to go out and step into the whitewater rapids of the current environment,” he added. Richardson concluded with a final message to the graduating class as they return to leadership positions in the operational force. “As you go up, be leaders of competence and be leaders of character,” he said. “Be leaders who remain highly connected. In doing so, you will ensure that our Navy remains the safest Navy for our Sailors, the best partner Navy for all of our friends and allies, and the absolute worst nightmare to anyone who would try to be our enemy.” p2 Setting the stage for Cyber Endeavour 2019 HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY p3 Summit examines resilience, empowers change in Marine Corps p4 Student’s story celebrates Asian American, Pacific Islander pride July 2019 p6 Student board holds first-ever NPS Women’s Leadership Forum Setting the stage for Cyber Endeavour 2019 By Matthew Schehl Information warfare experts and practitioners from across government, unclassified level and therefore yield an unparalleled synergy in industry and academia assembled at SRI International’s headquarters addressing so significant an issue. Panelists represented some of in Menlo Park, Calif., to take part in Cyber Endeavour 2019 (CE- the most knowledgeable leaders in their fields, fostering meaningful 19), June 18-20. conversation on challenging topics. An annual interactive, working-level conference, CE-19 provided The conference doubled as a networking event, with breaks scheduled an opportunity for between presentations leaders and operators to encourage dialogue in the field to take among attendees that on the most critical often reach beyond the challenges in the event. Says Manuel, an realm of information NPS Research Fellow and cyber operations. from the Army Cyber This year’s CE-19 Institute (ACI) at examined Russia’s West Point, this is an aggressive use of the invaluable component modern information of the program. environment to advance its disruptive “We’re trying to make strategies abroad, people feel comfortable and how the U.S. and debating and there is its NATO allies can definitely that feel respond. about the conference,” he said. “One of the “The idea is to bring roles of the moderators experts, practitioners is highlighting the and policy people differences between together so at the end the panelists, and of the conference they Attendees of Cyber Endeavour 2019 pose for a group photo at Stanford University, June 18. Cyber Endeavour is this helps us with the have a better idea of the an annual Department of Defense-sponsored conference that brings together military and civilian practitioners debate environment threats posed by Russia from across government, industry, and academia to address the nexus of cyberspace and national security. that we’re trying to (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Patrick Dionne) and what we can do create.” about it,” explained Dr. Hy Rothstein, director of the DOD’s Information Operations Center This year’s conference is designed to examine the broader information for Research (IOCR), located at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). environment, and to go beyond just the cyber realm, Rothstein said. NPS, along with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 335th Signal Command, are cosponsors of CE-19 with the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) The speakers and audience members at CE-19 reflected this, with also “having a key role for obvious reasons,” he added. military and civilian practitioners and leaders throughout Europe in attendance – Germany, U.K., Austria, Lithuania, Ukraine and Setting the stage for the conference, lead organizers Rothstein and Estonia, for example. Army Reserve Cyber Operations Group Chief Warrant Officer 4 Chris Manuel turned to one of our nation’s most prominent authorities They were joined by Americans also deeply engaged in the fight, on security affairs, and on Russia’s long history of disinformation with senior officials from USEUCOM, U.S. Cyber Command campaigns. Stanford University’s Dr. Condoleezza Rice, one of the (USCYBERCOM), U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), nation’s pre-eminent Russia experts and 66th Secretary of State, as well as ACI, various Pentagon officials, the Rand Corporation, provided a compelling introduction to the topic via prerecorded Voice of America, Microsoft, practitioners in academia and beyond, 30-minute discussion with NPS’own Dr. John Arquilla. all in attendance. Over the last eight years, the conference has become increasingly Ultimately, Rothstein says, CE-19 is about understanding the strategies renowned as a seminal symposium in the field, primarily due to its and tactics of our adversaries in this domain, where recent history intimate size, content and participant engagement, Rothstein noted. has proven how high the stakes are, and what to do to protect our interests. CE-19 is intentionally designed to maximize interaction at an “Update NPS” is a monthly publication for students, faculty and staff of the Naval Postgraduate School produced by the Public Affairs Office. For additional copies, comments, or to suggest story ideas, contact the editorial staff at [email protected]. 2 Summit examines resilience, empowers change in Marine Corps FACULTY By Javier Chagoya news & notes The 4th Marine Reserve Division NPS Professor Frank Barrett, who coauthored (MARFORRES), headquartered in New the Appreciative Inquiry method, met with Following an impressive Orleans, La., brought together a diverse representatives from across the U.S. about 45-year federal service cross-section of reservists, active duty and establishing methods to cause better health career, a packed house of retired service members and spouses, and and resiliency within the Marine Corps. friends and Naval Postgraduate family services representatives from centers Barrett says it’s the, “power of the question” School (NPS) coworkers were on from around the nation, May 21-23, to take and how it is framed that provides positive hand, May 30, to wish Academic inventory of issues affecting the health and and intuitive answers. Planning Administrative Officer vitality of Marines. Rumi Escobido fair winds and “Learning always begins with a moment of following seas. Held on campus at the Naval Postgraduate inquiry,” said Barrett. “Resilience builds on School (NPS), the three-day Appreciative strong relationships, and on that positive “I just want to thank everybody for Inquiry Resilience Summit focused on using core we can launch actions. The asking of coming,” said Escobido. “The years an organizational questions already have just flown by because I work behavior model begins to transform with really good people, and that’s that emphasizes and change the what counts ... working together for self-awareness and capacity of the a common mission.” self-determined human system we change. For the seek to understand.” Leaders in Academic Planning, M a r i n e C o r p s recently reorganized to Faculty Reserve, leaders Barrett’s coauthor, Administration, praised Escobido see the model, NPS Professor Ned for her spirit, unending knowledge, coined Appreciative Powley, said the and commitment to the mission. Inquiry, as a way summit is a process to develop mental U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Ryan Shaw participates in a to get people from “Rumi has worked a lot of different resilience and discussion on mental resilience in the Marine Corps their strengths issues throughout the years and toughness, and a during the Appreciative Inquiry Resilience Summit in to action without she has often been the provost’s means to ensuring NPS’ Reed Hall, May 23. A total of 37 active, reserve losing sight of the right hand,” said Dr. Michael the total health and civilian members of the Marine Corps Reserve wholeness of the Freeman, Associate Provost for of the 40,000 community participated in the three-day summit to h u m a n s y s t e m Faculty Affairs. “Tasks have Marines within help find ways to build mental resilience in the service. they are seeking to come and gone throughout the (U.S. Navy photo by Javier Chagoya) MARFORRES. improve. years, but academic planning and now faculty administration Appreciative Inquiry (AI) focuses “We are brainstorming, prototyping, and has always internalized Rumi’s organizations, and individuals within pushing for change to better their commands driving motivation of doing what them, to identify what is working well in today and in the long term,” said Powley.

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