Words of Wisdom from NPS Alumnus

Inside this Issue  Exploring the Ocean Depths  Chiefs’ Pinning  Historic Dog Tag in Space In Review Naval Postgraduate School

President October 2007 President’s Message Vice (USN, Ret.) Daniel T. Oliver

Provost Dr. Leonard Ferrari As I make my rounds of Naval Postgraduate School, I continue to be impressed with the seemingly endless Associate Provost expertise and professionalism that I Information Resources & encounter at this institution. In addition Chief Information Officer to the basic functions of the enterprise, activities abound that support our Dr. Christine Cermak mission to serve the Department of Navy and Department of Defense. Office of Institutional Advancement Naval Postgraduate School We have reviewed the strategic plans of peer institutions, and by modeling 1 University Circle their best ideas and adding metrics, Monterey, CA 93943 we have updated the NPS Strategic Plan: A New View to the Future, which we will use as a tool to assess Editor our progress. The Strategic Plan reflects the first milestone in the process of accreditation reaffirmation. The accreditation steering committee is also MCCS (AW/SW) Jacqueline Kiel moving forward with the capacity and educational effectiveness reviews. [email protected]

In anticipation of unveiling the interactive online network for alumni Production Editor in December, we will sponsor an alumni event in San Diego at the end MC2 (AW) Sarah Bir of October. The trip will afford me the opportunity to visit the various [email protected] commands in San Diego, as well as the University of California and its visualization facilities. Journalists The Centennial Planning Committee is fully engaged, organizing volunteers MCCS (AW/SW) Jacqueline Kiel to serve on subcommittees for social and academic events, history, Barbara Honegger marketing, finance, campus appearance/pride and volunteer recruiting for MC2 (SW) Corey Truax the 2009-2010 celebration. John Sanders Javier Chagoya The NPS Foundation hosted the 2nd Annual America’s Heroes Charity Golf Grace Castro Tournament and teamed with the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund as well as the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. This event, in which nearly 200 Photographers golfers participated, raised over $600,000 for those wounded in action. Javier Chagoya MC2 (AW) Sarah Bir MC2 (SW) Corey Truax Finally, NPS was proud to have the Navy’s former Chief of Naval MC1 Chad J. McNeeley Operations, current chairman of the and NPS alumnus Admiral Michael Mullen as the keynote speaker at its graduation ceremony. Acknowledging NPS for being “an epicenter of knowledge for the Navy, our sister services, federal agencies and international partners,” Admiral Mullen ON THE COVER: Then Chief of Naval Operations Adm. also said of NPS, “There is something about this institution. I can almost Mike Mullen speaks at the NPS commencement ceremony. feel the vibrant energy radiating from this place.” During his visit, Mullen also frocked three new chief petty officers assigned to NPS. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commu- nication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley I concur.

Dan Oliver President October 2007 Contents

4 NPS Hosts Team Monterey 9 Hunt for ‘Red Octobers’ A consortium of ten military Aim-able undersea directional commands located in Monterey County soundbeams detect sound underwater

6 SIGS Students in Mongolia 13 Visions of the Centennial Khaan Quest 2007, Planning group prepares a multination exercise for 2009 centennial celebration

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Also in this Issue: 4.....Faculty Win Best Paper Prize 14...GSEAS Ed Tech Receives National FEW Scholarship 5.....GSBPP Professor Co-Edits Research Anthology ...ONR S&T Conference .....DA Professor Selected as FDD Fellow 15...From Professor to Deputy Assistant 7.....CHDS Celebrates “Five Years of Meeting SECDEF for Special Operations the Homeland Security Challenge” 16...CNO Lauds Summer 2007 Grads 8.....Oceanography: Exploring the Depths ...NPS Honors Top Grads, Faculty 10...CNO Holds Final Chiefs’ at Summer 2007 Awards Pinning at NPS 17...NPS Foundation Raises $600,000 12...Astronaut Alums to Take Historic for War Wounded Dog Tag into Space 18...Student’s RAPIDS Chip Enables 3-D 13...Denning Recieves Awards Shared Situational Awareness with UAVs

...Management Prof. Does Well by Doing Good Team Monterey Farr More than the Sum of Its Parts By Barbara Honegger more familiar with the Depart- fense team budget in Monterey totals almost ment of Defense and Homeland $1 billion with over 11,000 personnel.” Security organizations right here Leaders from seven area military com- in the Monterey area,” Oliver said mands briefed participants on their missions, in his opening remarks. “I hope capabilities, budgets and personnel: Deputy this marks the beginning of many Director Col. Dan Scott of the Presidio of more gatherings as we unite to Monterey; Acting Deputy Director Mark solve the challenges posed in se- Breckenridge of the Defense Manpower curing our homeland.” Data Center; Executive Officer Cmdr. A. J. “This is the beginning of a Rice of Fleet Numerical Meteorology and working partnership among our Oceanography Center; Base Commander amazing breadth and depth of Col. Kevin Riedler of Fort Hunter Liggett; military commands and commu- Director James Riedel spoke of the De- President Daniel Oliver (right) and Rep. Sam Farr nity leaders,” Farr said. “There fense Personnel Security Research Center; are all kinds of opportunities to Commanding Officer Lt. Marc Warren of expand if we work together to use Monterey’s U.S. Coast Guard station; and resident Daniel Oliver hosted the first our existing capabilities in new ways.” Dr. Gary Roser of the NPS School of Inter- Pformal meeting of Team Monterey, a con- “What made me realize the incredible depth national Graduate Studies Associate Dean sortium of ten military commands located in and uniqueness of the federal commands con- for International Affairs. Monterey County, Aug. 16. centrated in the area was the BRAC [Base In addition to Farr, local elected officials The evening program on the Quarterdeck Realignment and Closure] process, when we attending the event were Monterey County was the first step in fulfilling Rep. Sam Farr’s realized all the local military commands really Supervisors Chairman Dave Potter and Si- (D-Calif. 17th District) vision to link and are far more than the sum of their parts,” Farr mon Salinas; Monterey Mayor Chuck Della leverage the resources of local federal orga- recalled. “There is no other place with this Sala and City Manager Fred Meurer; Sali- nizations and civilian communities to solve much world-class basic and applied research, nas Mayor Dennis Donohue; Marina Mayor national security issues and local challenges. this much training and this much 24/7 opera- Ila Mettee-McCutchon and Mayor Pro Tem “This evening marks an opportunity for tional capacity that reaches out to the whole Gary Wilmot; King City Mayor Jeff Herrera; representatives of local government to become world. Our combined annual military de- and Del Rey Oaks Mayor Joe Russell. Faculty Win Best Paper Prize By Barbara Honegger n a gala evening ceremony in Vienna’s city hall, Naval Postgraduate (SA) models only look at what people know, not how they know it,” ISchool Operations Research Profs. Nita Lewis Miller and retired Miller explained. “Our model is a process model that formalizes how Army Col. Lawrence Shattuck were awarded the prestigious Roland they know what they know in the real world, inside specific battlefield Calori Best Paper Prize by the European Group for Organizational task environments, while also incorporating more traditional systems Studies (EGOS), in July. analysis concepts.” The topic of the winning article, “Extending Naturalistic Decision “This model resonates with people because of its intuitive nature,” she Making to Complex Organizations: A Dynamic Model of Situated Cog- added. “It’s one of the few models that couples both the technological and nition,” is a paradigm-changing dynamic process model for designing and human aspects of complex systems, and is also valuable for speeding the assessing network centric systems. Miller and Shattuck, co-directors of evolution of new technology.” the NPS Human Systems Integration Program, are also the first Ameri- Over the past five years, Miller and Shattuck have honed cans to win the prize. the model and applied it to The award honors the memory a highly respected French social scien- computer-based simulations, Nita Lewis Miller and tist and philosopher whose work in management and strategy paved the studies of human error and Lawrence Shattuck way for breakthroughs in strategic decision making. field exercises. “In the spirit of Roland Calori’s own work, the winning paper displays The paper was selected in a methodological quality, theoretical innovativeness and the diversity of so- rigorous peer review process cial science perspectives as they relate to organizations and the organized,” from among 125 papers pub- notes the society’s web site. lished in EGOS’ professional “We were treated like royalty from the minute we arrived,” Miller said. journal Organizational Studies “They swore us to secrecy ahead of time so no one would know who’d won in 2005 and 2006. it until it was announced at the EGOS assembly and celebrated For more information on the over dinner at the ballroom of the elegant Vienna Rathaus. It doesn’t get NPS Human Systems Integra- much better than that.” tion curriculum, contact (831) “This was a huge honor,” Shattuck agreed. “When we got there and 656-2381 or humansys@nps. realized how big an honor it was, we were really humbled.” edu. The program’s website is “What’s new with this paper is that traditional situational awareness http://www.nps.edu/or/hsi.

4 GSBPP Professor Co-Edits Research Anthology by Barbara Honegger English speakers in the world, but environment, and this book ad- few in the middle, outsourcing will dresses that need.” increase the middle class world- “Strategic management of in- wide. Increased global trading in formation is a critical success information-intensive services will factor for business worldwide,” ultimately make the world more said GSBPP Dean Robert Beck, flat and more fair.” “so I am pleased to see one of “Across all the G7 countries, our NPS faculty is leading its which includes the U.S., our man- development.” agement principles and models Apte’s co-editor for the anthol- were mainly developed for the in- ogy is Prof. Uday Karmarkar of dustrial age,” Apte noted. “So us- the University of California at Los ing them when traditional physical Angeles. Other contributors are goods manufacturing represents faculty members and leading re- only a small part of the economy searchers in the field from Harvard, Graduate School of Business and Public Policy Professor Uday is like fighting the last war. Busi- Stanford, Wharton, Northwestern Apte has co-edited a book called, “Managing in the Informa- ness managers everywhere need to and the University of California at tion Economy: Current Research Issues,” published by Springer know how to adapt to the changed Berkeley, among others. Publications in June “The strategic as a whole, followed by sections DA Professor Selected as FDD Fellow on structure and organization, By MCCS (AW/SW) Jacqueline Kiel management marketing and e-commerce; of information emerging strategy and ethics is- Dr. Michael Freeman, an assistant professor in the Defense Analy- sues, operations and empirical sis department, was accepted as a 2007-08 Academic Fellow with the is a critical studies of business practices. Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-profit, non- success factor One of its surprises is that the partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. for business U.S. is estimated to only just past This year the FDD Academic Fellowship Program took place in Israel the middle of the shift to a fully for 10 days, ending June 6. The program consisted of lectures and field worldwide...” mature information economy. trips to areas throughout Israel, with the goal of educating participants “In 1967, the U.S. information on terrorism and how Israel combats the threat. “The whole purpose raduate School of Business economy comprised 46 percent of it was to see how they do counter-terrorism,” Freeman explained. Gand Public Policy Prof. Uday of the total, and forty years later “[FDD’s] whole mantra is to fight terrorism and protect democracies. Apte, a specialist in service-sector it has now risen to 63 percent in Lecture subjects covered everything from the basics, for people with lit- operations management, has co- response to the surge in invest- tle counter-terrorism experience, to more detailed briefings on Hamas, edited the first book on managing ment in information technolo- Hezbollah, other Palestinian groups and Iran. the information economy written gies and training,” Apte said. “It’s “We stayed in Tel Aviv, but traveled all around Israel, including north for the business research com- important to note that the shift to a prison housing terrorists and south to a naval base that’s in charge munity. Apte is also the author of to an information- -- and par- of everything from Egypt and the Gaza strip border all the way up to three research papers in the new ticularly an information services- the middle of Israel,” Freeman continued. anthology, Managing in the Infor- based -- economy is an ongoing “One of the most striking things was how normal it was there,” said mation Economy: Current Research process with different countries Freeman,. “We got off the plane and got on the bus and a colleague Issues, published by Springer Pub- at different stages. As the Euro- from San Francisco was looking around expecting it to be a war zone. lications in June. pean empires expanded and then I kept telling him ‘It’s not Baghdad. We’re not going into the middle of “The research papers and ar- receded, they left their languages the war.’ That’s to the Israeli’s credit. They don’t obsess about it. You see ticles in this book represent the behind, impacting especially the a lot of soldiers on the street, so you’re aware of it, but it hasn’t changed state of the art in the emerging educated segments of colonized their society. They still maintain their normal lives.” area of managing in the infor- populations. We’re now in the Freeman said one of the most interesting presenters was the legal mation- and knowledge-based next phase, where mostly English advisor to the Israeli Defense Forces who lectured about the legal economy, and highlight impor- and Spanish speakers in these issues in dealing with terrorism. “The main thing I got out of that tant areas for future study,” Apte former colonies can participate in was how much oversight they have in terms of balancing civil liberties said. “This is important because the move towards the outsourcing and security.” the information economy is now of information-service jobs from Freeman called the program amazing. “FDD gave us access that most over 60 percent of the overall U.S. the developed economies. India is Israelis would never get.” economy in terms of value added the prime example, where up to 30 This was the fifth time this particular program was done. While to the Gross National Product.” million English speakers are able there are usually 25 to 30 participants, this group consisted of 45 aca- The book opens with a discus- to perform this work. Because demics from all over the U.S. sion of the information economy there are lots of rich and poor 5 An Exercise in Peace and Learning By MC2 (SW) Corey Truax

hree students from NPS’ School of In- Tternational Graduate Studies (SIGS) returned from Mongolia after participating in Khaan Quest 2007, a multinational, peace- support operation which concluded on Aug. 10 in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. Khaan Quest 2007, designed to improve the mission effectiveness, interoperability and unity of effort during peace-support opera- tions, brought together 22 nations. The exer- cise gave SIGS students the unique opportu- nity to work in a real-world environment with multiple nations. “We produced 103 qualified staff officers (from left) Air Force Lt. Col. Mike Madsen, Marine Corps Maj. Alexandra Nielsen and and more than 500 qualified peacekeepers and Army Capt. Lazander Tomlinson trainers,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Mike Madsen, who worked as a logistics officer in the logistics branch of Khaan headquarters staff. “Having gagement are rules of engagement,” said Tom- branch of Khaan headquarters staff. us conduct briefings enabled them to learn linson. “The only difficulty we encountered To coordinate, train and prepare for an ex- more about the school and what’s available initially was disseminating the information ercise of this type, the operation was broken to them.” and communicating the purpose of the FTX down into two phases. The first phase was a As the students familiarized themselves with through a U.N. operation.” command post exercise (CPX), which was fol- their new environment and met fellow peace- The three regional affairs specialist stu- lowed by a field training exercise (FTX) that keepers they soon realized their first problem dents felt the opportunity to travel to Mon- focused on 33 common peacekeeping tasks as --communication. golia will benefit them in the long run. defined by the United Nations’ Department “See the book in my hands,” Madsen asked, “This exercise was a valuable experience for of Peacekeeping. pointing to a photo of him holding a small us, because it gave us a very real basis to un- The 33 tasks were categorized into six train- book while sitting next to a Mongolian Colo- derstand multinational security cooperation ing lanes of operations peacekeepers commonly nel. “That’s a Mongol/English dictionary that and how it works,” said Madsen. contend with in present times. the Colonel and I spent a lot of time using.” The Dean of the School of International “We focused on six paths, or lanes, com- “As time went on communication improved. Graduate Studies, retired Army Lt. Gen. prised of checkpoint operations, patrolling That’s how it goes while working with other Robert L. Ord III, mirrored the students’ as part of U.N. operations, food distribution nations and learning how everyone else does opinion on the experience. sites, guarding fixed sites, convoy operations things,” said Nielsen. “I appreciate you doing this and thank all with international Red Cross, and cordon and The second phase was designed to apply skills of you for volunteering. This was a great search,” said Army Capt. Lazander Tomlinson, acquired from the first phase in a scenario that opportunity early in your careers,” Ord told who acted as the after-action review officer and took place in three fictional countries on a fic- the students during an after-action meeting. assisted with coordination of platoon level in- tional mid-Pacific continent called Pacifica. “You’re all war fighters and you have learned formation dissemination during the FTX. “The overall scenario was a mock U.N. through your war-fighting experience that it’s The CPX was a week-long instruction peace accord that was being enforced to sup- the coalition that makes a difference in the designed to bring everyone to a comparable port refugee and food movements,” explained world we live in. Here you were exposed to knowledge-level. The instruction utilized team- Madsen. “It was a multinational region expe- a tremendous foreign force and you learned building exercises for participants to practice riencing a territorial dispute as well as ethnic some valuable lessons that will be useful later and coordinate communication procedures, as and religious issues.” on in your careers.” well as become acquainted with one another. As orders were passed to the FTX site “This experience has been wonderful and “It was really good for us, because many Tomlinson ran into his first hurdle, which has helped me open my eyes, take a look at of the foreign officers weren’t aware of the wasn’t so much communication, but pre- everything that goes on, and really see what’s international program we have here [NPS], paring military forces from 22 countries to going on behind the curtain,” said Tomlinson. and many of them are senior leaders for comprehend their roles in the scenario and “Did it help me write my comps exam, no, their militaries,” said Marine Maj. Alexan- collaborate to fulfill mission goals. did it help me put it all into a box and shake dra Nielsen, who functioned as a civil affairs “Language was less of an issue during the it up and look at if from a different perspec- officer in the Civil-Military Co-Operation FTX, because tactics are tactics, rules of en- tive, yes.” 6 CHDS Celebrates “Five Years of Meeting the Homeland Security Challenge” By Grace Castro

he NPS’ Center for Homeland Defense is offered at no cost to eligible local, tribal, nors and their cabinets, as well as for mayors Tand Security (CHDS) has grown to be- state and federal officials. More than 180 and other urban area leaders. come the nation’s premier provider of home- leaders have earned a degree in HS at NPS in The CHDS University and Agency Part- land security (HS) graduate- and executive- the five years since the program was launched. nership Initiative increases the number and level education. January 2008 will mark the There are currently 120 officials taking HS diversity of students receiving homeland se- five-year anniversary of the Center. classes at the NPS campus in Monterey, Ca- curity education across the nation in a cost- CHDS will commemorate the anniversary lif., and at the program’s National Capitol effective manner. It provides an opportunity during its annual conference set for January Region location in Shepherdstown, W.Va. for all those engaged in and teaching HS 29. The topics of the conference will center In addition, CHDS offers non-credit ver- to collaborate thus furthering the study of on the development and evolution of the HS sions of master’s degree courses online. The the new discipline. CHDS makes available discipline and focus on the challenges local, courses are designed for HS professionals through the partnership its curriculum, dis- state and federal leaders face in this rapidly who wish to enhance their understanding of tance-learning technology, digital library and changing field. key HS concepts and require the flexibility all other resources. In return, partners share Following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, of self-paced instruction. There are currently curriculum and specialized expertise with 2001, the U.S. Department of Justice iden- more than 1,000 active participants in the CHDS and the other 130 partners. tified a need for terrorism-related graduate process of completing online courses. The HS Digital Library (HSDL) is the education for government leaders. At the The Executive Leadership Program was nation’s premier collection of HS policy same time, NPS had considerable knowledge, created in August 2006 for the nation’s and strategy related documents. The experience and resources that could be lever- most senior HS leaders who, for various HSDL collection provides quick access to aged to answer the national call for home- reasons, are not able to participate in the over 50,000 important policy documents, land security. A partnership was developed master’s degree program. The goal of the presidential directives and national strategy between the two organizations and CHDS program is to provide an educational forum documents, as well as specialized resources was established. to enhance senior leaders’ capacity to iden- from universities, organizations and gov- Programs are now developed in partnership tify and resolve HS problems as well as an ernment agencies. with and sponsored by the U.S. Department opportunity to build networks among the The master’s degree and executive leader- of Homeland Security. Through graduate- nation’s HS officials. ship alumni total more than 200 HS leaders. and executive-level coursework, seminars and CHDS has conducted more than 85 Mo- This number will grow by more than 100 per research, public, private sector and military bile Education Team (MET) seminars since year beginning in 2008. The NPS Center leaders gain analytical skills and substantive 2003, benefiting 2,500 senior officials across for Homeland Defense and Security’s next expertise to prevent, deter and respond to the country. MET seminars are intensive, five years will not only continue to maintain terrorist attacks, and to bridge gaps in inter- half-day sessions that provide elected officials a sharp focus on program quality, it will be agency and civil-military cooperation. with a neutral educational forum to discuss marked by the national impact of CHDS CHDS developed the nation’s first HS and debate HS issues, concepts, roles and re- alumni shaping the nation’s maturing home- master’s degree program. The master’s degree sponsibilities. It is designed for state gover- land security system.

7 Oceanography: Exploring the Depths By MC2 (SW) Corey Truax

he ocean can be a navy’s Tstrength or its undoing. To ensure it’s our Navy’s strength, the Naval Postgraduate School’s Oceanography Department is con- stantly diving into it as they probe deeper into understanding its char- acteristics and nature. The department, consisting of 28 faculty and 10 technical staff, works in many different aspects of oceanography including acoustical oceanography, air-sea interaction and ocean turbulence, nearshore oceanography and polar oceanog- raphy to name a few. “This is a great place to work, because we interact with students and teach,” explained Prof. Timo- thy Stanton, an Associate Re- search Professor in the Oceanog- (from left) Oceanographer Jim Stockel, Rob Wyland, a general engineer, and Prof. Timothy Stan- raphy Department. “The students ton, an associate research professor discuss and work on an autonomous ocean flux probe that conduct and help with research directly measures temperature and heat flux transfer occurring under polar ice and that lends a lot of strength to the department.” drowning a year, his findings will hopefully While Stanton may be finding answers in As Professor Mary Batteen, Chair of the save many lives. the Arctic by looking at underwater fluxes, an- Oceanography Department explained, “Our Another researcher changing the way we other faculty member, Prof. Thomas Herbers, students are actively involved in our research view the ocean is Tim Stanton. isn’t just looking at the ocean a little differently, programs and participate in research cruises, “We develop instruments that go under the he’s listening to it as well. conference presentations and as co-authors surf zone to measure the wave breaking dynam- “The acoustics community is very interested of research reports and papers. Many of our ics and the way it pushes sediment around,” in understanding the seafloor properties as it results, both theoretical and applied, are incor- said Stanton. “This is very Navy oriented, be- helps them detect buried mines or other buried porated into the METOC [Meteorology and cause we want to be able to predict the way the objects,” explained Herbers. “As produce Oceanography Command] and USW [Under- beaches evolve, predict what the wave breaking a back and forth surge in shallow water, small sea Warfare] curricula we support.” conditions would be for amphibious landings, ripples are created on the ocean bottom. These One recent example of research conduct- shore operations or inner-shelf operations.” ripples or micro-topography affect the penetra- ed by NPS faculty that has changed the To do this, Stanton, along with his col- tion of high-frequency sounds through sedi- way scientists look at the ocean is a study leagues, build and place underwater devices in ment that can be used to detect objects on the on rip currents conducted by Prof. Jamie Monterey Bay, as well as other locations docu- ocean floor.” MacMahan, a new Assistant Professor of menting the changing conditions of the ocean By deploying precise instruments on the Oceanography. MacMahan has been known floor. He then uses this information to create surface and underwater Herbers hopes to be to strap a global positioning system (GPS) or improve models of behavior. able to predict how waves affect the micro- to his head and jump into rip currents. In addition to underwater devices, Stanton topography of the ocean floor. He feels if they “My area of interest is from where waves also works on a completely different type of can understand this process, they can infer bot- break to the shoreline,” explained MacMa- research in the polar regions of the world, spe- tom characteristics from satellite images of the han. “Typically when you talk about a rip cifically on the melting ice caps. sea surface. current people think you are going to by “We’ve been putting a series of buoys in the These few examples touch only a part of the sucked offshore and you won’t be able to get North Pole each April, which are designed to research the NPS Oceanography Department back, and the general statement was that measure the heat and salt transport and see does as they constantly evolve to meet the de- you should swim parallel to it.” what role the ocean plays in keeping the ice up mands of an ever-changing military and world. Using inexpensive GPS units, students there or not,” said Stanton. They are always happy to get their feet wet and and himself, MacMahan made an inter- Thanks to his well-placed buoys and the find solutions to problems as their quest for esting discovery. “The data we collected wealth of new information being released con- knowledge continues. showed that if you just stay afloat in a cerning the melting ice caps, Stanton feels he will MacMahan put it best saying, “When you rip current you will be redeposited on be working more directly in the polar field once have a problem, you just need to develop the the shore,” said MacMahan. With roughly more. “It’s gearing up to be a hotly talked about instruments and research to adapt and get the 100 people struggling against the rip and topic, no pun intended,” Stanton quipped. results you need.” 8 Aim-able Undersea Sound Beams Aid Hunt for ‘Red Octobers’ By Barbara Honegger wo Naval Postgraduate for example, you can only tell the technology they’re TSchool Undersea Warfare bearing of a sound event -- say based on is mod- students got the message loud and 40 degrees from the center line eled on the hearing clear -- if the key to real estate is -- but not the direction, left or mechanism of the location, location, location, the right, so the ship needs to reposi- tiny Ormia ochracea key to stealthy com- tion to eliminate the uncertainty. fly that uses coupled munications and sub detection is It’s very important not to have to bars hinged at the direction, direction, direction. turn the sub to resolve the bear- center to achieve Lt. Tim Shivok, a submarine ing, because doing so puts flow directional sound officer, received the Naval Un- noises into the ocean, which sensing by monitor- dersea Warfare Center Newport makes us more detectable and ing the difference in Award for Excellence in Under- compromises stealth. vibration amplitude sea Warfare Technology for his “Having directional micro- between them.” research on tiny microphones phones will make a huge differ- If the key to that can detect the direction of a ence in helping our subs run more Shivok’s research sound source based on how flies silent while detecting potentially is to be able to tell hear, and Lt. Noble Hetherington unfriendly subs,” Shivok stressed. which direction an III, a surface warfare officer, won “In fact, it was ‘The Hunt for Red incoming underwa- the Chief of Naval Operations October’ -- the movie about the ter sound is coming Undersea Warfare Award for his challenge and excitement of track- from, the heart of work with special speakers that ing enemy -- that got Hetherington’s is Lt. Noble Hetherington radiate sound so loud it changes me into the Navy. to be able to tightly frequency and becomes confined Shivok’s microphones aren’t just control the direction in which un- spotlight,” Hetherington stressed. to a tight beam, like a sonar spot- directional, they’re also extremely derwater sound is sent and also “The new low frequencies that are light. The two technologies may small. “They’re literally micro mi- narrow the direction from which generated in this way can travel soon provide for improved un- crophones,” he said. “We’re talking it can be heard. farther and much stealthier in the derwater communications and 1 millimeter by 2 millimeters – so “My thesis research is about how water, and the signal at the receiv- submarine detection. light and micro they can be used the physics of loud -- or high inten- ing end experiences less degrada- “A major problem with current on even the smallest UAV [Un- sity -- sound waves interact with tion due to reverberation because underwater sound technology is manned Aerial Vehicle] or UUV the air or water medium they’re of the narrowness of the beam. that we can hear things but don’t [Unmanned Underwater Vehicle], in to create new frequencies that Traditional hydrophones and ar- know which direction they’re as well as on submarines and in are not directly produced by the rays can’t be directed nearly as well coming from,” Shivok explained. surface ship towed arrays. After speaker, and which form an aim- at low frequencies because their “If you’re towing a linear array, all, the micro-electro-mechanical able beam of sound on which voice sound radiates out in all directions, signals can be transmitted which makes your own ship, the or information encoded,” source, far more detectable.” Lt. Tim Shivok Hetherington explained. Both award-winning USW stu- “These piggybacked sig- dents highly value the time they nals channeled inside the invested in the Naval Postgradu- aim-able beam can then ate School. be exploited for under- “Nowhere else can you earn a water communications technical master’s degree along and, potentially, for indi- with officers from other branches rect detection of a target of the Department of Defense submarine’s position. and foreign militaries in an envi- “ This nonlinear ronment totally committed to im- acoustic effect is impor- proving DoD capabilities,” Heth- tant, because it lets you erington said. use a much smaller array Shivok strongly agreed. “The than traditional arrays or NPS undersea warfare program hydrophones to create a is an incredible experience that’s low-frequency sound both tactically relevant and beam which radiates out academically challenging,” he and is heard only along stressed. “I will highly recom- the direction it’s aimed -- mend it to every junior officer on like an underwater audio my ship.” 9 CNO Holds Final Chiefs’ Pinning at NPS

10 he Naval Postgraduate School Quarterdeck was a Tsea of khaki for the historic pinning of three new chief petty officers under the watchful eye of then Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen, Sept. 21. The CNO Holds Final ceremony was Mullen’s last as Chief of Naval Opera- tions, as he reported as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Oct. 1. The CNO addressed the standing-room-only audi- Chiefs’ Pinning at NPS ence before Chief Special Warfare Operator Kenneth Reeves, Chief Cryptologic Technician Administrative By Barbara Honegger Matthew Kline and Chief Cryptologic Technician In- terpretive Brandace Martin received the Chief ’s anchors on their lapels. “This is a joyous celebration and a very special day for the Navy and for me personally,” Mullen said. “Today, 4,171 new chief petty officers are receiving their anchors around the world, and this is the only CPO pinning ceremony I get to do. It’s also my last in the Navy, as I move on to [become] Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. You have achieved a great level of success and I have great expectations that you will make even greater contributions to our service in the future. “As you join this exalted fellowship, Job Number One will be to lead and lead well with authority and account- ability, and bring to life the wonderful ethos that resides in CPOs to raise and mentor the young Sailors who will come to lead next. As new chiefs, you’ve been specifi- cally tasked to guide these young Sailors in a time of dramatic change when we’re all going to have to be more special-forces like in terms of speed, agility, precision and flexibility. “As the Master Chief of the Navy has said so well, it’s the chiefs who make the place run -- our ships and our entire Navy. Welcome to this honored community, and congratulations.” Chief Cryptologic Technician Interpretive Glynn Rodgers read the Chief Petty Officer Creed, alerting the new chiefs, “Your entire way of life is now changed. You have joined a unique fellowship.” As “Anchors Away” rose to the rafters, other chiefs from across the Monterey peninsula, fellow service members, family and friends lined up to congratulate the new inductees. First in line was Mullen, who reached into his pocket and presented Reeves, Kline and Martin with his CNO command coins. Asked what it felt like to be the last chief pinned by the CNO and next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Martin beamed, “It makes the best day of my life even more special.” “This is especially significant for me because my Cryptologic Technician Administrative [CTA] rating is being merged with the Yeoman rating as of Oct. 1, so I’m not only one of the last chiefs pinned by our CNO in his naval career, but one of the last 18 CTA chiefs in the Navy. That’s a really big deal,” Kline stated. “In general, the chiefs pinning is the most signifi- cant promotion ceremony the military has, officer or enlisted,” Kline added. “There’s no other promotion in any service where you have to go through a six-week induction process.” 11 Astronaut Alums to Take Historic Dog Tag into Space By Barbara Honegger hen the Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts NPS alumni Stephen Frick, the mission and appointed the school’s first superinten- Woff in December, the World War II dog commander, and pilot Alan Poindexter (Aero- dent, serving until 1950. tag of the Naval Postgraduate School’s first nautical Engineering, 1994 and 1995, respec- “It’s very fitting that Cmdr. “Dex” Poindexter superintendent, Capt. Herman A. Spanagel, tively) will carry the historic memento on the will be flying Capt. Spanagel’s dog tag on the will be on board. And after it comes back to U.S.-European Space Agency STS-122 mis- Space Shuttle Atlantis later this year,” said NPS Earth, it will be a focus of the school’s 100th sion slated to deliver the laboratory Columbus National Reconnaissance Office Chair Dan anniversary celebrations, which take place over to the International Space Station. Bursch, himself a record setting former astro- the 2009-1010 academic year. Knowing his alma mater’s 100th anniver- naut. “Capt. Spanagel was the first superinten- sary was approaching and that NASA dent of the Naval Postgraduate School, a huge lets astronauts carry up to 10 small supporter of science and technology (S&T) and items on each mission, Poindexter a true visionary who recognized the vital impor- offered to take along an object of the tance of S&T to our national security.” university’s choosing. The NPS Cen- “This is one more example the incred- tennial Planning Committee chose ible leaders whose careers have been elevated the WW II dog tag of NPS’ first by coming through the Naval Postgraduate superintendent. School,” said Graduate School of Business Spanagel, an alumnus in ordnance and Public Policy Dean Robert Beck, co-chair engineering, wore the tag while serv- of the centennial planning committee. “Capt. ing as commanding officer of the USS Spanagel, a giant of military advanced educa- Nashville light cruiser in the Pacific tion, and the two astronauts leading our nation theater. In late 1944, he received or- and the world in this international mission are ders to detach and report as head of all NPS graduates.” National Reconnaissance Office Chair Dan the Naval Postgraduate School, then Frick and Poindexter are two of 34 NASA Bursch (left) and Prof. Rudy Panholzer, chair of at Annapolis. Spanagel served as NPS astronauts who have graduated from the Na- the NPS Space Systems Academic Group, with head at the Naval Academy until 1947, val Postgraduate School, more than from any Spanagel’s WWII dog tag. when he was promoted to rear admiral other graduate institution.

Planning Group Envisions NPS’ Centennial Year Celebrations By Barbara Honegger aval Postgraduate School and recognition of NPS for its The NPS centennial year of- United States Naval Academy, Nleadership, faculty, stu- vital contributions to the De- ficially begins June 9, 2009, the subsequently renamed the Na- dents and staff have come to- partment of Defense, both by 100th anniversary of the June val Postgraduate School. gether to form a new Centen- DoD and the general public,” 9, 1909 signing by then Secre- To volunteer for the Centennial, nial Planning Group to envi- planning committee co-chair tary of the Navy George von see the committee’s web page http:// sion and organize the historic Miglaw noted. “This milestone L. Meyer of the general order intranet.nps.edu/Centennial/Plan- centennial celebrations of the also provides a unique platform that established a school of ma- ning/ or contact your department or school’s founding, which will to boost campus morale and rine engineering at Annapolis. area representative, or Miglaw at kl- be held during the 2009-2010 better connect with our over Three years later, Meyer [email protected], (831) academic year. 60,000 alumni; enhance NPS’ signed a second order 656-2077. The planning group is team- academic and research pro- renaming the school chaired by Dean of the Graduate grams and student recruitment; the Postgraduate School of Business and Public showcase individual, depart- Department of the Policy Robert Beck, Profes- ment and school achievements; sor of Computer Science Rudy improve links with NPS inter- Darken and Director of Alumni national students, both current Relations Kari Miglaw. and alums; and present “The Centennial is literally a clear history of NPS’ a once-in-a-century opportu- first century as well as nity to gain higher visibility envision the next.”

(left to right) Michael Herrera, Todd Wyatt, Mike Di- Franco, Liza Rosa; Beny Neta, Vicky Hoy, Kari Miglaw, retired Rear Adm. Merrill Ruck, Susan Heath, Pete Charette, John Sanders and Alf Cooper. Members not pictured are Dean Robert Beck, Rudy Darken, Irene Berry and Gary Phillips. 12 Denning Receives Awards By Barbara Honegger Prof. Peter Denning, chairman of the Naval special award from the Association for Postgraduate School Department of Comput- Computing Machinery (ACM) “for ex- er Science and director of the Cebrowski Insti- ceptional vision, devotion and commit- tute, has been tapped by the National Science ment to excellence.” The honor was pre- Foundation (NSF) to transform computer sented at the society’s awards banquet science education nationwide. celebrating “the best and the brightest Denning was named one of the agency’s first computing innovators and innovations” two NSF Computer and Information Science in San Diego, June 9. and Engineering (CISE) Distinguished Educa- “Professor Denning has been making tion Fellows at a ceremony at the Foundation’s extraordinary contributions to this or- headquarters in Arlington, Va., July 13. ganization since 1968,” ACM President Prof. Peter Denning recieves Distinguished Educa- The fellowships, which include a $250,000 Stuart Feldman told the audience at the tion Fellow award from CISE Assistant Director grant, are part of NSF’s Pathways to Revital- ceremony. “His 40 years of dedication Jeanette Wing ized Undergraduate Computing Education and guidance have been an inspiration to (CPATH) program to improve the quality the Association and all those who have Contribution to ACM Award and designation of undergraduate computer science education served with him.” as one of the society’s first ACM Fellows. nationwide. Recipients are challenged and The award was so special the association Denning has served the association as a encouraged to develop bold, original ways to kept it a secret by leaving it off the pub- volunteer continuously since 1968, first as expand and strengthen undergraduate com- lished schedule. newsletter editor for one of its special interest puting education. “I wasn’t told in advance that they were do- groups (SIGs). Over time, he became its chair, “These first fellowship awards were juried ing this and it wasn’t on the awards agenda,” founding chair of the SIG Governing Board, a by a blue-ribbon panel of experts even more Denning said. “Dorothy [Professor of De- member of the ACM Council, vice president distinguished than the selection panels for fense Analysis Dorothy Denning, his wife] and finally president from 1980 to 1982. In most NFS grants,” said NSF spokesman Dana remarked that I had already gotten most of 1983, Denning took over responsibilities as Cruikshank. “So in addition to endorsing his the other ACM awards, so they had to invent editor-in-chief of the association’s monthly vision for revitalizing computer science educa- a new one.” magazine ACM Communications. tion and choosing him as a national ambas- Denning has received numerous awards “Sometimes I feel like Peter Sellers, having sador for change, this is peer recognition that from the association, including its Best Sys- played all the major roles [in the society],”Denning Prof. Denning is an creative and accomplished tems Paper Award, Distinguished Service quipped in receiving the award. “On this occasion, national leader in the field.” Award, Karlstrom Outstanding Educator I feel like George Burns, who said ‘They pay at- The NSF grant and fellowship came only Award, Computer Science Education Special tention to you when you get older, because you’re a month after Denning received a surprise Interest Group Educator Award, Outstanding the last man standing.’”

Management Professor Does Well by Doing Good By Barbara Honegger f you want to change the world, “This really puts the Naval the review process that honed Harvard’s Kennedy School of Icreate a business that does good Postgraduate School on the map these down to the 123 that were Government; and Jean Bartunek and manage it well. as a world leader in organiza- accepted for the division sympo- from Boston College. An over- That was the theme -- ‘Doing tion development and change,” sia,” Barrett said. “I also shaped flow crowd attended the opening Well by Doing Good’ -- for this said NPS Graduate School of the themes and sub-themes of session on the relationship among year’s Organization Development Business and Public Policy Dean the call for papers. The efforts theory building, research and prac- and Change (ODC) division pro- Robert Beck. “AOM is the most of submitters and reviewers -- tice. The distinguished speaker gram refereed by Naval Postgrad- prestigious annual symposium of which there were almost 400 was David Cooperrider on his uate School Professor of Manage- and academic showcase for 12,000 -- was unparalleled, resulting in pioneering work on “Business as ment Frank Barrett for the annual management professionals from an awesome slate of papers and an Agent of World Benefit.” Academy of Management (AOM) 80 countries worldwide with a intriguing symposia that cap- This is the third year of Bar- conference in Philadelphia, Aug. conference program the size of tured the interest of everyone rett’s five-year responsibilities as 4-9. The Academy is the world’s the phone book, and thanks to who attended.” a member of the ODC division premier organization of profes- the stellar efforts of Frank Barrett, One of Barrett’s main responsi- executive committee. sors and other academic profes- the Naval Postgraduate School bilities as ODC division program “Next year the program will sionals in business management, played a major and highly visible chair was to create the theme be just as exciting,” said Bar- and the ODC division is one of role. Frank is a leader and one of session that opened the confer- rett. “In 2008, I’ll be in charge the organization’s largest with the most cited researchers in the ence, “What Good is Theory for of the pre-conference doctoral over 3,000 members. field, and the ODC division he the Practice of Organizational student consortium.” Barrett is a member of the designed and refereed the pro- Change?” Speakers included four The 2008 conference will be ODC division executive com- gram for is one of the largest.” leaders in the field: Ken Gergen held in Anaheim, Calif., home of mittee, a five-year post, and was “Three hundred papers were on social constructionism; Karl a world renowned business that’s elected program chair for the submitted, and one of my jobs Weick from the University of been doing well by doing good -- 2007 conference. as program chair was to manage Michigan; Steve Kelman from for kids -- for over half a century. 13 GSEAS Ed Tech Receives National FEW Scholarship By Barbara Honegger

raduate School of Engineering and Telecommunications Systems Manage- GApplied Sciences educational techni- ment, 1982) formally greeted attendees cian Evangelina “Eva” Anderson received a at the conference opening. nationwide competitive scholarship from “These women are truly an inspira- Federally Employed Women (FEW) to at- tion and role models for us all,” Ander- tend the society’s 38th National Training son said. Program in Washington, D.C., July 16-20. The local FEW chapter, founded in The theme of the almost week-long program 1993, is part of the organization’s west- was “Training Today, Leaders Tomorrow.” ern region covering California, Arizona, FEW is a professional organization with Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific. The over 300 U.S. chapters dedicated to end- current president is Lita Mosqueda ing gender discrimination and increasing of the NPS Civilian Institutions of- employment and promotional opportuni- fice. Monthly meetings include a guest ties for women in government. Anderson speaker and discussions on professional is past president and current membership development, total quality leadership, chair of the Central Coast of California health issues and other topics of current chapter, which includes NPS, the Defense interest to members. Language Institute, Fleet Numerical Me- “I’d like to see more NPS staff join teorology and Oceanography Command, FEW and discover how it can re- Edwards Air Force Base and Vandenberg (left) Evangelina “Eva” Anderson and distinguished ally help their career in government Air Force Base. alumnus Vice Adm. Nancy Elizabeth Brown through training and networking,” “This year’s experience in Washington was Women” held at the Washington Hilton Ho- said Mosqueda. “I’d also like to see NPS truly educational and memorable,” Anderson tel the evening of July 17. High-ranking active leadership and management become ac- said. “There were over a thousand federally duty and retired military women addressed the tively involved in supporting FEW’s goals employed women there and a sense of excite- packed audience. NPS distinguished alumnus and objectives.” ment just to be among them.” Vice Adm. Nancy Elizabeth Brown, director, For more information about the local The highlight for Anderson was the awards Command, Control, Communications and chapter, or to join, contact Anderson at banquet “Celebration Honoring Military Computer Systems for the Joint Staff (M.S., (831) 656-2044 or [email protected].

ONR S&T Partnership Conference By John Sanders When Rear Adm. William Landay, Chief of Naval Research, de- Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and livered opening remarks for the 2007 Naval Science & Technology Acquisition Dr. Dolores Etter reinforced Landay’s point. She told (S&T) Partnership Conference, he showed the unique return-on- attendees, “If we don’t do the science and technology part right, we investment of graduate education for an unrestricted line officer. won’t have the [assets] we need in the future.” Landay, a surface warfare officer, has been a commanding of- The new S&T portfolio established 13 broad focus areas with the ficer of a hydrofoil, USS Aquila (PHM 4), and an overall portfolio dividing resources into four categories: discovery and class guided missile destroyer, USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60). invention (40%), acquisition enablers (30%), leap-ahead innovations During his command, the Paul Hamilton earned the Battle Effi- (10%) and quick reaction science and technology (10%). ciency “E” for operational performance, two Silver Anchor awards According to ONR, the strategy serves as a roadmap to “address for retention excellence, and the Spokane Trophy for outstanding the complex challenges presented by both rising peer competitors and combat readiness. irregular/asymmetric warfare. It puts us on a path toward maturing But on this day, Landay, an NPS distinguished alumnus with a and transitioning enhanced Naval capabilities, such as persistent ISR master’s degree in systems technology (C4I), came to discuss a new (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) and dominance of the vision for naval science and present the Office of Naval Research’s electromagnetic warfare spectrum, and toward pursuing revolution- Naval Science & Technology Strategic Plan. The plan, he said, ary advances, such as speed-of-light weapons.” would better align Navy and Marine Corps S&T priorities with NPS alumnus Capt. Daniel Gahagan, commanding officer of the requirements and strategy drivers. And it would focus on the needs Naval Research Laboratory, also spoke at the conference. Gahagan defined by the Chief of Naval Operations, Commandant of the Ma- noted that NRL has “about one-half of the Ph.D.’s in the Navy” and rine Corps and Secretary of the Navy. outlined the lab’s research and development programs. His comprehensive technical remarks underscored a Navy, Dean of Research Dan Boger, who was the senior NPS official Marine Corps and industry partnership to provide a research at the conference, noted: “It is always important for NPS to have a portfolio that addresses needs of today’s warfighters while de- presence at this annual conference, but this year’s was even more im- veloping tools for future sailors and Marines. “Our one driving portant. The emphasis on the new Naval S&T Strategic Plan shows concern is that you’ve got to make sure that while you’re helping that NPS research activities are leading the way. Additionally, I was us with today’s problems, you’re also thinking about tomorrow,” pleased that so many decision-makers and NPS alumni decided to Landay told Navy Times. drop by the NPS exhibit.” 14 From Professor to Deputy Assistant SECDEF for Special Operations By MCCS (AW/SW) Jacqueline Kiel tions around the world every single Sepp is optimistic about how “You can’t expect al Qaeda “It was a call to day,” he stated. It’s not theoretical. much can be accomplished. “It’s is going to be wiped out before It’s not administrative. It directly a challenge to achieve significant the end of this administra- service, and given impacts on the men and women policy changes in just tion in 2009, but you can the situation our who serve in U.S. special opera- a year in a half. begin the efforts that country faces at tions forces.” However, Mr. will make the global Sepp has a great deal of work to Vickers be- environment so this time, I could do in the short time he will occupy lieves a lot can inhospitable to not have said the position. “Because the secretariat be done,” he them that they anything but yes...” has recently been reorganized, the emphasized. won’t be able to portfolios for each of the deputies “You can set succeed,” Sepp has changed, and part of what I’m immediate continued. “You oing from an assistant pro- tasked to do is to help my deputate goals, then can’t quite wipe Gfessor to a deputy assis- through this new organization. mid-range them out, but tant secretary of defense may Sepp also said that Vickers and long-range you can drive not be an everyday occurrence, has a well-developed set of ideas objectives, and them into irrel- but one of NPS’ Defense Anal- about what he wants done. “I’ve set policies and evance. It’s al- ysis (DA) Department profes- got to learn all of this from him, plans in motion ways a question sors did just that. and then make the plans for my that will come to of degree.” A DA assistant professor since deputate,” he explained. fruition in later August 2003, Dr. Kalev Sepp be- There may soon be some sig- years.” gan preparing for the job as soon as nificant changes in the way special he was asked by Michael G. Vick- operations are conducted. “There’s Professor of Oceanography Edward B. Thornton holds a drifter ers to serve in the position. Vickers, been a concern that special opera- float with self-recording Global Positioning System tracker that who was confirmed by the Senate tions forces may be too focused on measures surface near-shore rip currents. on July 23 as Assistant Secretary of what’s called direct action, that they Defense for Special Operations/ may be over-emphasizing man- Low-Intensity Conflict and Interde- hunting in the global war on ter- pendent Capabilities, wanted Sepp rorism,” Sepp explained. “There’s as one of his four deputies. “Late an emerging sense that a broader last year, I was asked if I would ac- approach is required. It’s neces- cept his nomination for me to be sary to pursue known terrorists, his deputy for special operations but much of the work in coun- capabilities,” Sepp said. “I replied tering terrorism lies in dealing immediately that I would.” with the causes of violence and This position meant Sepp had to the conditions that give rise to take a leave of absence from NPS, radicals and extremists.” but he knew he would be back in “The idea is to support just a year and a half. “This is a governments, especially ‘Schedule C,’ non-career appoint- new democracies,” Sepp ment, and will expire at the end of continued. “It’s to build the current administration, in Janu- their capacity for good ary 2009.” governance and law It was also an appointment that enforcement, and that Sepp couldn’t turn down. “It was a doesn’t involve send- call to service, and given the situa- ing divisions or fleets tion our country faces at this time, or wings. It requires I could not have said anything but small teams of person- ‘yes,’” Sepp explained. nel, and sometimes Once the nomination was ap- just individuals.” proved by the , Sepp While the total sensed the seriousness of his new length of the ap- job. “This is a position that affects pointment is only policy and real-world combat situa- a year and a half, 15 CNO Lauds Summer 2007 Grads By Barbara Honegger

hen Chief of Naval Operations Adm. great friend of the Naval Postgraduate School there developing new strategies, tactics and TMike Mullen gave the Naval Postgraduate and a thoughtful, decisive leader. The country technologies for this new era . . . In this war School Summer 2007 graduating class the ex- is very fortunate to have this man chosen to be of ideas, reason and free inquiry, curiosity perience of a lifetime by handing out the diplo- the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in and innovation, and willingness to pursue mas at commencement ceremonies, Sept. 21. just ten days.” multi-cultural enlightenment will undermine NPS President Daniel Oliver introduced Mullen returned the accolades, lauding the the flawed doctrine of extremists, insurgents Mullen, a distinguished alumnus (Operations NPS president as a mentor and “one of the and politically malevolent oppressors who, Research, 1968), as “the Navy’s Senior Sailor, a finest leaders I have known in the Navy. I unable or unwilling to contend with change, can think of no one better to lead this live shackled to the past and threaten freedom institution at this critical time in our and stability around the world. Whether or nation’s history than Dan Oliver.” not we decide to remain shackled to the past The 28th Chief of Naval Opera- will determine the fate not only of the United tions praised the university’s faculty States, but of the whole of humanity.” and staff for world-class scholarship Graduating were 209 U.S. military officers, and “for making this school a crown including 112 from the Navy, 42 from the Ma- jewel, an epicenter of knowledge for rine Corps, 32 from the Air Force, 15 from the Navy, our sister services, federal the Army, four from the Coast Guard and one agencies and international partners. from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric You are the ones who unleash the Administration; 26 international officers; and powerful shockwaves of creativity 91 U.S. government civilians. The degrees and innovation that rock our enemies awarded were two Ph.D.s, 224 Masters of back on their heels.” Science, 60 Masters of Arts, six Masters of Mullen then turned to the 327 Business, 45 Executive Masters of Business about-to-be graduates, including 26 and ten dual degrees. international officers, “whose spectrum At the reception following the ceremony, of uniforms shows it’s a great day for all Mullen held the ceremonial sword with the U.S. services and for officers from Oliver, NPS Provost Leonard Ferrari and every corner of the globe.” top Summer 2007 class graduate, Lt. Cmdr. “You, the class of 2007, represent Andrew Dittmer. Just after, the about-to- our asymmetric advantage in the long be-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff war of ideas, the generational battle reached into his pocket and handed Ditt- against radical jihadists,” he said. “I mer’s young son a CNO command coin. need each and every one of you out The boy beamed.

NPS Honors Top Grads, Faculty at Summer 2007 Awards By Barbara Honegger

he Naval Postgraduate School recognized browski Institute; Rosenthal is a professor in sociate Professor Robert Koyak, Senior Lec- T40 students and six faculty members the Department of Operations Research. turer David Matthews, Marine Corps Lt. Col. for exceptional academic and instructional The Richard W. Hamming Teaching Award Sergio Posadas and Dr. Frank Shoup. achievement at the Summer Quarter 2007 for excellence in instruction and thesis advising The first Command Military Leadership Awards Ceremony in King Hall, Sept. 11. The was presented to Professor of Electrical and Award went to NPS Senior Intelligence Of- ceremony, officiated by Dean of Students Capt. Computer Engineering and Space Systems ficer Capt. Timothy Doorey. Kathryn Hobbs, honors the highest levels of Hershel Loomis, also a member of the NPS achievement in academics, instruction, research Space Systems Academic Group. Student Awards and community service. The School for International Graduate Forty graduates of the Naval Postgraduate Studies Commander David L. School Summer 2007 class were recognized Faculty Awards Williams Outstanding Professor Award went for outstanding academic achievement, re- The prestigious Distinguished Professor to Prof. Francois Melese of the Defense Re- search and community service. Award went to Profs. Peter Denning and Rich- sources Management Institute. The presenta- Lt. Col. Oleksiy “Alex” Petrov, an officer ard Rosenthal for their “scholarly accomplish- tion was particularly special as it fell on Sept. in the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, received ments and lasting educational contributions to 11 and honors Williams, who lost his life at the the Graduate School of Business and Pub- the Naval Postgraduate School.” The two now Pentagon six years earlier to the day. lic Policy Faculty Outstanding International join the select group of NPS faculty who bear The Meyer Award for Distance Learning Student Award. The winner is selected based the title of distinguished professor. Teaching Excellence in Systems Engineering on academic achievement, quality of thesis Denning is chairman of the Department went to six Systems Engineering faculty: Dr. research, motivation and community involve- of Computer Science and Director of the Ce- John S. Osmundson, Gregory A. Miller, As- ment. Oleksiy, whose position before coming 16 to NPS was deputy chief of the Main Di- Language Center’s English language cam- rectorate’s External Relations Service, is pus in Texas before coming to NPS. the first Ukrainian student to complete Lt. Timothy Shivok, winner of the Naval the NPS Master of Business Administra- Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport tion System Management curriculum. Award for Excellence in Undersea Warfare, “I will highly recommend NPS to my was equally enthusiastic about the value of the fellow officers,” Petrov said. “This is one Naval Postgraduate School. of the best schools in the world. The fact “NPS is an incredible experience,” Shivok that I’ve been sent here, and that Ukraine said. “The applied physics and undersea war- is committed to sending an officer to the fare curricula are both tactically relevant and National Security Affairs each year and academically challenging. The big ‘take away’ another to the Graduate School of Busi- from NPS is that you learn advanced problem ness and Public Policy every two years, solving, which can be applied to anything at shows my country is serious about invest- any point in your future career.” ing in a bright future.” In 2000 to 2001, Petrov participated Lt. Col. Oleksiy Petrov of the Ukrainian De- as an international liaison officer in the fense Ministry was one of 40 NPS students United Nations Mission in Kosovo, and to be honored for exceptional academic studied English intensively for ten months achievement and service at the Summer at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Quarter 2007 awards ceremony

Foundation Raises $600,000 for War Wounded By Javier Chagoya Over the past 2 years, concerned Ameri- right venue to be a success. Since the Peninsula Corps officer’s wife, Karen Gunther. As she cans on the Monterey Peninsula have banded is home to some of the world’s most competi- and her husband arrived at Camp Pendleton together to help in the recovery of Soldiers, tive golf courses and smack in the middle of for duty a few years ago, she began to see Ma- Sailors, Airmen and Marines, who have been both enlisted and officer academic institutions, rines returning from the war completely ill-pre- wounded in action while serving in and teeing up to meet the need of returning war pared to start their lives anew. Gunther sensed . Leadership at the Naval Post- wounded was a certainty. This year’s program a great need and started the Injured Marine graduate School Foundation was committed included inspiring stories of recovery from four Semper Fi Fund (IMSFF) in order to carry to help. With connections at a world-class golf NPS students, who have returned from the out additional assistance to wounded service course and friends ready to donate desirable fight. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Stephen Mount, members. The NPS Foundation had teamed auction gifts, the idea to create a program that Capt. Jonathan Disbro, Capt. Jonathan Towle up with this worthy cause at the first America’s would inspire the community to give came and Army Capt. Christopher Distifeno. They Heroes Golf Tournament event in 2006 and to Naval Postgraduate School Foundation spoke briefly about their experiences, follow- raised monies for both the IMSFF and the Trustee David Liskin. He approached Foun- ing their injuries, and touched the hearts of a Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. This year dation President Bill Warner and colleague Pe- grateful audience at the tournament’s reception the NPS Foundation rose over $600,000 and ter Blackstock to begin the America’s Heroes and dinner that followed a day of spectacular looks forward to another successful program Charity Golf Tournament at the donated facil- golf. in 2008 at the Monterey Peninsula Country ities of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. This year’s charity tournament benefits Club, which has graciously donated their facili- It was the right type of program and at the a fledgling organization started by a Marine ties for a third year.

17 Student’s RAPIDS Chip Enables 3-D Shared Situational Awareness with UAVs By Barbara Honegger

here was a big difference between this laptops and on large, elevated flat-panel wall 15 Naval Reservists led by Capt Paul Mar- Tyear’s Cooperative Operations and monitors in the experiment’s Tactical Opera- shall, 30 officers and observers from the Thai Applied Science & Technology Studies tions Center (TOC). Royal Air Force, technology vendors, contrac- (COASTS) shared situational awareness cap- “The highlight is that this is the first year tors and observers. stone field experiment and those from previ- we’ve provided 3-D situational awareness to “All together, about 80 people were in- ous years: a new dimension. It was as if the every level of command so that decision mak- volved in this year’s capstone experiment in Naval Postgraduate School’s Royal Thai Air ers, regardless of where they’re located, share Thailand, which is the third in the series, said Force partners had put on red-and-green 3-D the same real-time 3-D representation of the Fisher, “and this year built on the successes glasses and were seeing the world remotely as actual area of operations,” said Foutzitzis, an and lessons learned from 2005 and 2006. it really is for the first time. F-16 pilot and Summer 2007 graduate in Elec- Our work with the Navy on field test exer- COASTS is a U.S.- international field ex- tronic Warfare Systems Engineering who coor- cises this year also quickly led to two full fleet perimentation program that tests advanced dinated the 3-D system from the TOC. exercises and going forward to countries we commercial-off-the-shelf [COTS] command “Advances in situational awareness are very hadn’t even dreamed of.” and control, communications, computers and important because they allow you to recreate “Our partnership with the Office of Naval intelligence [C4I] systems of systems to pro- the reality of what happens in the field in real Research reservist team, lead by Capt Paul vide real-time shared situational awareness for time and project it simultaneously to decision Marshall, was also a major contributor to the multi-national, tactical and remote decision makers anywhere,” Foutzitzis stressed. “It’s success,” Fisher said. “The can-do spirit of makers. The program’s goal is to integrate not a simulation, but the 3-D reality of what the reservists deployed to a remote location in COTS technologies in innovative ways to operators in the field are actually seeing, as Southeast Asia, willing to work 12 and more generate advantages for warfighters, search and they see it.” hours a day despite extreme temperatures is rescue operations, peacekeepers and disaster “The impact of RAPIDS is that decision nothing short of remarkable.” response personnel. Its demonstrations span makers and observers anywhere can look at “Vendor support, from Mercury Data Sys- the entire fiscal year, with the capstone field 3-D maps showing people walking on the tems to Kestrel Technologies, to AeroViron- experiment usually taking place in Thailand ground, boats moving across the water, and ment, just to name a few, also grew five fold in late May. UAVs flying – all as they actually were, in over 2006,” Fisher noted. “I attribute that to Thanks to the Remote Automated Position real time,” noted meteorology student and the quality of our NPS students and their the- Identification System (RAPIDS) developed by COASTS-07 student leader LCDR Amy sis projects, which allows companies to develop Hellenic Air Force Maj. Evangelos Foutzitzis, Bleidorn. “He even integrated sensor inputs and test their products in demanding opera- information technology (IT) leader for the from the UAVs with his IFF [Identify Friend tional environments that make them more at- 15-student Naval Postgraduate School team, or Foe] trackers so that when a downed pilot tractive to DoD and foreign markets.” position data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the Blue Team rescue scenario we were test- COASTS is directed by Naval Postgraduate (UAVs) was seamlessly fused with three-di- ing activated it, it made the UAV automatically School Information Sciences Research Associ- mensional digital maps generated from air, turn towards him.” ate James Ehlert. ground and maritime platform videos for the “Another major success of COASTS is For more information about COASTS, con- first time to include real-time vehicle tracks. that, after three years of spiral development of tact Capt. Paul Marshall at paul.g.marshall@ Integrating smart algorithms and cursor-on- advanced COTS technology, we have a track saic.com, (858) 826-5465. For more informa- target applications, RAPIDS enables the au- record of accelerating the traditional technol- tion about all Naval Postgraduate School pro- tomatic tasking, orientation and coordination ogy test cycle from the eight to 14 years typi- grams, go to www.nps.edu. of unmanned vehicles to detect, identify and cal for DoD research and follow friendly and hostile targets in support development to only one of day and night reconnaissance, over-the-hill to two [years],” Ed Fisher, surveillance, combat search and rescue, mari- COASTS Deputy Pro- time interdiction, port security and target ac- gram Manager, noted. quisition missions. In addition to the RAPIDS devices were on all three UAVs 15 NPS students, used in the 2007 Thailand advanced tech- COASTS-07 included nology systems demon- stration ‘flown’ by on- (Left to Right) Javier Santoro, Canadi- the-ground pilots via an-based Programmer; Major Evange- 802.11 wireless mesh los Foutzitzis, Greek Air Force; Colonel networks. The 3-D ter- Johnston, Australian Army; Squadron rain maps with real-time Leader Aswin Baramee, Royal Thai Air vehicle tracks were then Force; and Jeremiah Engelman, ICX displayed on distributed Corp. at the RAPIDS Watchstation 18 Update NPS Update NPS is a monthly newspaper for faculty, military and civilian personnel of NPS created to improve the information flow across campus, to foster shared institutional values and to provide information that benefits NPS in its partnerships.

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