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Newport receives $598K grant for coastal resilience plan

Government 10/15/2020

NEWPORT – The city has received a $598,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment to develop strategies to protect...

THE U.S. NAVY is releasing a strategy that describes plans to overhaul its approach to education because the nation no longer has a massive economic and technological edge over potential adversaries. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY

Navy is overhauling education system as U.S. advantages erode

Education 03/02/2020

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The U.S. Navy is overhauling its approach to education because the nation no longer has a massive economic and technological...

U.S. NAVAL WAR College faculty members along with students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology participate in a humanitarian response and disaster relief aid simulation during the MIT students’ visit to NWC’s Sims Hall. / COURTESY U.S. NAVY/MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS JESS LEWIS

Naval War College gets $12.3M for Sims Hall renovation

Government 08/02/2019

NEWPORT – The Naval War College will receive $12.3 million to upgrade Sims Hall, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., announced Friday afternoon. The hall is an...

Five Questions With: Peter Dombrowski

Technology 07/09/2019

It’s coming up on the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Cyber and Innovation Policy Institute, part of the Naval War College in...

U.S. Naval War College forum to boost cyber focus

Education 01/09/2019

NEWPORT – The new Cyber and Innovation Policy Institute at the U.S. Naval War College will hold a workshop titled “Professional Military Education and...

PROGRAM TRAINERS: Fred Mattera, left, program director and trainer for the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island apprenticeship program for new crew members for the Rhode Island fishing fleet, with Jon Knight, owner of Superior Trawl. Knight is net-repair trainer for the center. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Fishing apprenticeship program aimed at getting military veterans back to work

Focus 05/25/2018

Veterans often face a host of challenges when returning to civilian life after military service. Among the biggest is entering and adjusting to the civilian...