Im sure friedman, as you all know, is an extremely prolific naval author. He has done untold damage to my bank account. He is going to talk about the process of wargaming between the two wars and how that pacific war. Or the dr. Friedman thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you for coming. Newport interested in i add been interested in newport for many years, but i research onng some wargaming. Not recommend that to anyone who does not have a lot of time and a good stomach. Ou learn a lot i dont think you would learn the same things if you dont go through them, frankly. What you learn is newport is not what you thought it was. At we are inclined to think of the big schools as a way of educating officers. And newport, for most of the interwar. Function just as much as a kind of lab for the navy. There was an aspect of a highrankingu had officers, already a highranking who went there. There was one case i had, i think there were several, where there was a rear admiral. This was a gu