Warfare Center Employees Afforded Unique NAVSEA Opportunity Through Bundy Scholar Program
A 10-month master’s degree program that offers Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) warfare center employees a better U.S. Navy operational perspective is being offered by NAVSEA at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island.
Participants in the first class of the NAVSEA Dr. William F. Bundy Warfare Center Scholar Program include Chris Kona of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport; Emily Hester of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division; D. Max Jones of NSWC Carderock Division; and Mary Westlake and Jamie Jones both from NSWC Port Hueneme Division.
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Proceedings interviewed the Chief of Naval Research as part of a partnership with the Naval Postgraduate School and its Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture Program.
Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, a native of Key West, Florida, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and earned a Master of Science in Operational Research from the Naval Postgraduate School.
At sea, he served as damage control assistant aboard USS Wabash (AOR 5); navigator aboard USS Reid (FFG 30); operations officer aboard USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51); operations officer for Destroyer Squadron 2; and executive officer on USS Hopper (DDG 70).
Ashore, Alexander served as the Maritime Operations Center director for U.S. 3rd Fleet; executive assistant for Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet; legislative fellow; on the staffs of the Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations; and on the Joint Staff.
Adm. Sam Paparo, a native of Morton, Pennsylvania graduated from Villanova University and was commissioned in 1987. He is the son of a former enlisted Marine and the grandson of a World War 2 enlisted Sailor. He has earned a Master of Arts in International Studies from Old Dominion University and a Master of Science in Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College, the Air War College, the Naval War College and the Joint and Combined Warfighting School. A U.S. Naval Aviator, he is a TOPGUN graduate and has flown over 6,000 hours in the F-14, F-15 and F/A-18 and 1,100 carrier landings.