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SUBJ/MOD_ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FLEET SEMINAR PROGRAM// 
 
RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN announces the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) Fleet 
Seminar Program (FSP) which offers intermediate level Joint Professional 
Military Education (JPME-I) through a set of three courses: Strategy and War 
(S and W), Theater Security Decision Making (TSDM) and Joint Maritime 
Operations (JMO).  Each course normally requires one academic year to 
complete, which runs from September through the following May.  All three 
courses are not offered simultaneously at all locations.  There is no tuition 
fee and course materials are provided on a loan basis at no cost to the 
students. Applicants must apply by 31 May 2024. 
 
2.  Background: 
    a.  The NWC FSP will be offered in 15 regional locations in the United 
States for academic year 2024-2025.  Planned locations and courses are: 
 
        (1)  Annapolis, MD (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (2)  Everett, WA (JMO) 
        (3)  Dahlgren, VA (S and W) 
        (4)  Great Lakes, IL (S and W) 
        (5)  Jacksonville, FL (TSDM and JMO) 
        (6)  Kitsap, WA (S and W) 
        (7)  Mayport, FL (S and W) 
        (8)  New Orleans, LA (S and W) 
        (9)  Newport, RI (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (10) Norfolk, VA (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (11) Patuxent River, MD (S and W) 
        (12) Pearl Harbor, HI (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (13) Pensacola, FL (Whiting Field) (TSDM) 
        (14) San Diego, CA (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
        (15) Washington, DC (S and W, TSDM and JMO) 
 
    b.  Seminars meet once a week in the evening for 34 weeks. Completion of 
all three courses results in the award of a College of Naval Command and 
Staff diploma, as well as credit for JPME-I.  The FSP also provides a path to 
attain the NWC Masters Degree through the College of Distance Education 
(CDE)Graduate Degree Program (GDP). FSP students may apply for the GDP 
following successful completion of their first FSP course.  The FSP at all 
locations are conducted in-step with each other, so students who transfer to 
or assigned temporary additional duty at another location may attend class at 
the new location. 
 
3.  Criteria: 
    a.  NWC accepts program applications from commissioned officers 
(active and reserve) and civilian employees of the federal government, 
subject to the following eligibility requirements: 
        (1) Members of the sea services (Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) 
in the paygrade of O-3 or above, while officers from the other services must 
be in the paygrade of O-4 or above.  Civilian employees of the federal 
government in the grade of GS-11 and above, or equivalent, are also eligible 
for enrollment. 
        (2) All applicants must have previously earned at least a 
baccalaureate degree. 
    b.  Qualified individuals currently stationed in areas listed in 
paragraph two, or those who expect transfer to those sites prior to 
1 September 2024 are encouraged to apply. 
 
4.  Application Process.  More information is available and applications must 
be submitted at the NWC College of Distance Education FSP website at 
https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/training-education-qualifications 
(NWC Academic Programs link). The application period will remain 
open until 31 May 2024. 
 
5.  Selection Notifications.  NWC will make enrollment selections and 
accepted applicants will be advised of their enrollment selection status via 
email. 
 
6.  Points of contact are Ms. Kelly Folger who can be reached at 
(401) 856-6530 or via email at fsp@usnwc.edu, Mr. Walter Stiles who can be 
reached at walter.stiles@usnwc.edu, and Professor Ronald Oard who can be 
reached via email at oardr@usnwc.edu. 
 
7.  Request widest dissemination of the above information. 
Regional coordinators at the sites listed in paragraph two are requested to 
pass this information to all Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and 
Coast Guard units and all reserve units located within safe-driving distance 
of an FSP site. 
 
8.  This message will remain in effect until superseded or 31 May 2024, 
whichever occurs first. 
 
9. Released by VADM D. W. Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Warfighting Development (N7).// 
 
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