Please join us for our Newport Lecture Series on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 6:00 PM (EST) with Naval War College Professor James Holmes, who will present on the topic of “What the Great Pacific War Can Teach the U.S. Military Today.”

The lecture will be presented virtually and there will be a question & answer opportunity at the end of Dr. Holmes’ presentation. To register: NLS with Dr. James Holmes

More about Professor Holmes:

James Holmes holds the J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and served on the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. A former U.S. Navy surface-warfare officer, he was the last gunnery officer in history to fire a battleship’s big guns in anger, during the first Gulf War in 1991. He earned the Naval War College Foundation Award in 1994, signifying the top graduate in his class. His books include Red Star over the Pacific, an Atlantic Monthly Best Book of 2010 and a fixture on the Navy Professional Reading List. General James Mattis deems him “troublesome.”