{"id":11307,"date":"2012-07-11T16:44:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T15:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/naval-postgraduate-school-delegation-visits-the-ndc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:00:20","slug":"naval-postgraduate-school-delegation-visits-the-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/naval-postgraduate-school-delegation-visits-the-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval Postgraduate School Delegation visits the NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/120NPS_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Naval Postgraduate School Delegation group photo at the NATO Defense College\" \/><figcaption>Naval Postgraduate School Delegation group photo at the NATO Defense College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 11 July 2012 a group of 29 faculty and students from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, visited the NATO Defense College (NDC). <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The delegation was led by Dr. Walter Owen, Associate Chair for Distance Programs and Outreach at the NPS.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">After a warm welcome and a tour of the College facilities, the visitors received a detailed briefing on the NDC from the Dean, <a class='photo' href='\/images\/120NPS_2_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=' Dr Richard D. Hooker provides a practical insight into the College\u2019s daily life, its academic curricula and the scope of its activities.'>Dr Richard D. Hooker<\/a>, Jr. This provided them with practical insight into the College&#8217;s daily life, its academic curricula and the scope of its activities. The briefing was followed by a very engaging Q&#038;A session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The visitors then attended a lecture by the Director of the NDC Research Division, Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp, on the topic &#8220;NATO after Chicago&#8221;. <a class='photo' href='\/images\/120NPS_3a_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=' Dr Kamp offers the delegation first-hand information on the Chicago Summit as well as his significant expertise on NATO topics.'>Dr Kamp<\/a> offered the delegation first-hand information on the Summit as well as his significant expertise on NATO topics. During the Q&#038;A session, he addressed additional points of interest raised by the students and provided them with different perspectives on the future of the Alliance in the current security environment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Naval Postgraduate School is an academic institution whose emphasis is on study and research programmes relevant to the Navy&#8217;s interests, as well as to those of other arms of the US Department of Defense. Visiting the premier educational institution of the Alliance, the visitors had the opportunity to benefit from the NDC\u2019s expertise and to acquire a better understanding of its mission and of future trends in professional military education.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>\n(Prepared by Ms Iliana Panayotova, BGR C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naval Postgraduate School Delegation group photo at the NATO Defense College On 11 July 2012 a group of<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 14 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juillet 11, 2012","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juillet 11, 2012 16:44","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:00"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11307"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}