Leadership, Character, & The Warrior Ethos
Forged in Tradition: The Chief’s Season and the Making of Enlisted Leaders
POSTED ON: Wednesday, December 03, 2025
by Master Chief Jon Bertera
The Season of Becoming Every year, the Chief’s Season reminds me why the Navy’s backbone isn’t built in classrooms or through instruction manuals — it’s forged through challenge, reflection, and ...
Like Spartans
POSTED ON: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
by CDR William C. Spears, USNA '08
Shall we be Athens or Sparta? As long as there have been service academies, this comparison has been trotted out in debates over their proper form and function. For just as long, it has been a false dichotomy. Citing a 1979 work by John ...
Reflections on Stockdale a Quarter-Century Later
POSTED ON: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
by Michael Robillard
As a newly hired ethics instructor at the Stockdale Center, I think it somewhat appropriate at this moment in time to share some of my thoughts and reflections on the man whom this center is named after, his legacy, and my specific relationship ...
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