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Here is a chance to stretch your intellectual muscles and expand your CV.

The 2021 CNO Essay contest is now underway.  Members of the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Merchant Marine are eligible to submit papers.

The CNO’s intent is to engage and leverage the intellectual talents of the members of the U.S. maritime services (i.e., the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard as well as the Merchant Marine) to provide insights and catalyze discussion on how to establish and maintain maritime superiority in an era of great power competition.

The rules for entrant eligibility in both categories have changed.  Essays will be accepted from entrants qualified in the Professional Category or the Rising Category.

a.  Professional Category:
       (1) Historians, professors, history curators, archivists, and persons with history-related doctoral degrees;
       (2) Authors of books on naval history (not including self-published works); or
       (3) Civilians who have published articles in an established historical or naval journal or magazine.

b.  Rising Category:  Those that do not fall in the Professional Category and are either:
       (1) Active duty, reservists, veterans, and federal civilian personnel of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine; or
       (2) Members of foreign militaries that have orders and are serving in an official billet in one of the above Services.

There is also a cash prize (courtesy of USNI). (Note: cash prizes of co-authors will be split equally):
       (1) First Place – $5,000 (both categories);
       (2) Second Place – $2,500 (both categories);
       (3) Third Place – $1,500 (Rising Category only).

More information about the contest can be found below.  Please let me know if you have any questions about it.

https://www.navy.mil/Resources/NAVADMINs/Message/Article/2455715/2021-cno-naval-history-essay-contest/

If you require more information, please contact K. Denise Rucker Krepp Director, Director’s Action Group (DAG), Naval History and Heritage Command at Kathryn.Krepp@navy.mil.

Very Respectfully,
SM Harris, RADM USN Retired
President, NNOA

CNA online discussion on 2 December at 1100-1200 EST about “Women, Peace, and Security: Cross-regional challenges and opportunities.”

We’ll examine developments in the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda by exploring issues and themes across Africa, Asia, and Europe. Speakers will discuss WPS as it relates to a range of security challenges across these regions and will then consider opportunities for cooperation with allies and partners.

Speakers:
Major General Suzanne Vares-Lum, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander (J00MA), US Indo-Pacific Command;
ADM James G. Foggo III, US Navy (ret.), Former Commander, US Naval Forces Europe and Africa, and NATO Allied Joint Force Command Naples;
Ms. Julia McQuaid, Principal Research Scientist, Center for Stability and Development, CNA;
Ms. Nilanthi Samaranayake, Director, Strategy and Policy Analysis program, CNA.

Please RSVP to nilanthi@cna.org.  Details about virtual conferencing platform to follow shortly before the event. Discussion will be open to the public and on the record.

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The Monterey Chapter of the National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) will be celebrating Women’s History Month in March 2020! This year marks the Centennial Celebration of Women’s Suffrage (Ratification of the 19th Amendment). There will be light refreshments served and comments from NPS President, VADM Rondeau and guest speaker Julie Packard. Ms. Packard is Executive Director and Vice Chair of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Board of Trustees. Her biography can be viewed here.

Event Details can be found at the signup genius link here à https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050848AAAD29A2FD0-womens