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Vectors, former Acting Secretary of the Navy the Honorable Thomas Modly
Consistent communication, from the highest level, to all levels of the nearly 1-million-person Department of the Navy is rare. Why is that so unique, and why did our g...
Dark Waters: Explained
Dark Waters is an interactive scenario case study about a collision at sea between a US Navy Destroyer and a tanker. Sailors are trapped in spaces that are quickly flo...
Maritime Security: Explained
Maritime Security is a complex case study, where a junior officer must decide among several different outcomes, none of which are optimal from a mission and moral stan...
Allyship: Explained
Allyship is a series of case studies that follows the interactions of Midshipmen in various scenarios. After witnessing an event or comment by a third part friend and ...
Test Depth: Explained
Test Depth is a case study that follows the experiences of a young Junior Officer on his first role in the engineering department on a US Navy nuclear submarine. When ...
Looming Storm: Explained
Looming Storm is a case study that follows the early experiences of a young Junior Officer aboard ship. In a flashback, we see a poorly led ship, its wardroom and its ...
Tactical Interrogation: Explained
Tactical Interrogation is a case study where we consider balancing the rights and interests of three stake-holding groups: service members, their clients (i.e. inhabit...
Artificial Intelligence: Explained
This is a different kind of case study in that it is a primer on Artificial Intelligence, and how it can be understood by naval officers. We go through several situati...
Cultural Competence: Explained
This is a case study where a group of Midshipmen on a semester abroad run into trouble. You're the protagonist in a fictitious eastern European country. You're out wit...
Leave No One Behind: Explained
Leave No One Behind is a classic case that we have used for years at the Naval Academy. An interactive version of this case is available for individual and classroom u...
Research in an Undersea Habitat
While thousands of climbers have successfully scaled Mount Everest, less than a handful of people have descended to the planet's deepest point, the Mariana Trench. The...
Becoming Blue & Gold
One could ask, what makes the US Naval Academy a special place? Isn't it just a college with a lot of rules and uniforms? We talk with Jeff Webb, the new President and...
Practical Wisdom
For Aristotle, wisdom was not just an abstract idea. Aristotle called this different kind of wisdom, “prudence”, and we discuss another translation, “practical wisdom....
USS Quail, and Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
Perseverance is a strength within the virtue category of courage. Courage describes strengths that help you exercise your will and face adversity. The story of the USS...
The Flat Spin and Resilience
What does leadership have to do with your gut, and taking risks? What goes through your head (and gut) when you need to get back to task, after you had a major failure...
Returned With Honor Program
The Returned with Honor program recognizes the sacrifice of the Vietnam Era POWs and their families. We’ve been celebrating these men and women on the Yard in several ...
Obedience
What is obedience and is it a virtue or a good thing? Is compliance different from obedience? Why is it necessary to involve a group in the practice of obedience? Paul...
Risk and Ingenuity
We approach failure a certain way as naval officers. We don’t like it. But what is failure? How important is understanding, and embracing Risk? What is an appropriate ...
Homecoming50: Personal Stories
Part 4 of 4. Dr. Shaun Baker and Senior Fellow Alvin Townley wrap up their discussion of the use of the US POWs as propaganda tools during the Vietnam conflict. In th...
Homecoming50: US Code of Conduct
Part 3 of 4. Dr. Shaun Baker and Senior Fellow Alvin Townley continue to discuss the use of the US POWs as propaganda tools during the Vietnam conflict. How did th...
Honorable Living
The Commandant of Midshipmen discusses the idea of Honorable Living, and why it is so important. Is it just about the honor concept in the classroom, or does it relate...
Homecoming50: Propoganda
Part 2 of 4. Dr. Shaun Baker and Senior Fellow Alvin Townley talk about the use of the US POWs as propaganda tools during the Vietnam conflict. What did the North Vie...
Homecoming50: Research and Memoirs
We are five months away from an historic anniversary; the return of the first of the Vietnam Era POWs. Dr. Shaun Baker and former Senior Fellow Alvin Townley talk abou...
The Switchman: Moral Deliberation
We revisit the Stockdale Interactive scenario "The Switchman", and discuss the Moral Deliberation Roadmap. What is your obligation to treat people with Dignity and Res...
The Switchman: Explained
The Switchman is an interactive scenario case study of the classic ethical dilemma the Trolley Problem. It is used in Plebe Leadership, and Youngster Ethics classes. I...
Ethical Leadership and the Warfighter
CAPT Franky serves as the Deputy Director for Ethics at the Stockdale Center, and is the Senior Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Representative at the USNA. We talk about t...
Drone Strikes
The US Military has been using unmanned vehicles for kinetic strikes for well over a decade. And recently, we've all seen the devastating effect of these so-called dro...
Top Gun, the Ethics of CAPT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
Every now and then, we get a chance to expand our apeture here at the Stockdale Center. With the Summer release of Top Gun Maverick, we have just that chance. Our gues...