2022-23 Impact Report: Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership

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VICE ADMIRAL JAMES B. STOCKDALE CENTER FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP 1

LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the center in 2023, there’s much to look back on with pride and wonder. For perspective, I solicited the thoughts of my predecessors Dr. Al Pierce and Colonel Art J. Athens ’78, USMCR (Ret.). They laid the groundwork and established the momentum for everything we enjoy today. Their work and the work of all those who have served in the center since 1998 have given substance to the aspirational vision that the Naval Academy could create a resource to serve as a “Beacon for the Nation” on all matters related to ethical leader development.

Of the founding of the center Al Pierce writes: “In August 1998, when I started work as the founding director of the new ethics center, Vice Admiral John Ryan ’67, USN (Ret.), gave me a one-sentence vision statement—‘be an ethics resource for the Naval Academy, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the nation,’— four empty rooms and told me ‘build an ethics center.’ For the next seven and a half years, that’s what I tried to do. In February 2006, when I returned to the National Defense University as professor of ethics and national security, the center had a core staff and a menu of programs touching all three levels of that vision statement. Through the Naval Academy Foundation’s good work, the center had a solid financial foundation.

In 2008, at the tenth anniversary of the center, it was gratifying to see that much of what we had built was still in place and Art Athens had taken the center to a new level of engagement.

In 2023, I see how Joe Thomas has led the center to even greater heights. One of the last interviews I had in the process of being chosen as the founding director was with Dr. David Hamburg, longtime president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. One of the things he said in that interview has stuck with me all these years later, ‘If you are offered this job and accept it, you will be in the institution-building business. I’ve built many institutions, so I know that it is important work.’ For the past 25 years, many talented men and women have done just that, and the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership is the institutional fruit of that effort.

Bravo Zulu!”

Of the expansion of the center Colonel Art Athens ’78, USMCR (Ret.), writes: “I first met Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale ’47, USN (Ret.), in 1987 through the White House Fellowship program and he became a mentor, counselor, and role model for me. Shortly after meeting Admiral Stockdale, he handed me a book entitled A Vietnam Experience, a compilation of his speeches and articles published after his return from captivity. On the book’s first page, Admiral Stockdale wrote, ‘Don’t read too much of this stuff at any one sitting.’ This was the only time I disobeyed an order from Admiral Stockdale! I would read

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that book annually and still do to this day. Little did I know when he handed me the book that 20 years later I would have the opportunity and honor to lead a center named after this American hero.

When I reflect on my tenure as the center director, I remain very grateful for the team with whom I worked.

Their talent, drive, vision, and integrity inspired me daily. Though there is a lengthy list of what that team accomplished, I believe some of the most important contributions the center made included establishing an Influence the Influencer program to invest in the Academy’s staff, faculty, and coaches; creating a Leadership Innovation Lab to explore unique opportunities to further the study and application of ethical leadership; reestablishing the Distinguished Chair of Leadership and the Distinguished Chair in Ethics; renewing a focus on honoring the former Prisoners of War and their accomplishments; and expanding the center’s investment in the Department of Defense, the federal government, and other organizations of national and international prominence.

When the center hosted the premier showing of the Smithsonian Channel’s documentary, Spy in the Hanoi Hilton, I experienced one of the most memorable moments of my time at the center. After the movie ended, former POWs Captain Red McDaniel and Commander Danny Glenn discussed their captivity and clandestine activities under the leadership of Admiral Stockdale. The evening concluded with a very personal and emotional exhortation to the midshipmen in the audience from Dr. Jim Stockdale, Admiral Stockdale’s oldest son. As the audience left, a third-class midshipman came up to me to thank the center for sponsoring the event and said, ‘Sir, tonight reminded me why I came here and the responsibility I have in the future.’

That statement and similar comments made by other midshipmen reminded us we were providing the resources and opportunities necessary to accomplish our aim to ‘help develop the future Jim Stockdales.’

Because of our relationship with the Stockdale family, after Admiral and Mrs. Stockdale’s passing, we received a significant number of personal items from the Stockdale home. One of these items was a pen and ink drawing of a prison cell in Hanoi with the door to the cell slightly ajar. As you look at the drawing, your eyes are drawn to the door and the doorknob on the outside of the cell, and you notice the absence of a doorknob on the inside. Next to the drawing are these words written by a former POW, ‘There is no such thing as a bad day when you have a doorknob on the inside of the door.’ I passed that framed drawing everyday walking into the center office spaces. That picture and those words helped ensure I started each day with a grateful heart and a commitment to serve others.

For most of its history, the center had a military deputy director. These officers were gifted and talented, but also rotated every two to three years. I believed the center needed to establish a civilian deputy with a military background who could bring continuity to the position. Through the generosity of an extraordinary donor, we were able to create that civilian deputy position, and I selected Dr. Joe Thomas to be the first occupant of the position. I had known Joe for many years and felt he would not only be an outstanding deputy, but he had all the experience and talents to become my successor. Because of the government hiring system, there would be no guarantee Joe would ‘fleet up,’ but a wise selection committee and the Superintendent selected Joe to be the director after my departure. I can state, without hesitation, the center will reach the next level of excellence with Joe and continue to impact the Naval Academy, the naval services, our nation, and the world.”

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I feel a great debt to Al, Art, and all the members of Team Stockdale who served here in Luce Hall.

As I personally reflect on my past 20 years here at the Academy, much of it spent just down the hall in the leadership, ethics, and law department or across the road in Bancroft Hall, I can say I’ve never been more optimistic about the future. The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) as an aide to education, the quality of the young men and women who choose to serve, and the generous support of alumni and supporters indicate a very bright future indeed. For those whose support has gotten us to this point, I look forward to engaging with you in the coming year to share stories of learning and growth.

We are all supremely grateful for your generosity. The following pages are a mere cross-section of the return-on-investment story.

Thank you, Dr. Joseph J. Thomas The Roger and Linda Tetrault Director of The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership

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SUMMARY The mission of the Stockdale Center is to empower leaders to make courageous ethical decisions. The center’s primary audience is the Naval Academy community—midshipmen, staff, faculty, and coaches—yet the center also shares ethical leadership insights with influential national and international leaders and organizations. The center’s vision is to become the world’s “go to” ethical leadership center and provide a hub for ethical leadership thought, education, innovation, and inspiration.

The center accomplishes its mission through: • RESEARCH: Identifying and studying the most important emerging ethical leadership issues • CONSULTATION: Consulting with senior leaders—internal and external to the Academy—to assist in tackling complex ethical leadership issues • INNOVATION: Developing innovative products that provide new ways to strengthen and accelerate the ethical leadership development process • DISSEMINATION: Disseminating concepts, principles, and ideas through lectures, published materials, and the web • FACILITATION: Facilitating access to people, programs, and experiences that assist leaders to reflect on the moment of ethical decision • OVERSIGHT: Assisting the Superintendent with the integration and alignment of all Academy leadership, character, and ethics programs and activities.

PRIVATELY FUNDED STOCKDALE CENTER STAFF AND FACULTY:

Class of 1962 Resident Fellow Dr. Dustin Sebell Class of 1973 Fred Minier Resident Ethics Fellow Dr. Patrick Smith

The Roger and Linda Tetrault Stockdale Center Director Dr. Joseph J. Thomas

Donald S. Freeman Jr. Resident Ethics Fellow Dr. Joshua Stuchlik

The Robert and Mary M. Looker Stockdale Center Deputy Director Dr. Jeffrey Macris The Distinguished Chair of Leadership Lieutenant General John Wissler, USMC (Ret.)

GOVERNMENT FUNDED STOCKDALE CENTER STAFF AND FACULTY:

Class of 1965 Distinguished Chair in Ethics Dr. David Luban

Deputy Director for Ethics & Senior SEAL Community Rep Captain Francis “Frank” G. Franky, USN

Timothy and Susanne Sullivan Director of Influencer Development Dr. Celeste Raver

Senior Associate Director Captain Tasya Lacy, USN

Volgenau Director of Strategy and Research Dr. Ed Barrett

Associate Director Major Desiree Sanchez, USMC

Director, Boeing Leadership Innovation Lab Mr. Michael Sears

Associate Director Lieutenant Commander Loren Crone, USN, Chaplain

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Distinguished Chair of Leadership Mr. Brian Kamoie

Assistant Director Dr. Shaun Baker Senior Staff Associate/Event Planner/Education Technician/Travel Administrator Ms. Karin Ornberg

Class of 1958 (Susan Rorer Whitby) Resident Fellow Dr. Daniel Cervone

Financial Management Analyst Ms. Sarah White

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BOEING LEADERSHIP INNOVATION LABORATORY

Midshipmen use their mobile devices to enter a portal that takes them through various lessons, dilemmas, and vignettes. It is also used in class as a presentation tool to walk students through the exercises. We continue to introduce new material for classroom and “off-the-Yard” instruction. To date, our library includes:

The Boeing Leadership Innovation Laboratory, located in the Naval Academy’s Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, explores, discovers, develops, tests, and implements cutting-edge theories, concepts, practices, and methodologies to ensure that the Naval Academy graduates Navy and Marine Corps leaders prepared to protect the peace and win the nation’s wars in the 21st century. The lab addresses the challenge of preparing new generations of leaders who absorb, process, and use information for making decisions and providing direction to others in a much different way than generations before them.

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VISION Become the world’s premier leadership innovation lab.

A place recognized by the Navy and Marine Corps for the contributions the laboratory makes to develop the finest young naval leaders for the fleet and fleet forces.

A place where military, government, corporate, educational, athletic, and non-profit organizations come to learn how the Naval Academy delivers the most comprehensive, creative, and effective leadership development program in the world.

In 2023, the lab continues to focus on three major initiatives: 1. Augmented Reality and Simulation 2. Podcasts and Distance Instruction 3. Digital Strategy

The Switchman—a simulation of the classic “Trolley Problem” Dark Waters Rising—ethical dilemma during a collision at sea Maritime Security Operations—decision making involving weapons smuggling and human trafficking Tactical Interrogation—lessons in interrogation and torture Allyship—diversity, equity, and inclusion Cultural Competence—lessons in decision making while traveling in foreign countries Test Depth—submarine warfare and speaking truth to power Artificial Intelligence in the South China Sea— a multi-part simulation that introduces students to the capabilities and limitations of AI’s inclusion in the OODA loop on the battlefield Leave No One Behind—ethical dilemma of committing additional personnel and assets to a search and rescue mission No Dejes a Nadie Atrás—Leave No One Behind, Spanish language version Looming Storm—a junior officer navigates the intricacies of working within a toxic command environment with a poor leadership climate.

Additionally, the lab has begun an investigation of Artificial Intelligence technologies, as they impact the teaching and learning of ethical leadership.

As a special project, the lab joined with other offices within the Stockdale Center in support of the Returned with Honor program. The lab’s contribution to this recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the return of the Vietnam era POWs is the POW Challenge.

AUGMENTED REALITY AND SIMULATION

Returned With Honor

Stockdale Interactive is an augmented reality-based simulation tool that is used by midshipmen on their smartphones in various places on the Naval Academy Yard.

This project is like a curated museum tour and scavenger hunt combined. Nineteen stations are located around the Naval Academy in such a way that users use their smart phone to access video and audio media telling the story of the POWs with relation to a significant item about that location. Other Naval Academy departments have partnered with the lab to add to the vignettes to each stop to support their own stories about the location. In all, the POW Challenge delivers content relevant to midshipmen in their growth and education on the Yard, as well as audiences including USNA visitors, STEM and summer campers, or anyone with an interest in the history and leadership lessons of USNA. To date, more than 1,100 “players” have engaged the POW Challenge.

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STOCKDALE MINUTE PODCASTS

DIGITAL STRATEGY We have delivered on an important element in the publication of new, innovative pedagogy which provides lessons in an accessible manner to students, faculty, and staff.

The laboratory continues to produce the Stockdale Minute, a portfolio of podcasts that deliver audio tracks for use by midshipmen, faculty, and staff, as well as others outside the Yard.

STOCKDALE CENTER The Stockdale Center and the Boeing Leadership Innovation Laboratory has produced a customer facing web-presence. The web site is primarily a products distribution strategy. We use an online means for delivering our products and services to our customers.

RADIOSTOCKDALE is a number of short discussions, led by the lab director, with key guests who have deep knowledge of subject matter relating to the ethical, leadership, character, and legal implications of everyday things that affect the lives of future naval warriors. The podcast has targeted discussions in ethics, honor, trust, courage, resilience, diversity, and sleep, to name a few.

Those products are primarily optimized for mobile devices, for use outside the classroom. The Stockdale Center is the primary entry point for blogs, newsletters, published research, etc. As such, this is the “Amazon.com” of the Stockdale Center. It is slick, searchable, and “instrumented for analytics.” Every asset on the site will be trackable in such a way that we can see and assess what our customers are doing on the site.

PHILOSOPHY AT THE MOVIES, led by Dr. Shaun Baker of the Stockdale Center, ties the philosophical implications of actions and situations through the vehicle of international cinema. Popular movies are presented, with intriguing philosophical concepts through the arc of the narrative, choices the characters make as they face dilemmas, and the inner dialogue of the characters. This series includes such movies as Saving Private Ryan, 7 Days in May, Unbreakable, Unforgiven, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and It’s a Wonderful Life.

The content is cataloged to include easy, searchable access to Stockdale Center research, events, interactive scenarios, and podcasts. McCain Conferences beginning with 2010, “New Warriors and Weapons: The Ethics of Emerging Military Technologies” are available on-line, as well as the Volgenau Seminar series. Moreover, internal and external conversations, point papers, and debates covering ethical leadership issues relevant to military operations, national security, and domestic politics are available to midshipmen, faculty and staff, as well as academics, government research, and policy experts and the general public.

The lab has created three podcast series that can be used in Bancroft Hall, as well as in the classroom: THE OATH, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AND THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE—This series is meant to remind midshipmen about the connections between the U.S. Bill of Rights and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and how the oath of office they took on I-Day connects them to both.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION Artificial Intelligence tools are a set of emerging innovative assets that can have a revolutionary effect on the future of education.

THE NEW NE203—Moral Reasoning for Naval Leaders is an ethics course required of all midshipmen.

Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and related technologies will have powerful impacts on learning by empowering educators to be more adaptive to learner needs and less consumed by routine, repetitive tasks.

AI will be a major new capability that allows innovation.

However, there are also risks. AI algorithms can be biased.

Decisions about what or how a student should learn may be unfair. The lab is in the early days of understanding and possibly integrating AI tools that enhance education for better teaching, learning, and assessment outcomes.

THE HONOR SERIES—This six-part series is for and by midshipmen. It is a tool to better understand the principles of the Honor Concept of the Brigade of Midshipmen.

All the podcasts are available online for streaming and download, including distributions from Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Podcast Attic, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, and others. To date, we have produced more than 224 podcast episodes, and there are more than 80,000 “listens,” with listeners on six continents.

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INFLUENCER DEVELOPMENT

and spring 2023, the Influence the Influencer initiative hosted four brown bag luncheons reaching approximately 50 faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff across all entities of USNA. Some of the most popular topics include Servant Leadership and Developing Leadership Developers.

In Academic Year 2022–2023, the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership’s Influence the Influencer initiative flourished with its reinvigorated approach to developing leadership developers at USNA—the faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff. At USNA, faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff serve as key influencers who are pivotal toward fulfilling the Naval Academy’s mission of, “Developing midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically … in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship, and government.”

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS— Leadership development workshops focus on a specific leadership competency over a single condensed workshop or a series of sessions to refine cognitive understanding of the competency, behavioral engagement in the competency, and eventually develop competency into a habit. These leadership development workshops are designed by the Director of Influencer Development and elicited experts based on their combined academic expertise. The workshops were launched in spring 2023 with the topics of: Emotional Intelligence, Understanding Your Strengths, and Diagnosing Culture and Climate. The condensed and focused workshop format was popular due to its minimum time commitment and research-based approach to engaging in the topic—75 faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff participated in these workshops.

In this reinvigorated approach, the Timothy and Susanne Sullivan Director of Influencer Development, Dr. Celeste Raver, created and implemented a strategy that centered on three pedagogical focal areas and four programmatic pillars to create collaborative, experiential, and researchbased leadership opportunities for USNA faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff. A common objective throughout each of the pedagogical focal areas and the four pillars was to align key influencers in their fulfillment of the Naval Academy mission.

GALLUP ACCESS AND CLIFTONSTRENGTHS—Stockdale Senior Associate Director, Captain Tasya Lacy, with the support of the Director of Influencer Development, Dr. Celeste Raver, and Deputy Director of Influencer Development, Lieutenant Commander Loren Crone, led Influence the Influencer Gallup CliftonStrengths initiatives.

With all three key Stockdale Influencers trained as CliftonStrengths coaches, they offered strengths coaching to USNA faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff.

The three pedagogical focal areas in the Influence the Influencer strategy are based on the emerging research in leadership development and focus on: • Developing individual leader competencies • Building organizational leadership capabilities, and • Developing leadership developers who understand how to generate and support future naval officers.

In addition to one-on-one coaching, this team provided three workshops to USNA faculty, staff, and coaches and to senior leaders of the Alumni Association and Foundation. In the upcoming year, Influence the Influencer will reinvest in Gallup Access. Gallup Access is a highly respected survey platform built upon the valued and renowned Gallup Q12 assessment that is designed to optimize follower engagement and assess organizational climate. It provides relevant, actionable, and practical tools to maximize leader and team performance.

The four pillars arrange the Influence the Influence programs based on the type of leadership developmental opportunity that they provide: • General development opportunities • Long-term programs • Experiential learning opportunities, or • Target/special interest group programs.

GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES

VOLGENAU HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT LUNCHEON—A full summary of the 2022-23 Volgenau Seminar Series can be found later in this report on page 21.

These are considered programs which require less than a four-hour classroom (or equivalent) commitment which focus on a single leadership topic.

BROWN BAG LUNCHEONS—The purpose of the brown bag luncheons is to provide a brief learning session on a specified leadership topic to expand the knowledge of participants and have them consider how the topic applies within their own spheres of influence. Between fall 2022

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LONG-TERM PROGRAMS These are programs that require a greater than four-hour commitment and generally take place over a series of days or months to take a deep dive into a specified topic or topics.

STOCKDALE ASSOCIATE FELLOWS PROGRAM—The Stockdale Associate Fellows program was revamped and relaunched in the fall of 2022. Ten USNA faculty, coaches, and staff completed this year-long academic and experiential learning program. The purpose of the Associate fellows program is to invest in the leadership development of faculty, administrators, staff, and coaches at the Naval Academy by broadening their understanding of themselves as leaders, developing their leadership capabilities, and enhancing their leadership development skills. This is accomplished through a combination of classroom and experiential leadership development. In the classroom, fellows will examine theoretical, ethical, and practical foundations of leadership. That classroom experience is paired with experiential opportunities to apply the knowledge they have gained in the classroom.

The Stockdale Associate Fellows program is driven by five main goals: 1. Develop the fellow as a leader by expanding their awareness of underlying individual components (intrapersonal aspects) of leading.

2. Enhance the fellow’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes as a leader.

3. Expand the fellow’s leadership capabilities (interpersonal aspects of leading) through a combination of cognitive development and experiential leadership opportunities.

4. Foster the fellow’s understanding of how they can serve as a key influencer by acting as a leader and leadership developer within their sphere of influence.

5. Provide connections with other leadership developers (faculty, staff, and coaches) throughout the Naval Academy.

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ETHICS ACROSS THE YARD—This annual workshop is designed to provide participants with tools to integrate an ethical component into one’s sphere of influence.

The foundation of the workshop is the third-class ethics course, Ethics and Moral Reasoning for the Naval Officer, which is grounded in Stoic philosophy. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants present a proposal for an ethics-related project germane to one’s field. For a professor, that might involve a new lesson plan related to ethics in their academic field. For a coach, such a project might apply ethics topics taught in the Naval Academy’s curriculum to a sports setting. For Bancroft Hall staff, a project might involve developing a training plan for rising first-class midshipmen on how to apply “habituating virtue” (or any other topic in moral reasoning) during their leadership of the company.

senior fellow, and her team, the Leadership Coaching program grew exponentially this fiscal year. Stockdale Center’s Influence the Influencer programs support two main coaching programs: Georgetown’s Coaching Skills for Leaders in Higher Education and MyNavy Coaching Cohorts.

• Coaching Skills for Leaders in Higher Education—In the summer of 2022, Stockdale’s Influence the Influencer initiatives funded sending 14 USNA leaders to this workshop. The leaders learned coaching principles and brought them back to USNA with excitement about the benefits of coaching to their teams. In summer of 2022, the USNA deputy commandant and the command master chief attended the workshop which resulted in support to expand training leaders in leadership coaching across USNA. This workshop led to the deputy commandant partnering with the Stockdale Center to develop a team led by a company officer to train Bancroft Hall leadership. The driving force for leadership coaching is that it is a great tool to develop the leaders who are responsible for developing the wisdom and perseverance of the midshipmen who will become leaders. In summer 2023, the Influence the Influencer programs sent 14 more USNA leaders to this workshop.

The learning outcomes of the workshop include: 1. Comprehend basic principles and sequence of key leadership themes from USNA leadership courses.

2. Comprehend basic principles of moral reasoning as taught in the NE203 ethics course.

3. Construct effective learning outcomes related to ethical content in a course or discipline.

4. Develop curriculum content that integrates ethics into an academic discipline.

5. Collaborate with key influencers across different disciplines to confront the shared challenges of incorporating ethical issues into academic curricula.

In the fourth annual session of Ethics Across the Yard in summer 2023, there were eight participants.

GENERATING A COACHING CULTURE— THE LEADERSHIP COACHING PROGRAM—Due to the support from the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, USNA has been a leader within the Navy for establishing a coaching a culture using the MyNavy Coaching initiatives.

This effort has been fast-moving and effective. USNA key influencers are using coaching as a developmental tool to help their budding leaders (midshipmen) “think about their thinking.” By teaching midshipmen that they can solve their own problems and challenges, these budding leaders of the Brigade build their confidence and ability to solve problems, while in turn helping others develop.

Leadership coaching creates opportunities for leaders to build trust, develop their teams, and to continue to grow and develop “leaders to serve our nation.”

The purpose of the leadership coaching program at USNA is to educate faculty, staff, and coaches with the basic tenets of leadership coaching (active listening, empathy, asking powerful questions).

With the leadership coaching expertise and efforts of Ms. Carol Graser, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership

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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• MyNavy Coaching Cohorts—Between fall 2022 and summer 2023, 70 USNA faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff were trained through the MyNavy Coaching Cohorts offered at USNA by a core group of experienced coaches and led by Ms. Carol Graser, Stockdale senior fellow. The coaching instructors are a core group of experienced coaches who include a permanent military instructor who is a Navy certified leadership coach, others who have been trained through the Georgetown Leadership Coaching Program, and those who learned Leadership Coaching at USNA from coaching experts. The permanent military instructor not only serves as a coach to this program but also acts as a conduit to the DoD leadership coaching program.

Experiential learning opportunities are programs centered on providing “hands-on” learning and development.

DEVELOPING THE CARDINAL VIRTUES WORKOUTS— In January 2023, Captain Frank Franky, Stockdale Center deputy director, launched the Developing Cardinal Virtues Assault Bike Workout series. The goal of this series is to expand faculty, staff, and coaches understanding of the physical and moral mission by participating in an assault bike workout centered on the cardinal virtues. Throughout the spring of 2023, Captain Franky gained participation from more than 15 coaches and faculty from the Naval Academy. This program provides a way to integrate foundational character components that are taught to midshipmen and necessary for all USNA influencers with experiential learning.

The strategic plan for leadership coaching is to continue to train on-site trainers who can expand the availability of leadership coach training and meet the burgeoning demands across USNA for coaching. The focus will remain on training faculty, coaches, and staff in Leadership Coaching; it is essential to have a common language of coaching across USNA. These coaching skills empower faculty, coaches, and staff to employ coaching with midshipmen which enhances their development as leaders. The Influence the Influencer initiatives will continue to follow guidance from the Navy’s Leadership Coaching program that is being rolled out globally to the fleet.

CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS FOR MASTERING DIALOGUE—In the summer of 2023, for the first time, Stockdale Center’s Influence the Influencer initiative hosted a two-day (16-hour) workshop centered on mastering skills to engage in crucial conversations.

The purpose of the workshop is to provide effective communication skills to help individuals learn how to work through disagreement. The program helps participants learn to recognize the key components to a crucial conversation—opposing opinions, strong emotions, and high stakes—and teaches skills to engage in and navigate those challenging conversations. Crucial Learning built its program based on more than 30 years of social science research. The workshop engaged 20 USNA faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff. Based on the feedback from participants in the workshop, Influence the Influencer plans to send the Director of Influencer Development and the Stockdale senior associate director to the master instructor course in Academic Year 2023-2024 in order to provide the workshop on an ongoing basis.

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PROFESSORS AT SEA—The Professors at Sea program is an opportunity for civilian faculty to gain a better understanding of the fleet and serves as a bridge for civilian faculty to connect lessons from the fleet in the classroom. In February 2022, the commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) approved a three-year pilot program for USNA to send faculty members to a nuclear aircraft carrier (CVN) each semester. The program highlights the importance of building lessons in every classroom that relate to the experiences that midshipmen will face in the fleet. Further, the program highlights and provides real-time examples of what leadership looks like and how it is discussed in the fleet. In February 2023, the Stockdale Center, through the Influence the Influencer programs, sent 12 faculty members onboard Gerald R. Ford. The group was delivered to the CVN-78 via carrier onboard delivery (COD) via a C-2. During their visit to the aircraft carrier, the faculty had a chance to interact with LDOs, SWOs, SWO-Ns, and aviators, in addition to multiple members of the ship’s company. They witnessed multiple ship evolutions (including but not limited to a GQ, Flight OPS, and FOD walkdown).

FACULTY IN THE FIELD—In April 2023, the Stockdale Center, through the Influence the Influencer programs and the USNA MARDET, partnered to offer faculty, staff, and coaches an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the Marine Corps. The program launched as a threeday Faculty in the Field experience to provide USNA faculty, staff, and coaches with the chance to go through evolutions that midshipmen face when they explore the Marine Corps during Leatherneck and the challenges and obstacles that second lieutenants face during The Basic School (TBS). This first trip sent ten faculty and coaches to Quantico, VA. The participants experienced the Leader’s Reactions Course, the Endurance Course, a Military Operations in Urban Terrain exercise, and Sand Table exercises. The experience centered on three main goals: • Relate to the developmental experiences that midshipmen face during Leatherneck.

• Visualize and experience leadership evolutions that second lieutenants face during The Basic School (TBS).

• Apply lessons learned from the Faculty in the Field experience within one’s sphere of influence at USNA. This first excursion was met with great enthusiasm and excitement. The plan is to continue this program, sending a group each semester.

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NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL— In the summer of 2023 the Stockdale Center, through the Influence the Influencer initiative, sent 23 USNA faculty, coaches, and staff to the Utah Canyons for National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in two distinct groups (a group of 12 and a group of 11). The purpose of NOLS for USNA is to provide opportunities for faculty, staff, and coaches to build across the Yard relationships, reflect upon their own leadership skills, behaviors, and style, and build capacities to strengthen their leadership approach. NOLS provides one of the best-regarded experiential leadership development programs. Throughout the week, the group works in small teams to navigate the canyons of Utah with each team member taking on different roles and responsibilities throughout the adventure. The adventure provides participants with an opportunity to self-reflect, learn about one’s leadership style, and challenge oneself both physically and mentally. NOLS teaches a 4-7-1 leadership model throughout the week-long excursion focusing on four leadership roles, seven leadership skills, and one leadership style. For USNA, NOLS provides two primary outcomes.

First, the NOLS excursions provide an opportunity for the formation of deep bonds among the participants across diverse backgrounds and cost centers. This enables participants to operate collaboratively when they return to their roles at the Naval Academy. A second outcome is the acknowledgment of specific leadership skills which are observed and highlighted in the experiential learning environment.

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TARGETED / SPECIAL INTEREST PROGRAMS

LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS REFERENCE CURRICULUM— PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE—The Partnership for Peace is a program designed for cooperation between Euro-Atlantic partner countries and NATO, allowing partners to build a relationship with NATO. The Director of Influencer Development was a participant in the development of a Leadership and Ethics Reference Curriculum (LERC) for the Partnership for Peace.

She was a lead contributor to the theme centered on Organizational Leadership. In March 2023, the contributors to the Leadership and Ethics Reference Curriculum met in Garmisch, Germany, to complete the curriculum which was printed and shared in the summer of 2023. Due to participation in the Leadership and Ethics Reference Curriculum, the Director of Influencer Development was asked to support the development of a reference curriculum centered on resilience. Dr. Raver will focus on team and organizational resilience in her contributions to this new curriculum development.

Targeted programs are individualized for interest groups across the Yard with material generated that aligns with the needs of specific target audience. In Academic Year 2022-2023, five targeted programs were provided to a combination of department chairs, academic departments, Bancroft Hall company officers and senior enlisted leaders, waterfront readiness, and the USNA Foundation and Alumni Association. Beyond these targeted programs, specific programs were designed by key Stockdale Influencers for various athletic teams at USNA to include the USNA men’s rugby team.

An example targeted program was designed for USNA’s waterfront readiness. The Director of Influencer Development worked with the officer in charge at waterfront readiness to design a leadership development series for his command. In May 2023, the first in the workshop series was delivered—Leadership 101. This was delivered in two parts. The first part was for the officers and chiefs at waterfront readiness. The second part was targeted for the emerging leaders, the E4s, E5s, and E6s. These are a key group of sailors at USNA that serve in an essential supporting role; their primary responsibility is maintenance of all watercrafts that are used by USNA. Thus, ensuring that this key group of sailors feels support and engagement from USNA is important to ensure productive engagement within their roles and responsibilities.

TEACHING—The Director of Influencer Development was involved in the educational mission of USNA by teaching NL310: Leadership Theory and Applications to second-class midshipmen. Due to her prior support as the curriculum advisor to NL310, Dr. Raver continues to advise the cadre of NL310 instructors during their weekly course meetings and continued to work closely with the NL310 course director on curriculum matters.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS—The director of Influencer Development is an active researcher. She publishes in leadership and organizational journals and presents at national and international conferences.

Between June 2022 and June 2023, she published two book chapters and one academic article. She plans to present at the International Leadership Association Conference in October 2023 with insights on grounded theory research. In the next year, she hopes to continue publishing articles centered on developing leadership developers.

ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFLUENCER DEVELOPMENT CARNEGIE FOUNDATION’S ELECTIVE CLASSIFICATION IN LEADERSHIP FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE—The Director of Influencer Development is leading USNA’s efforts to achieve the Carnegie elective classification in Leadership for a Public Purpose. This classification will be issued for the first time in spring 2024 and will provide colleges and universities public recognition of their institutional work around a mission centered on leadership development and scholarship. Currently, three working groups comprised of leaders from across the Naval Academy are completing respective sections of the Carnegie Application of Leadership for Public Purpose. The working groups’ respective focus and associated sections center on strategy, assessment, and resources. The draft application will be sent to senior leadership in early fall 2023 and submitted for review in November 2023.

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PUBLIC SPEAKING AND EXTERNAL PRESENTATIONS— Dr. Raver participated in several presentations and public speaking engagements focused on leadership development over the last year. She presented a workshop on Developing Leadership Developers and a panel on Qualitative Research at the International Leadership Association Conference in October 2022. She also presented a discussion on Developing Leadership Developers at the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society in the same month. In November 2022, Dr. Raver did a presentation for Naval Postgraduate Dental School on Ethical Leadership Frameworks. In January 2023, Dr. Raver did an integrated workshop with the Defense Senior Leader Development Program on Leadership Insights. At the end of January 2023, Dr. Raver was one of the keynote speakers at the United States Naval Academy Leadership Conference (NALC), where she gave a talk, Acting with Resilience and Grit, sharing how her research on resilience can be applied in practical ways.

RESIDENT/SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS

also serves as an assistant editor for the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly.

CLASS OF 1962 RESIDENT FELLOW— DR. DUSTIN SEBELL Dustin Sebell is associate professor of political science at Michigan State University, where he studies and teaches the history of political philosophy and where he is also co-director of the LeFrak Forum and the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy. Previously, he was postdoctoral fellow in the department of government at Harvard University.

The Resident Fellows program is a unique and multidisciplinary effort that brings together academics and military professionals to study a specific topic in the field of military ethics and leadership. This topic then becomes the theme for the annual McCain Conference.

The topic for 2022-2023 was “Moral Character: Development and Assessment.”

The fellows met for a weekly seminar, hosted guest speakers, conducted independent and joint research, traveled to meet with other experts in the field, published their findings in journals and books, produced materials for the Naval Academy curriculum, taught core and elective courses to the midshipmen, and made presentations at the Academy and other national and international forums.

His first book, The Socratic Turn: Knowledge of Good and Evil in an Age of Science, was published in 2016 by the University of Pennsylvania Press and won the Delba Winthrop Award for Excellence in Political Science. His second book, Xenophon’s Socratic Education: Reason, Religion, and the Limits of Politics, was published in 2021 also by the University of Pennsylvania Press. His work on ancient and modern political philosophy has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Political Science Reviewer, and the Review of Politics.

DONALD S. FREEMAN JR. RESIDENT ETHICS FELLOW— DR. JOSHUA STUCHLIK Joshua Stuchlik is professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and was previously a fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Notre Dame. His main areas of research include moral philosophy, just war theory, the philosophy of action, and epistemology.

CLASS OF 1958 RESIDENT FELLOW— DR. DANIEL CERVONE Daniel Cervone is professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He earned his B.A. at Oberlin College, where he majored in mathematics and psychology, and his Ph.D. in psychology at Stanford, where his graduate advisor was Albert Bandura. In addition to his position at UIC, Cervone has been a visiting faculty member at the University of Washington and Sapienza University of Rome, a fellow at the Center for Advanced

His book Intention and Wrongdoing: In Defense of Double Effect was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. He has also published articles in journals such as the Journal of Moral Philosophy, Philosophical Studies, Synthese and the Journal of the History of Philosophy. He

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McCAIN CONFERENCE ON MILITARY ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP

Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and a senior research assistant (currently) at the United States Naval Academy.

His service to the field includes his role as U.S.-based chairperson of the inaugural International Convention of Psychological Science, ICPS.

• The 2023 McCain Conference examined a topic crucial to the U.S. Naval Academy’s moral mission, “Moral Character: Development and Assessment.” Subtopics were, how moral character is developed, sustained, and recovered; how virtues can be assessed; how character development programs can be assessed; whether the moral virtues are efficacious across time and situation; and which virtues are essential to liberal democratic militaries and societies.

In addition to journal articles, Cervone has edited books including The Coherence of Personality with Yuichi Shoda and Advances in Personality Science with Walter Mischel, has co-authored the graduate-level personality text Personality: Determinants, Dynamics, and Potentials with Gian Vittorio Caprara of the Sapienza University of Rome and the undergraduate personality text Personality: Theory and Research with Lawrence Pervin of Rutgers University and is author of the introductory text Psychology: The Science of Personality, Mind, and Brain. He also is editor (and foreword author) for the posthumous publication, A. Bandura (in press), Social Cognitive Theory.

• The two-day, 27-speaker event sought to address at least three challenges. First, institutions sometimes can get too comfortable in their approaches to their moral missions. The military should be constantly and rigorously examining whether its moral character programs are informed by the best available research and are relevant to our forces and their operations.

Second, theorists and practitioners often don’t interact with one another. Both possess unique and valuable insights that can generate a mutually enriching dialogue.

Third and similarly, character program leaders—within and between the service academies and militaries— often don’t interact. The conference’s second day offered a rare chance for these experts to see what others are doing, and plan for future collaborations.

CLASS OF 1973 FRED MINIER RESIDENT ETHICS FELLOW—DR. PATRICK SMITH Patrick Taylor Smith was assistant professor (with tenure) of ethics and technology in the department of philosophy at the University of Twente. Before coming to the Netherlands, Smith was a postdoctoral fellow at the McCoy Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University and assistant professor of political science and global studies at the National University of Singapore. He works primarily in social and political philosophy, with a specific focus on the intersection between global justice and emerging climate technologies where his work has been awarded the Jonathan Trejo-Mathys essay prize. He also has a research focus in the application of just war theory to emerging military technologies, especially cyberwarfare and lethal autonomous weapon systems.

• 350 people attended the conference, including 200 midshipmen, USNA faculty and staff, and faculty from other military academies, staff/war colleges, and civilian universities. Its proceedings will be published in late 2023 by the Naval Institute Press.

His work can be found in such journals as the The Monist, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Ethics and Information Technology, and others. His book Climate Revolution: The Ethics of Radical Environmental Action, under contract at Oxford University Press, is due to be out in the summer of 2023.

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SPECIAL PROGRAMS & AWARDS

• 8 September 2022: Kick-off event of the Annual Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence Ethics Award Dinner.

• 16 September 2022: Honor, Courage, Commitment Luncheon. Filmed by C-SPAN History and aired on American History TV on 29 October. Mr. Alvin Townley, author of Defiant, was the keynote speaker.

• 29 October 2022: POWs recognized in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium during the Navy vs. Temple football game.

• 11 and 13 November 2022: Maryland Public Television (MPT) aired P.O.W.: Passing on Wisdom, and other public television stations across the nation broadcasted the show on different days and times. The movie was also previewed by nearly 1,000 faculty, staff, and midshipmen in October and November prior to its release on public television. The movie can be accessed via https://tinyurl.com/bdz7bdxb.

THE HOMECOMING50 EVENT SERIES FOR 2022-23 The Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership took the national lead on celebrating the repatriation of Vietnam Prisoners of War (POWs) who began their return from the Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi on 12 February 1973. The POWs’ heroism is legendary and deeply ingrained into the fabric of American history.

The center took the opportunity to highlight our nation’s heroes by remembering their actions and understanding the lessons of their experience. Homecoming50: Returned with Honor was the theme for an event series dedicated to commemorating their safe and honorable return. With the steadfast support of the 63rd Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Vice Admiral Sean S. Buck ’83, USN, we featured events on the Yard and at football games throughout the 2022-23 Academic Year. Notably, our celebration kicked off in September with the Ethics Dinner featuring one of Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale’s sons, Dr. James “Jim” Stockdale II. This was followed by the bi-annual Volgenau Seminar Series: Honor, Courage and Commitment Luncheon featuring Alvin Townley, author of Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam’s Most Infamous Prison, The Women Who Fought for Them, and The One Who Never Returned. Also, in attendance was one of those POWs, Rear Admiral Robert Shumaker ’56, USN (Ret.).

The entire listing of events is detailed to the right.

• 23 January 2023: Naval Academy Leadership Conference’s Forrestal Lecture featuring Mr. Alvin Townley as the moderator and Rear Admiral Robert Shumaker ’56, USN (Ret.), Captain Joseph “Charlie” Plumb ’64, USN (Ret.), and Commander Everett Alvarez, USN (Ret.), as POW panelists.

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• On the same day, as part of the Naval Academy Senior Leadership Conference (NALC), held in Mahan Hall, the author of League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home, Ms. Heath Hardage Lee, offered remarks about the League of Wives Exhibit and moderated the Strength through Adversity—The League of Wives panel featuring POW wife, Ms. Andrea Rander. Annually the NALC hosts 250 visiting delegates from across 13 countries (29 international delegates total), 35 ROTC units, and six service and maritime academies, in addition to more than 100 midshipmen over the threeday conference. The theme of this year’s conference was “Returning with Honor: Trials to Triumph,” honoring the 50th anniversary of the return of Vietnam POWs.

• On 24 May 2023, The Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA, hosted an event for the Vietnam POWs to gather to commemorate their return home, 40 years to the date, 24 May 1973, that President and First Lady Nixon hosted the American heroes for what still holds as the largest dinner ever held at the White House. Keynote speakers included businessman and POW advocate Ross Perot, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Congressman Ed Royce. The POW choir gave an encore performance. The event can be viewed here—https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rs6EuHkqt0 • In addition to the many commemorative events throughout the year, Radio Stockdale Podcast Episodes 121-125 are dedicated to Homecoming50 and can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/23v47u8d. Funds for this effort were generously provided by the Class of 1964.

NATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE EVENTS WAS HEADED UP BY CAPTAIN TASYA LACY, USN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. THEY INCLUDE: • The Stockdale Center partnered with C-SPAN to bring national coverage to our Homecoming50 initiatives.

Specifically, we coordinated C-SPAN coverage for the fall Honor, Courage, Commitment Luncheon as part of the Homecoming50: Returned with Honor commemoration during Academic Year 2022-2023, which can be accessed at https://www.c-span.org/ video/?522958-1/1973-vietnam-war-pows-return50th-anniversary. C-SPAN also covered the Naval Academy Leadership Conference’s (NALC) Forrestal Lecture, Returning with Honor: Trials to Triumph, moderated by Mr. Alvin Townley featuring POW panelists, Rear Admiral Bob Shumaker ’56, USN (Ret.), Captain Charlie Plumb ’64) USN (Ret.), and Commander Everett Alvarez, USN (Ret.). The Forrestal Lecture was aired on Saturday, 29 April, as part of C-SPAN’s live coverage of a Vietnam War conference at George Washington University, https://columbian. gwu.edu/vietnam-50-year-retrospective. The NALC Forrestal Lecture can be viewed at https://www.c-span. org/video/?525500-1/vietnam-war-pows-stories.

• The panel discussion was immediately followed with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the League of Wives Exhibit. The U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Admiral Sean Buck; Mrs. Buck; Director of the Stockdale Center Dr. Joe Thomas Ph.D.; author of League of Wives, Heath Hardage Lee; Dole Institute of Politics Senior Archivist and Head of Collections, Sarah Gard; and prisoner of war wife, Andrea Rander, cut the ribbon to open the “Strength through Adversity—The League of Wives” exhibit. The exhibit, on loan from the Dole Institute of Politics, Lawrence, KS, showcases what the prisoner of war wives went through to advocate the return of their husbands from imprisonment during the Vietnam War. The event was attended by several former POWs and their family members.

• Shipmate featured an article, Defiant Leadership, in the January-February 2023 issue, which highlighted the Vietnam POWs’ leadership lessons and the center’s Homecoming50: Returned with Honor events.

• 09 February 2023: The Aviation Community dinner featured a Homecoming50 theme with several POW mentors attending.

• As part of the 50th anniversary commemorations of the return of the Vietnam era P.O.W.’s, this year the Stockdale Center published and distributed to leading libraries across the nation a new bibliography on James Stockdale, his life, and his writings. The Naval Academy frequently receives queries from professional

• 10 February 2023: Launched a POW Challenge, which is similar to a scavenger hunt and walking tour combined.

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scholars and laymen about where one can find James Stockdale’s letters, speeches, writings, and personal artifacts. A recent USNA history honors graduate spent his summer compiling the document, which involved communicating with the Naval War College, Stanford University, the Naval History and Heritage Command, the community libraries in places where the Stockdales lived, and the U.S. National Archives. The Stockdale Center had copies of the bibliography professionally bound. This work will assist future scholars to better research and understand James Stockdale and his fellow P.O.W.’s from the Vietnam era. Funds for this effort were generously provided by the Class of 1964.

Specific Award Information: The Dr. Karel Montor Leadership Award recipients are awarded annually to the top midshipmen of the following two courses NE203: Ethics and Moral Reasoning for the Naval Officer Course and the NL310: Leadership Theory and Applications Course. The awardees are selected by the faculty of their respective course, and the criteria is based on consistent excellence in the leadership, ethics and law curriculum with the top 1% of classroom performance. Other criteria include the student’s overall course involvement as well as their leadership within the Brigade of Midshipmen. The winners are approved by the director, Leadership, Ethics, and Development Division (LEAD).

POW: PASSING ON WISDOM FILM PROJECT Sixty and 90-minute versions of the documentary film POW have been turned over to Maryland Public Television for the purpose of representation for national distribution.

A screening of portions of the film, accompanied by commentary from a panel of POWs, was presented to more than 1,000 midshipmen and friends of the Naval Academy in August 2021. Full screenings are tentatively scheduled for Navy League locations around the country in late 2022. The movie was televised nationally in October 2022 and followed by a series of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the release of prisoners from the Hoa Lo (Hanoi Hilton) Prison.

THE MONTOR SCHOLARS: NE203 • Midshipman Anna-Grace Dumas ’24 • Midshipman Matthew Friedrichs ’24 • Midshipman Ram Krishnamoorthy ’24 • Midshipman Maximus Lear ’24 • Midshipman Casmir Pozecki ’24 • Midshipman Chiara “Cat” Rappa ’24 • Midshipman Adrien Richez ’24 NL310 • Ensign John Brand ’23, USN • Ensign Olivia Foster ’23, USN

VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM P. LAWRENCE ETHICS ESSAY AWARD DINNER The Annual Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence Ethics Essay Award Dinner was held on 8 September 2022, graciously hosted by the 63rd Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Vice Admiral Sean Buck, and his spouse, Mrs. Joanne Buck. This year’s guest speaker, Dr. James “Jim” Stockdale II, delivered a touching speech about growing up Stockdale. This was unique as his presentation helped set the stage for the center’s commemorative Homecoming50 events in honor of the 50th anniversary of our POWs from the infamous Hanoi Hilton. We welcomed 130 guests including ten midshipmen Montor Leadership Scholar Awardees and their parents or sponsor parents or other guests; The Admiral Charles R. Larson Award Recipient, Captain Adam Saperstein, M.C., USN, Brigade medical officer, USNA; The Captain William R. Rubel Awardee; Captain Francis “Frank” Franky, deputy director, VADM James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership and Senior SEAL Community Rep; senior leadership from across the USNA; the Montor Scholars’ instructors; staff from the VADM James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership and the Leadership, Ethics and Law (LEAD) Division’s senior leadership; and several USNA Foundation donors (to include an extended list of the two donor classes of ’58 and ’81).

• Ensign Graham Lindner ’23, USN The Captain William R. Rubel Award for Instructor Excellence, also known as “The Rubie,” is awarded to the top NE203 Instructor. Captain Francis “Frank” Franky, deputy director, VADM James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership and Senior SEAL Community Rep, was this year’s recipient.

The Larson Award is named after Admiral Charles R. Larson. It is awarded to the nominee (faculty, staff, or coach) who has demonstrated the following principles that guided Admiral Larson’s life and leadership: specific examples of 1) Uphold the standards 2) Be a person of integrity 3) Lead by example 4) Strive for excellence without arrogance 5) treat everyone with dignity and respect. The nominations are put forward by their leadership and the selection of the awardee is by a panel appointed in accordance with USNA Instructions.

This year’s recipient is Captain Adam Saperstein, M.C., USN, Brigade medical officer, USNA.

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LARSON AWARD NARRATIVE—DR. SAPERSTEIN:

4. Strive for excellence without arrogance Despite his formidable intellect, Dr. Saperstein is a modest man. He listens more than he talks and is always open to feedback. He puts the common good above all else. He is a proponent of the principle that “no job is too small” and is available at all hours of the day to the USNA community.

1. Uphold the standards.

Dr. Saperstein has worked tirelessly to support the development of midshipmen, holding the midshipmen and our institution accountable to the highest standards for service to this nation. His remarkable medical and scientific expertise has been invaluable in making tough leadership decisions regarding everything from COVID-19 safety measures to determining the readiness of midshipmen for commissioning. Dr. Saperstein led the implementation of the first universal EKG screening program at a military accessions source since 2002, identifying >30 midshipmen requiring intervention to include four midshipmen with confirmed or suspected cardiomyopathy. This groundbreaking work has led to NDAA mandated screening at all DoD service academies.

During AY22, he ensured on-time commissioning for >1,150 midshipmen despite a 100% turnover of commissioning staff and gaps of both medical officers.

He also collaborated with BUMED to address outdated standards, resulting in the commissioning of four midshipmen who would have otherwise been medically separated.

5. Treat everyone with dignity and respect Whether on the sidelines at a women’s soccer game, making his rounds in the clinic, or sitting in an SLT meeting, Dr. Saperstein treats all with dignity and respect.

He is a vocal advocate for fair representation for the minority members of the USNA community and has served as a facilitator for the Stockdale Center’s summer book club and as a guest speaker for Spectrum.

Dr. Saperstein has been the MVP for USNA’s journey through the COVID-19 pandemic, and this has just been one of his many contributions to USNA. There is no stronger recommendation than to note that there is universal agreement between the commandant, provost, athletic director, and chief of staff for his nomination for the Larson Award. He has modeled, through word and deed, Admiral Larson’s lifelong principles to “uphold the standard, be a person of integrity, lead by example, strive for excellence without arrogance, and treat everyone with dignity and respect.”

2. Be a person of integrity.

Dr. Saperstein embodies integrity. On the roller coaster ride of the pandemic every group on campus witnessed this as he maintained a rock-solid adherence to the most accurate medical advice in the face of divisive political forces. Dr. Saperstein designed and implemented COVID-19 mitigation protocols and education sessions for USNA midshipmen, faculty, and staff from March 2020 to present. He guided more than 50 officers in implementation of COVID-19 mitigation measures for more than 6,000 midshipmen, faculty, and staff, including >99% vaccination and 79% booster rate, enabling return to full operations at USNA. 3. Lead by example Dr. Saperstein truly leads by example. He demonstrated his commitment to data-based decision making by asking hard questions like, “Are our classroom protocols truly sufficient to prevent COVID-19 transmission?” and collaborating with the provost’s office and infectious disease experts to study transmission rates. He demonstrated his commitment to the Academy’s mission by changing the status quo and leading the development of the universal EKG screening program at USNA. In every activity in which he engages, Dr. Saperstein asks, “Are we doing the right thing and are we going about it in the right way?”

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STUTT ETHICS LECTURE

VOLGENAU HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT LUNCHEON

The 2023 Stutt Ethics Lecture was presented by bestselling author Ryan Holiday on 10 April 2023. The lecture was on the topic of the power of self-discipline and was delivered to all 1,165 members of the Class of 2025.

Every member of the class also received Holiday’s book Discipline is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control. The following is a summary of the book:

The Volgenau Honor, Courage, and Commitment Luncheon offers a unique ethical leadership development opportunity for midshipmen, staff, faculty, and coaches as the invitees hear from accomplished speakers with diverse professional backgrounds, engage in lively discussions with the speakers, and interact with one another, building ties across the Academy. The ultimate objective of the seminar series is to inspire, instruct, and challenge our future naval officers and those who lead them.

To master anything, one must first master themselves— one’s emotions, one’s thoughts, one’s actions. Eisenhower famously said that freedom is really the opportunity to practice self-discipline. Cicero called the virtue of temperance the polish of life. Without boundaries and restraint, we risk not only failing to meet our full potential and jeopardizing what we have achieved, but we ensure misery and shame. In a world of temptation and excess, this ancient idea is more urgent than ever.

The series takes place twice a year with a two-fold goal to bring together a group of distinguished guests with midshipmen and faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff from across the Naval Academy to share in a discussion over a meal and to expand knowledge on a topic through stories or ideas that highlight Honor, Courage, and Commitment.

In Discipline is Destiny, Holiday draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius, and writer Toni Morrison, as well as the cautionary tales of Napoleon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Babe Ruth. Through these engaging examples, Holiday teaches readers the power of self-discipline and balance, and cautions against the perils of extravagance and hedonism.

• The fall 2022 Volgenau Honor, Courage, and Commitment luncheon took place on 16 September 2022—National POW/MIA day—to kick off the Homecoming50 Event Series to remember and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the homecoming of the POWs from Vietnam. During the luncheon, Mr. Alvin Townley, who has written numerous books on leadership, resilience, purpose, and legacy, spoke about his book, Defiant. Defiant shares the untold story of the Alcatraz Eleven, 11 American POWs in Vietnam who the North Vietnamese identified as their most uncooperative and subversive captives. The book highlights the stories of the wives who fought for their husbands’ return. Thanks to the efforts of Captain Tasya Lacy, Stockdale senior associate director, this luncheon received national media coverage with C-Span recording Mr. Townley’s discussion of the POWs of Vietnam. This luncheon hosted approximately 100 attendees—30 midshipmen; 50 faculty, coaches, administrators, and staff; and 20 additional guests.

At the heart of Stoicism are four simple virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. Everything else, the Stoics believed, flows from them. Discipline is Destiny will guide readers down the path to self-mastery, upon which all the other virtues depend. Discipline is predictive. You cannot succeed without it. And if you lose it, you cannot help but bring yourself failure and unhappiness.

• The spring 2023 Volgenau Honor, Courage and Commitment luncheon took place on 14 April 2023 and engaged the author in a new luncheon format using a fireside chat discussion framework. During the fireside chat, the speaker, Ms. Gayle Lemmon, highlighted the stories from her book Ashley’s War where she writes of the first women soldiers integrated with the U.S. Special Operations Forces. The fireside chat format brought the audience of 30 midshipmen, 40 USNA faculty, coaches and staff, and ten distinguished guests into the discussion in a friendly and inviting way.

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AGILITY FUND

ETHICS DEBATE TEAM

The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership accomplishes its mission of “empowering leaders to make courageous ethical decisions” with the help of gifts designated for specific programs and those given with the intent of providing general support for the center’s overall operations. This general support is designated as “The Agility Fund,” which facilitates the center’s daily operations and enables the center to develop, execute, and analyze pilot programs that precede any large-scale programmatic commitments and respond rapidly to constituent requests and emerging requirements. For mission accomplishment and support for the Naval Academy, the naval services and other significant institutions of influence, the Agility Fund is the Stockdale Center’s most critical source of support because of its inherent flexibility. The Agility Fund is the lifeblood of the center, which would not be able to accomplish its mission or support the Naval Academy and other stakeholders without its resources.

The Academy’s USNA Ethics Debate team has competed in ethics debate, business, and engineering ethics case competitions annually for 19 years. For nine years the team has hosted a military ethics case competition for sister service and military academies. In Ethics Bowl competitions, teams debate in a panel format similar to traditional debate, but focused on the ethical aspects of cases taken directly from the realms of personal ethics, business, medicine, science, popular media, journalism, environmental and public policy, and international criminal justice among others. Business ethics case competitions involve 20- to 30-minute presentations centered on ethical dilemmas or challenges encountered in the business world, followed by question-and-answer rounds.

The Lockheed Martin Engineering Ethics Case competition involves teams in role play of negotiations with partner firms in search of solutions to ethically charged engineering dilemmas the firms face. They must balance ethical with financial and legal concerns. The military ethics case competition is a 30-minute presentation format, dealing with ethical challenges in operational military scenarios, followed by question-and-answer sessions. These competitions allow midshipmen to hone their ethical reasoning, leadership, communication, and team building skills. It gives members the opportunity to represent the Academy in civilian venues. Dr. Shaun Baker, an assistant director for the Stockdale Center, coaches the Ethics Debate team.

There are many ways the Agility Fund has a direct and immediate impact on a broad array of Academy stakeholders. Examples include: • Purchase of books and training materials to help the commandant of midshipmen combat sexual harassment and assault.

• Enable staff members to participate in certification programs related to leadership coaching, talent awareness, difficult conversations, and many others.

The USNA Ethics Team participated in the following case competitions in 2022–23:

• Provide faculty training in the latest concepts driving leadership assessment.

OCTOBER 2022: The Eller School of Management Collegiate Ethics Case Competition, University of Arizona, Tucson. The team won second place in its division, and placed ninth in the 25-team field. Other schools included Washington University, Boston College, Elon University, Georgetown University, Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and Canadian schools, University of Calgary, Concordia University, and Simon Fraser University.

• Fund the cost of publishing reference materials for staff at USNA and beyond.

• Purchase source material to provide Honor and Conduct Remediators to guide midshipmen through better decision-making.

NOVEMBER 2022: The Association of Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Ethics Bowl Northeast Regional, Notre Dame College, Baltimore, MD. The team finished 4-0-0 placing third in a field of 20, competing with colleges including Yale, Harvard, Tufts, and West Point. This qualified them for the Nationals competition.

FEBRUARY 2023: The team took part in the National Finals of Ethics Bowl, hosted by the APPE in Portland, OR. The team finished 7-0-0, taking the National Championship, besting regional rival Tufts in the final round. Other schools included the University of Chicago,

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U.S. Military Academy, Yale University, VMI, Youngstown State University, Whitworth University, Depaul University, The Colorado School of Mines, and Macalester University.

The field was 36 teams from across the country, and Canada.

APRIL 2023: The team organized and ran the ninth annual Military Ethics Case Competition (MECC), held in person at the Academy, Luce Hall and placed second.

Other schools participating included he U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Air Force Academy, and Virginia Military Institute. *The team was unable to compete in the Lockheed Martin Engineering Ethics Case Competition due to the date for the competition falling during an Academic Reserve week.

The four selected Naval Academy representatives participated in intensive workshops, listened to lectures from Holocaust survivors, met with scholars, high-level government officials, students from Eastern Europe, and citizens of Poland, and visited Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York and the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. The purpose of the Service Academy Program is to display in vivid terms what can happen in the absence of free, open, and democratic governing institutions and the dangers of passivity in military professionals. Through learning in detail about the Holocaust and events leading up to it, the Academy representatives understand what can happen when evil is given free reign, when democratic ideals are not defended, and when ordinary citizens choose to be passive bystanders when evil occurs, electing compliance over action.

MILITARY ETHICS CASE COMPETITION On 15 April 2023, the Stockdale Center and Class of 1964 hosted the ninth annual Military Ethics Case Competition, which remains the only ethics competition in the nation that focuses on military ethics.

Teams from the Air Force Academy, West Point, and the Virginia Military Institute joined the USNA team. The teams received a case, two months prior to the event. It focused on the issue of toxic leadership and focused on the case of Captain Holly Graf. Teams had the task of evaluating the efforts of their respective institutions in detecting and remediating personality traits that are often associated with toxic leadership.

Judges for the competition included volunteers from Engineering Solutions and Products Inc., North Star Alternative Solutions, and members of the USNA Class of 1964. All judges have considerable military and post military careers, enabling them to be the best rated judges for any competition we attend, according to midshipmen members of the team and the coach.

Midshipmen returning from this program write papers on their experience and these papers are distributed to other midshipmen and posted on the AJCF website.

Additionally, the midshipman participants have used their experience to prepare plebes when they visit the American Museum of the Holocaust in Washington, DC. Through these interactions, the participants in the Auschwitz Program touch the lives of hundreds of midshipmen.

The Naval Academy took second place, while West Point came in third. VMI took first and the Air Force Academy placed fourth. Judges considered all the presentations as the best they have seen in the series.

The Naval Academy representatives for 2023 were Midshipmen Ellie Abraham ’24, Caroline Bilbray-Kohn ’24, Tom Fodor ’24, Dalton Keglovitz ’24, and Andrzej Korlacki ’24.

AMERICAN SERVICE ACADEMY PROGRAM The American Service Academy Program is a 16-day educational initiative in Poland created by the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (AJCF) for a select group of cadets and midshipmen from the military service academies and the Coast Guard Academy.

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THE INGERSOLL ROOM

his career, his Lucky Bag, his flag, a globe with a plaque, and a shadow box with his personal decorations.

The director of the Stockdale Center’s office has been designated “The Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll Room.”

Because of the constant flow of visitors through the Stockdale Center, to include midshipmen, alumni, staff, faculty, coaches, and representatives from other institutions, the center director, in coordination with Mr. Royal Ingersoll, decided Admiral Ingersoll’s legacy would be best represented by naming the office after Admiral Ingersoll. In addition to the director’s office, a front office display has been dedicated to highlighting Admiral Ingersoll’s achievements to include a written summary of

The Ethics Resource Room is also associated with the Ingersoll name and houses books, journals, and archived case studies related to ethical leadership for the use of faculty and midshipmen. Within the Resource Room, the center continues to maintain the nation’s most complete collection of books related to Admiral Stockdale and the Vietnam POWs in addition to a lending library used by all Honor Remediators working with midshipmen accused of honor violations.

THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE STOCKDALE CENTER

The 2023 Academic Year saw an unprecedented amount of multi-stakeholder planning for the future of ethical leader development at the Naval Academy. Resurrecting the Leadership Excellence Council, a cross-functional representation of every cost center at the Naval Academy, has ensured all voices were heard throughout the process. Working hand-in-hand with the stakeholders across the Yard, the Naval Academy Foundation, our alumni and other supporters, the Stockdale Center aims to:

1. DEVELOP AN “ON-DEMAND STRATEGY” FOR SERVING UP PRODUCTS AND EVENTS TO ALL CENTER STAKEHOLDERS: We’re still learning lessons from the lockdown that resulted from the global COVID-19 pandemic. By taking a “products and events” approach to serving the Naval Academy and others, we’ve collected very specific data on which services are most popular and with whom. From the nationally televised feature movie POW: Passing on Wisdom to the hundreds of podcasts to the many immersive augmented reality simulations, we know exactly what is being used. Further, we’ve actively solicited requests for products and events from our recognized stakeholders. Approximately 50% of the center’s programming budget was expended in response to the demand signal received from those stakeholders with the other 50% coming from standing commitments such as the McCain Conference and traditional services. As our capacity expands as a result of the expected growth made possible by the coming capital campaign, we’ll target roughly 75% of the budget toward “on-demand” products and services to support the commandant of midshipmen, provost, athletic director, Navy, and Marine Corps among others.

2. EXPAND LEADERSHIP RESEARCH WITH MILITARY AND GOVERNMENTAL APPLICATIONS: The next phase for conducting leadership-specific research is underway with the pending hire of the Dave and Amy Dawson Director of Leadership Research and Assessment. We have worked closely with our partners in the Leadership Education and Development Division, particularly those working on the “Leaders Compass,” an app-based assessment tool designed for simplicity in data collection.

The Stockdale Center will eventually position itself at the forefront of leader development research, as a series of collaborative relationships with researchers at research (R1) universities, as well other as like-minded U.S. government agencies, has already begun. We host recurring meetings with other service academies to share best practices.

3. CONTINUE TO LEAD IN PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION: The purpose of the Leadership Innovation Lab is to explore,

discover, develop, test, and implement cutting edge theories, concepts, practices, and methodologies to ensure that the Naval Academy graduates Navy and Marine Corps leaders who are prepared to protect the peace and win the nation’s wars in the 21st century. As Boeing and other potential supporters consider philanthropic opportunities, we will continue to engage with technology innovation thought leaders. The next major project involves harnessing the promise of AI not only for teaching ethical leadership but exercising it. As our ethicists consider the potential dangers of AI, our leader development researchers will focus on the possibilities for making leaders more effective and efficient.

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4. BRING THE INFLUENCE THE INFLUENCER PROGRAM TO A STEADY STATE: The purpose of the program is to strengthen the leadership competencies and confidence of USNA’s faculty, coaches, and staff. There have been many lessons from careful experimentation over the past several years and we’ve arrived at a number of firm conclusions. Among them are:

• Staff, faculty, and coaches at USNA take great pride in thinking of themselves first and foremost as developing leaders to serve the nation.

• The Academy benefits from the collaborative work done by associate fellows from all cost centers.

Networks of cross-functional teams make the institution more integrated and effective.

• Investment in offsites, conferences, and training for the entire Academy community contribute to a shared sense of purpose.

• There’s an ongoing demand signal for coaching, professional development, and facilitated dialogue regarding ethical leader development.

5. INVESTIGATE NEW PHYSICAL SPACES: With the anticipated expansion of Leadership, Ethics, and Character programming

made possible by the coming capital campaign, the physical limitations of Luce Hall are becoming more readily apparent.

Office space for our growing number of teammates, such as the Dave and Amy Dawson Director of Leadership Research and Assessment and the team associated with that role, is the top priority. Meeting and classroom space will also be required.

Conversations with Academy and U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and Alumni Association leaders are underway to explore possibilities.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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