Adm Stuart Munsch SGL
Events at NPS
SECNAV Guest Lecture with Adm. Stuart Munsch, NAVEUR-NAVAF Commander
U.S. Navy Adm. Stuart Munsch will join NPS for our next Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture on Tuesday, February 4 from 1245–1345. The lecture will discuss the changing character of war, lessons from the Black Sea and the Ukraine-Russia War, the Joint Warfighting Concept, and the future role of autonomous systems.
- Everyone will need to be seated in King Hall by 1235 in order to start promptly.
- Anticipate 1300 classes to shift into the recurring SGL window at faculty discretion.
- The uniform is NWU and service equivalent.
Speaker Background:
Adm. Stuart Munsch concurrently serves as commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa, where his area of responsibility encompasses the waters bordering the coasts of Europe and Africa, including the Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Seas. Munsch assumed his current role in June 2022 as commander of Allied Joint Force Command, located in Naples, Italy. In this capacity, he directs a combined NATO staff responsible for planning, preparing, and conducting military operations throughout the Supreme Allied Commander Europe's area of responsibility.
Munsch graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Electrical Engineering and was an All-American national champion in pistol shooting. Additionally, he was selected for a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Oxford University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
His tours at sea include USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659), USS Jefferson City (SSN 759), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Cruiser Destroyer Group 5, USS Tucson (SSN 770). Munsch has commanded the USS Albuquerque (SSN 706), Submarine Development Squadron (DEVRON) 5, Submarine Group 7, and Task Forces 74 and 54. His tours ashore include duty at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, CJCS J7, OPNAV N3/5, N7, N97, N87, N513, and INDOPACOM J5.