Riverine Warfare: Back to the Future

April 6 – 7, 2006

U.S. Naval Academy
Alumni Hall
Annapolis, Maryland

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CNA's Center for Strategic Studies, the U.S. Naval Institute, and several military history organizations are sponsoring the Third Annual Applied Naval History Symposium, "Riverine Warfare: Back to the Future?"

Panelists, including historians, military analysts, and current and former service members, will discuss the U.S. Navy's role in riverine warfare, riverine craft design, and the historical record on riverine operations of the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Vietnamese Navy, Colombian Navy, Royal Navy, and Iraqi Navy.

Two riverine craft and their crews—one from the Marines and one from the Naval Special Warfare Command—will be stationed at the Naval Academy’s seawall for the duration of the conference.

Featured speakers include

ADM Robert J. Natter, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Former Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Former Commander, Fleet Forces Command

Rear Admiral Michael A. McDevitt, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Director, Center for Strategic Studies, CNA

Captain Peter Swartz, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Research Analyst, Center for Strategic Studies, The CNA Corporation

Major Ivan Monclova, U.S. Marine Corps
Deputy Naval Mission Chief, Bogota, Colombia, and U.S. Marine Corps Representative to the Colombian Marine Corps

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