Event: CNA National Security Seminar Series – Dec. 13

Under Secretary of the Navy Robert O. Work will brief on the Air Sea Battle concept

Confirmed in May, 2009, Robert O. Work serves as the deputy and principal assistant to the Secretary of Navy and acts with full authority of the secretary in the day-to-day management of the Department of the Navy.

Before entering the administration, Secretary Work was vice president for strategic affairs at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) where he focused on defense strategy and programs, revolutions in war, Department of Defense transformation and maritime affairs. In addition, he studied and prepared several reports of future defense challenges and was an adjunct professor at the George Washington University.

Robert O. Work was a distinguished graduate of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Course at the University of Illinois and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1974. During his 27-year career in the Marine Corps, he held a wide range of command, leadership and management positions. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois, an M.S. in Systems Management form USC, an M.S. in Space Systems Operations from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a master's degree in International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.