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MONTEREY, Calif. — <\/span><\/p>\n

Emphasizing the power of collaboration and embracing the inevitable flux of change, the Naval Postgraduate School\u00a0celebrated its 2023 Summer Quarter graduates on Sept. 22 during a ceremony at King Hall Auditorium.<\/p>\n

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Roberta L. Shea, Legislative Assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, served as the keynote speaker for the 210 graduates, including 20 international students from 10 countries.<\/p>\n

During her remarks, Shea challenged graduates to \u201crace towards the future,\u201d reminding them that today\u2019s ever-changing global environment requires a new generation of leaders who aren\u2019t afraid to think outside the box.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need leaders who are comfortable with uncertainty, who can sift through the noise, prioritize what information is relative, what’s a fact, what’s a hypothesis, what’s a rumor, what’s an urban legend?\u201d Shea said. \u201cWe need bold thinkers who can drive change when necessary \u2013 even though the environment in which they operate embraces and even clings to the old ways, even when there’s increasing evidence that what made you successful last year will not make you successful tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shea expressed her belief that NPS is ideally suited to producing these future leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why I think the Naval Postgraduate School is so critical to our naval services and to our international partners,\u201d she said. \u201cWhile you’ve been here, you’ve rolled up your sleeves and gotten to the very business of our most vexing challenges as warfighters who understand the consequences of failing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFind people who are unlike you and who are willing to tell you that no matter how confident you are in your conclusions, that you might be wrong, and encourage those people to come here to NPS.\u201d Maj. Gen. Roberta L. Shea, Legislative Assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Retired Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau, president of NPS, acknowledged the importance NPS graduates will have in advising decision-makers on important issues. She used legendary alumni such as Arleigh Burke, Wayne Meyer and Michael Mullen as examples.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of those leaders had NPS graduates on their staffs advising them how to make the decisions they had to make,\u201d added Rondeau. \u201cThat\u2019s who we are \u2013 we are those who can make a difference by what we bring to the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rondeau also reminded the graduates that national security and global security are team efforts, requiring strong international partnerships and alliances. She spoke of the recently concluded NPS Regional Alumni Symposium in Singapore, which brought together NPS graduates from throughout the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to realize that in the world today, it is the coalition of partners. It is allies. It is people who share a common value about the dignity and the prosperity of our countries in order to pursue a prosperous future that is open,\u201d Rondeau stated. \u201cWe have that kind of richness here with us for international students. It is clear to me that the bonds made with each other here are really important.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur world is connected by oceans and our collective advantage at sea depends upon the strength of those alliances,\u201d Rondeau added. \u201cBy design, we are an interservice, interagency, international institution, so we need to take advantage of that and learn from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shea pointed out to the graduates that not only have they learned from each other, their research at NPS has made a significant impact on the fleet and force. In closing, Shea urged the new alumni to never stop learning, and to continue their ongoing education with the same determination they exhibited while in Monterey.<\/p>\n

\u201cChallenge assumptions, scrutinize the status quo, and do it with the same science-based, factual approach you took here at NPS,\u201d Shea said. \u201cFind people who are unlike you and who are willing to tell you that no matter how confident you are in your conclusions, that you might be wrong, and encourage those people to come here to NPS.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about this latest class, visit the NPS Graduation website at https:\/\/nps.edu\/graduation.<\/p>\n

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