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served with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. While on deployment with the 26th Marine Expedi- tionary Unit aboard USS Austin (LPD 4), Byers earned the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) badge and Fleet Marine Force (FMF) warfare device. After graduation, he attended the Spe-


cial Operations Combat Medic (SOCM) course and was subsequently assigned to East Coast SEAL Teams. He has deployed overseas 11 times with nine combat tours. Byers was promoted to the rank of senior chief petty offi cer in January 2016. In addition to the Medal of Honor,


Byers personal decorations include the Bronze Star with Valor (fi ve awards), the Purple Heart (two awards), the Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor, the Navy Commendation Medal (three awards, one with Valor), the Combat Action ribbon (two awards) and the Good Conduct Medal (fi ve awards).


Byers was recognized for his accom-


plishments during a “Hall of Heroes” cere- mony at the Pentagon March 1.


Naval War College Historian Awarded Prestigious Oxford Degree By Daniel L. Kuester, U.S. Naval War College Public Aff airs


OXFORD, England (NNS) -- John B. Hat- tendorf, a maritime historian at U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island, was awarded a Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt.) by the University of Oxford, En- gland during a ceremony held at the school, March 5.


Hattendorf, who has produced schol- arly work for nearly 50 years, has served


as the college’s Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History since 1984 and also as chair of the Maritime History Department and director of the NWC Museum since 2003.


“It’s a rather rare degree,” said Hatten-


dorf. “Oxford sent me statistics on it, and they only give from one to fi ve of these each year. And only about one a year goes to a historian.” Oxford awarded one of its highest de-


grees to Hattendorf for academic contribu- tions over his career, after his body of work was examined by some of the top people in the fi eld. “In order to get it, they did a formal


examination of my work and decided that it met the standard of scholarship for the degree over a career,” added Hattendorf, who also earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford in 1979. Being awarded D.Litt. from Oxford is


well deserved for Hattendorf, according to NWC Provost Lewis Duncan. “It is a singular honor for John that


Oxford awards only about one each year in history,” said Duncan. “It points out the high regard in which John’s work is held.” The D.Litt., is a higher academic attain-


ment than a Doctor of Philosophy, according to the school. Hattendorf received his recent degree


during a ceremony that dates from the 13th century and is conducted in Latin. At the beginning of the ceremony, Hat-


tendorf wore his academic robe signifying that he held the D.Phil. After offi cials con- ferred on him his new degree, Hattendorf ex- ited, donned his new apparel, and returned. NWC President Rear Adm. P. Gardner


Howe III has been familiar with Hatten- dorf’s work long before he took his current


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post and started working with him. “My introduction to the Naval War Col-


lege was through a book John co-authored,” said Howe. “The book was ‘Sailors and Scholars: The Centennial History of the U.S. Naval War College.’ It covered the fi rst 100 years of the college’s history, so I had heard John Hattendorf’s name before I got here. When I fi nally got a chance to meet him, I realized immediately that he is an absolute national treasure.” Hattendorf’s extensive academic work


includes being author, editor, co-author or co-editor of more than 40 books and numerous articles in the fi eld of maritime history, including being editor-in-chief of the multi-volume “Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History,” which was awarded the Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association in 2008. His most recent work is a three-volume


series on “U.S. Naval Strategy: Selected Documents from the 1970s through the 1990s.” A forthcoming book, “Strategy and the


Sea: Essays in Honour of John B. Hatten- dorf,” was written by several authors as a tribute to Hattendorf. Hattendorf is the second NWC faculty


member to hold a D.Litt. degree, joining Mi- chael Schmitt who earned his from Durham University, England, and serves as director of the Stockton Center for the Study of In- ternational Law here at the college. Hattendorf said he and Schmitt have


discussed how rare it is to have two holders of the D.Litt. degree on the same faculty. In addition to his two doctorate degrees from Oxford, Hattendorf also holds degrees


in history from Kenyon College and Brown University. He was also a U.S. naval offi cer during


the Vietnam War era (1965-1973). Hattendorf has served as a visiting pro-


fessor at the National University of Singa- pore, a visiting scholar at the German Armed Forces Military History Research Offi ce, and visiting fellow at Pembroke College. He has been recognized with the award of an honorary doctorate of humane letters, the Caird Medal of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, and the K. Jack Bauer Award from the North American Society for Oceanic History. In 2009, the Navy League of the United


States awarded Hattendorf its Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement, and the USS Constitution Museum Founda- tion awarded him its Samuel Eliot Morison Award. In 2012, he was awarded the Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award by the Naval Order of the United States where he also serves as historian general. (Edited by Daniel S. Marciniak)


Navy Submarines Arrive in Arctic for ICEX 2016


From Commander, Submarine Forces Pub- lic Aff airs ARCTIC CIRCLE (NNS) -- Two Los An- geles-class submarines arrived at U.S. Navy Ice Camp Sargo, a temporary station on top of a fl oating ice sheet in the Arctic, March 14, as part of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. USS Hartford (SSN 768) from Groton, Connecticut, and USS Hampton (SSN 767)


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marine and interests aboard. Another major problem was the Navy themselves as the old guard stayed on and were not advocates of change, especially technological advances in design, building materials or engines. It was also interesting that the Navy and their shipyards did not really communicate with the shipbuilders of merchant vessels, especially during peace time. There were certainly times when the Navy could have learned diff erent techniques or methods that would have either made construction easier or better and that might have translated into some vessels having better fi ghting power and lasting longer. While reading about some of the issues it amazes me that some country did not see the cracks in the armour. The history is fascinating, but what bothers me about the book is the numerous times he mentions material that he had previously used in certain government collections that had disappeared. For those that do historical research, it is imperative that you have the


appropriate sources to document events and be able to interpret what happened, why and can we prevent it from happening in the fu- ture. I am almost done with this book, and it is either the book on small craft or fi shing schooners that has advanced to the top of the reading pile. Just as a side note – I put the television


on when I am working in the offi ce as back- ground noise as I am tired of listening to the radio. I usually either listen to something historical or sports-oriented. What did the small minds of the A&E network think by re- placing H2 with Viceland? Generation Zero does not need to be any less intelligent and useless than they already are. I just grabbed the smartphone, Googled for comments on Viceland and it was overwhelming that people saw it for what it was – absolute junk. They also said all the shows on H2 would be on the History Channel, well to date that is not true. May Viceland wither and die and the bozos who thought that this change was a good idea be tossed out the door and into the unemployment line!


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