Are Midshipmen Properly Equipped to Enter the Submarine Sommunity? A Needs Assessment for the Submarine Capstone Course at the United States Naval Academy
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Stewart, Joshua B.
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Crawford, Alice
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2008-06
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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This thesis examines the perceived gap between the education and training given to midshipmen in their final semester at the United States Naval Academy prior to commissioning, and the expectations of the stakeholders upon receiving that commission. More specifically, this study examines to what level an ensign reporting on board his first submarine is educated and trained, and whether or not this meets the needs of the command and the Navy. In order to determine if a gap exists, in-depth interviews were conducted with submarine junior officers, submarine commanding officers, and professors at the United States Naval Academy. The needs of each of these stakeholders were then correlated with instructional imperatives required to fulfill each need. Based on these correlations, recommendations are offered on the design of the capstone course.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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xvi, 93 p. : ill. ;
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.