Courses

Naval Warfare Course. The Naval Warfare Course is the principal program of the NWCN for commanders/captains and equivalents from sister Services and friendly nations as well as equivalent civilian staff. It is a 8-months program, the program covers 7 different models and they are as follows:

• Module 1 – National Security and Organization of Defence. Module 1 introduces participants to issues of national security and organization of defence through series of lectures on Nigeria’s national security by erudite scholars drawn from the military and the academia.
• Module 2 – Inter-Agency Cooperation in Maritime Security. Module 2 introduces the participants to inter-agency cooperation in maritime security operations. The Module is aimed at enabling participants evaluate and apply the requisite skill-sets required to facilitate cooperation and coordination among multiple agencies for enhanced maritime security.
• Module 3 – Leadership and Management Studies. Module 3 exposes participants to the dynamics of military leadership at the operational level. The series of lectures and the consolidation exercise are designed to enable participants analyse and apply the leadership and managerial set-skills and attributes needed to perform at higher levels of command.
• Module 4 – Naval History. Module 4 aims to enable participants conduct an in-depth analysis of past naval activities and draw valuable lessons for future campaigns.
• Module 5 – Campaign Studies. Module 5 focuses on developing in the participants, a good understanding of the changing character of war and its relation to peace and national security through an in-depth analysis of the levels and theories of war, strategic decision making including exposing participants to techniques of planning and executing joint exercises/operations.
• Module 6 – Operational Art/Joint Operations. Module 6 aims at exposing the participants to joint operations and modern concepts of Operational Art. Furthermore, it aims at developing participants’ attitudes and thought processes essential for successful naval/military operations thereby deepening their understanding of other Services’ contributions to joint war efforts.
• Module 7 – Peace Support Operations (PSO). Module 7 is designed to enable participants evaluate how the global environment poses specific demands on military capabilities in terms of international assistance initiatives through PSOs. The package is therefore conducted with the assistance of a team from the Centre for Strategic Research and Studies at the National Defence College Nigeria, which is an accredited centre of excellence in strategic training in PSO in Africa. The package assesses the operationalization of the deployment of Africa Union and ECOWAS standby forces in peace support operations.

 

NAVAL WARFARE COURSE READING LIST

SUGGESTED REFERENCE MATERIALS

 

1. Module 1: National Security Affairs

 

1. Nigeria’s National Security Strategy Document.
2. Nigeria’s National Defence Policy.
3. The Armed Forces Act. CAP A20.
4. Roskin, M.G. and Berry, N.O. (2005). IR: The New World of          International Relations. 6^th edition. Pearson Prentice Hall: New Jersey.

         

5. Papp, D.S. (2002). Contemporary International Relations:       Frameworks for understanding. Longman: New York.

         

6. Luke, S. (1974). Power: A Radical view. Macmillan: London.

         

7. Morgenthau, H.J (2006). Politics Among Nation: The struggle for     power and peace. Revised by Thompson, K.W. and Clinton, W.D.,          McGraw Hill Publishers: Boston.

         

8. Papp, D.S. (2002). Contemporary International Relations:       Frameworks for understanding. Longman: New York.

         

9. Rourke, J.T. (2008). International Politics on the World stage. 12^th    edition. McGraw Hill: Boston.

         

10. Strange, S. (1988). States and Markets. Pinter Publishers: London.

         

11. David Chuter, Defence Transformation: A Short Guide to Issues.

         

         

12. GaiDillan, Defence Policy Making: A Comparative Analysis.

         

13. Gerald Segal, Chinese Defence Policy.

         

14. John Bayhs, British Defence Policy in a Changing World.

         

15. Murray, The Defence Policies of Nation: A Comparative Study.

         

16. Richard G Head, American Defence Policy.

         

17. Benson, B, Colonel. (2012). Unified land operation: the          Evolution of Army Doctrine for Success in the 21^st Century, Military Review, Retrieved from:http://search.proquest.comnduezproxy,idm.oclc.org/docview152729291?.

                  

18. Casey, George W. Jr. (2009). The Army of the 21^st Century,    Army.

         

19. Howard, Michael and Paret, Peter (Eds), Carl Von Clausewitz on      War, Princeton University Press, 1998.

         

20. Paret, Peter ED, Makers of Modern Strategy: from Machiavelli          to       the Nuclear Age, Oxford University Press, 1986.

 

21. Carl von Clausewitz, On War, edited and translated by Michael      Howard and Peter Paret, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1989.

 

22. Edward N. Luttwak, Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace,      Belknap Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987.

 

23. B.H. Liddell Hart, Strategy, 2nd revised edition, Meridian, New         York, 1991.

         

24. Sun Tzu, Art of War.

 

25. Michael D. Krause, “Moltke and the Origins of the Operational          Art,” in Military Review. Vol lxx, No 9, September 1990,

 

26. A. Mac Gregor, “Future Battle: The Merging Levels of War,”     in Parameters, Vol xxii, No 4, Winter 1992-93.

 

27. Roger Dawson, The Confident Decision Maker.

 

1. Module 2: Leadership and Management Studies.     The reading list is designed to encourage participants to further study on leadership. The list is by no means exhaustive and participants should not feel restricted to the listed books.

 

1. The Path to Leadership – Field Marshal Montgomery.
2. Command in War – Martin Creveld.
3. On the Psychology of Military Incompetence – Norman Dixon.
4. Bad Leadership: What it is, How it Happens, Why it Matters – B Kellerman.
5. Leadership Theory and Practice – PG Northouse.
6. The Royal Navy Way of Leadership – Andrew St George.
7. The Soldier and the State – Samuel Huntington.

 

1. Module 3 and 4: Naval History and Campaign Studies. The suggested reading list for the Module include the following:
2. C Rahman, Concepts of Maritime Security, (Wellington Milne Print Limited 2009).
3. AT Mahan, Sea Power, The Influence of Sea Power Upon
   History, 1660-1783. (New York, Dover Publication).
4. JS Corbett, Some Principles of Maritime Strategy, (London, Longman Green and Co).
5. HS Mc Glade, etal, ‘Maritime Security, the Challenges of the States, (New York, Perseus Books, 2009).
6. USA, ‘A Cooperative Strategy for the 21^st Century Seapower” <http//www.navy.mil/maritime/Maritime Strategy.pdf>assessed 31
   Dec 2015.
7. Brim, G., Glass, D., Lavin, D., & Goodman, N. (1962). Personality and decision processes. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
8. Eisenhardt, M., & Zbaracki, J. (1992). Strategic decision-making. Strategic Management Journal of Management Studies, 13(Special Issue).

 

8. Elbanna, S., & Child, J. (2007). The influence of decision, environmental and firm characteristics on the rationality of strategic decision-making. Journal of Management Studies.

 

9. Vice Admiral DJ Ezeoba Lecture on Enhanced Maritime Security in West Africa (ACCRA GHANA) in Mar 2015 under the auspices of Ghana Navy and IQPC.
10. Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 2018 and 2039 on acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of the states of the Gulf of Guinea.
11. USN Proceedings Magazine; March to December 2014 Editions.
12. Rear Admiral OO Osinowo on Lecture to Addressed Maritime Security Challenges in Africa (Abuja Nigeria) in April 2017 under the auspices of Association of Africa Maritime administration (AAMA).

 

Module 5:  Inter Agency Cooperate and Maritime Security.

1. The Royal Navy Way of Leadership – Andrew St George.
2. David Chuter, Defence Transformation: A Short Guide to Issues.

 

Module 6:  PSO

 

1. Africa in the new world order: peace and security challenges in the twenty – first century – Abegunrin.
2. Peace operations and global order – Bethamy A.
3. Complex peace operations and civil – military relations: Winning the peace – Egnell R.
4. Towards an African peace and security Regime: Continental Embeddedness, Transnational Linkages, Strategic Relevance – Porto P.
5. Military Cooperation in Multinational peace operations: Managing Cultural diversity and crises response – Soeters J.
6. Understanding conflict resolution – Wallen steen.
7. Peace keeping in Africa: The evolving security architecture – Wyss M.
8. Peace and Conflict studies – Barash D.
9. How to fight a war – Mike Martin.

 

Module 7:  Operational Art/Joint Studies

 

1. Operational Warefare at Sea: Theory and practice – Milan Vego.
2. Understanding intelligence in the twenty first century: Journey in shadows – Jackson P.
3. The Art of War – Jomini.
4. Understanding modern warfare 2^nd ed – Jordan D.
5. Understanding naval warfare – Speller I.
6. Historical perspectives of the operational art – Krause, D.
7. The evolution of operational art: from Napoleon to the present – Olsen J.
8. Understanding counterinsurgency: doctrine, operations and challenges – Rid T.

NB:   Reference materials written in embolden italics are a MUST READ for participants.

The Flag Officers’ Fellowship is a 6-week package focused on enhancing the theatre strategic command capability of officers of flag rank in joint and combined operations as well as various regional maritime security collaboration initiatives.

The Higher Defence Management Orientation Course is a 4-week package designed to familiarize select officers (Captains and equivalents) of the AFN and officers of friendly countries with regional and global strategic perspectives of Nigeria and nuances of higher defence management.

The Command Level Officers Course is a 6-week package that prepares commanders and senior lieutenant commanders for command responsibilities in order to improve the quality of command afloat and ashore.

The 3-week Ethics and Naval Leadership course is designed to expose participants to the NN core values of professionalism, integrity and teamwork, in order to inspire the entrenchment of ethical leadership in Sub-Lieutenants, Lieutenants and equivalents.

Participants at the one-week Maritime Security Seminar (MSS) will be afforded the opportunity for joint and inter-agency interaction towards resolving contemporary challenges of maritime security. The MSS may be precursor to an International Maritime Security Seminar or Symposium.