Meet Lt. Cmdr. Lee Rhem, one of the U.S. Naval War College's U.S. Navy students in the College of Naval Command and Staff. Lt. Cmdr. Rhem gives us an inside look into his time studying deterrence and compellence and shares why his experience at the U.S. Naval War College makes him a better warfighter.

Our naval education institutions are the primary way that we develop our warfighters’ intellectual edge to achieve warfighting advantage. The Department of the Navy is taking an integrated, enterprisewide approach to improving naval education and prioritizing programs that are critical for a competitive warfighting advantage. As the Navy’s “home of thought,” NWC is at the tip of that spear in educating tomorrow’s leaders and informing today’s decision makers.