Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch

Joint Staff’s Munch Nominated to Lead NAVEUR, New CNP Cheeseman Sworn In

The admiral in charge of the Pentagon’s joint force development office has been nominated to lead U.S. naval forces in Europe and Africa, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Department of Defense.

Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch, the director of the Joint Force Development, J-7, on the Joint Staff, is nominated to lead U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa based in Naples.

Munsch has served on the Joint Staff since 2020. Prior to his current role, Munch oversaw the Navy’s warfighting development...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/08/joint-staffs-munch-nominated-to-lead-naveur-new-cnp-cheeseman-sworn-in

Lack of Future Fleet Plans, Public Strategy Hurting Navy’s Bottom Line in Upcoming Defense Bills

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Frustrations are mounting in Congress over the limited insight lawmakers and the public have into the Navy’s future fleet, and the service now faces fiscal consequences in upcoming defense bills.

In the short term, the Navy hasn’t been able to deliver an approved 30-year shipbuilding plan or its new vision for its future fleet to Congress. The reports were held back due to a last-minute review from Pentagon leadership over cost concerns, leaving the Hill unable to conduct oversight...

New Warfighter Development Directorate (OPNAV N7) Meant to Align Learning Efforts With Strategy

U.S. Naval War College (NWC) students participate in a capstone wargame on May 5, 2017. Students were divided into two groups and assigned to specific nations within a blue and gold coalition. The game allows the students to put the theories of operational planning they have learned at NWC into practical use, focusing on the application of military power where the blue team plays against the gold team. This is the first year the game has migrated from a paper board game to a fully functional...

Navy Quietly Stands Up Warfighting Development Directorate (OPNAV N7)

Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch

Vice Adm. Stuart Munsch was quietly put in charge of the Navy’s newly formed warfighting development directorate late last month, several Navy officials confirmed to USNI News.

The Navy is still working on the specifics of Munsch’s job as the head of the warfighting development directorate, dubbed OPNAV N7. However, Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly told reporters earlier this year the N7 was a new three-star admiral position that will be the “sole resource sponsor...

https://news.usni.org/2019/11/12/navy-quietly-stands-up-warfighting-development-directorate-opnav-n7