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  • 2026 NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY— PRIORITIZING HOMELAND DEFENSE: IMPLICATIONS FOR NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
    • No Business as Usual: The “America First” National Security Strategy 2025 and Naval Intelligence
    • 2026 National Defense Strategy: Implications for the Combat Support Agencies
    • Naval Intelligence at the Vanguard: JIATF-South’s Enduring Mission in an Era of Renewed Emphasis on Homeland Defense
    • Adaptability’s Advantage: Afloat Intelligence Operations in the Caribbean
  • The Mandate of the Operator-Intelligence Partnership
  • Naval Intelligence Salutes Navy’s 250th Birthday
  • Beyond the GIUK Gap: Naval Intelligence and China's Arctic Submarien Threat
  • Russian Ambitions to Establish Foreign Naval Bases and the Dilemma of Overextension
  • A Strategy to Implement Naval Intelligence Analytical and Leadership Training
  • U.S. Naval Academy’s IWC Club: Providing Valuable Exposure to Future Naval Intelligence Prospects

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September 10, 2026

September 2026 VSS: CNO Intelligence Plot 9-11 Panel

September’s VSS was an incredible event, held in honor of the 25th year commemoration of 9/11. It featured a CNO-IP speaker panel that included CDR (Ret) Brian Aker, CAPT (Ret) Jeff Kargol, Victor Minella, and CAPT (Ret) Brian Nicholson. If you missed it, you should definitely listen to the recording.

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NIP Capital Chapter Welcomes NIOBC Class 26050 to DC!
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Naval Intelligence History Project Update: Shifting into New Phase for Document Declassification/Oral Histories and Focusing on Chapter Drafts

TAPS: Passing of CAPT (Ret) Scott Stanley September 1, 2026

A Personal Remembrance at the Pentagon on 9/11

NIP Capital Chapter Welcomes NIOBC Class 26040 to DC!

TAPS: Admiral Harry D. Train Passes Away at Age 98

NIP Capital Chapter Holds Summer Social at Bleu Frog Winery

Chair Update - June 2026

CNIWTG Holds Battle of Midway Commemoration

CAPT (Ret) Bob Allen Tours Award-Winning Midway Exhibit He Helped Bring to Life

Battle of Midway Celebrations in the Capital Region


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September
28
2026

2:00 PM

Burial Service for LCDR (Ret) Terry Wilton

Arlington National Cemetery

The family of LCDR (Ret) Terry Wilton, who passed away in January 2024, has invited the NIP community to his funeral on 28 September.

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October
16
2026

10:00 AM

NIP Annual Meeting and Fall Luncheon

Army-Navy Country Club
1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington VA 22202

Registration is Open!

We’re honored to have Vice Chief of Naval Operations, ADM Jim Kilby, join us this year for a fireside chat with our NIP Chair VADM Bob Sharp!

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October
16
2026

6:30 PM

58th Naval Intelligence Dining-In

Army Navy Country Club
1700 Army Navy Dr, Arlington, Virginia 22202

Registration is open! The Dining-In is open to all Active, Reserve, and Retired Naval Intelligence personnel, to include civilian employees supporting Naval Intelligence missions, officers supporting intelligence roles, and CPOs who are part of command leadership teams.

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October
23
2026

7:30 AM

San Diego Chapter 20th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Admiral Baker Golf Course
San Diego, CA

Come out and join the fun for a great cause!

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