Speakers Program

The Naval Order of the United States offers a bureau of speakers willing to speak to your group on a variety of maritime heritage topics.

Contact Historian General CDR David Winkler at winkler58@msn.com if you have an interest in hearing one of our speakers or joining our bureau. 



KIM CLIETT LONG -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: African American maritime/naval history; port cities/coastal communities; maritime labor and naval-adjacent service; African diasporic seafaring traditions; global trade and oceanic systems.

HOMEPORT: Charleston, South Carolina                            


EDWARD J. MAROLDA -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: The U.S. Navy in the Pacific, the Cold War, Vietnam War, World War II, the Korean War, and the Persian Gulf War.

HOMEPORT: Washington, DC? Northern Virginia  


CHARLES P. NEIMEYER -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: All Major U.S. Wars – Especially American Revolution,  USMC History

HOMEPORT: Quantico, Virgnia                        


GARY J. OHLS – AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Amphibious Ops, US military and naval history, US Involvement in Somalia, researching Black Sea dimensions of Russo-Ukrainian War.                                               

HOMEPORT: Monterey, California                   


STEPHEN P. PHILLIPS -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: USN 20th Century, USNA History, American Rev., JTF Haitian Assistance Group (JTF HAG), Earnest Will, VT or Proximity Fuze, mine warfare, EOD, naval special warfare, diving, submarine rescue operations

HOMEPORT: Maryland, available through Zoom 


JAMES P. RANSOM III -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: WWII Asiatic Fleet submarines, American Rev.; WWI, WWII naval; sub warfare, design/doctrine; 20th Century military history.

HOMEPORT: Jacksonville, Florida                          


JOHN SHERWOOD -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Vietnam War, Naval Air-power, African-Americans in the USN, EU/NATO navies, modern Naval History.

HOMEPORT: Arlington, Virginia                     


CHUCK STEELE -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: World War I, the Cold War, Russia, military education, the Baltic Sea, and modern Germany

HOMEPORT: Portland, Oregon                            


STEVEN WILLS -- AREAS OF EXPERTISE: His research interests include the history of U.S. Navy strategy development over the Cold War and immediate, post-Cold War era, and the history of the post-World War II U.S. Navy surface fleet.

HOMEPORT: Northern Virginia      


The Naval Order of the United States offers a bureau of speakers willing to speak to your group on a variety of maritime heritage topics.

Contact Historian General CDR David Winkler at winkler58@msn.com if you have an interest in hearing one of our speakers or joining our bureau. 

 

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