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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AREAS OF EXPERTISE: US Expansion to the Pacific Islands, Anglo-American experiences in Hawai`i, Guam, and American Samoa.
HOMEPORT: Milwaukee, Wisconsin