170518-N-RX668-147 NEWPORT, R.I. (May 18, 2017) Vice Adm. P. Gardner Howe III (left), U.S. Naval War College (NWC) president from July 2014 until July 2016, and Retired Rear Adm. Jacob L. Shuford (right), NWC president from Aug. 2004 until Nov. 2008, listen to a brief during a visit to the school for a Past Presidents’ Colloquium and Strategy Review. The colloquium was initiated and developed by the present-day NWC President Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley, with the goal of drawing on the lessons and experiences of the former leaders to help steer the college’s path. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jess Lewis/Released)