Lt. John Miller is credited with saving two lives while on an evening run near his residence. - Lt. John Miller is credited with saving two lives while on an evening run near his residence. He is assigned to Navy Warfare Development Command, Naval Station Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photos by Ian Delossantos, NWDC/Released)

Announcement of the signing of Naval Doctrine Publication 1. - Naval Doctrine Publication (NDP) 1, Naval Warfare

NWDC Guest Speaker Series - Ophelia Chiu, director of Design Strategy and Innovation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York, discussed the “Pandemic Pivot” and innovation in an online session with Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) members Aug. 20. (Courtesy photo/NWDC Released)

Virginia state Senator Jen Kiggans presents Navy Lieutenant John Miller with a letter of appreciation for his life-saving efforts while on an evening run near his Norfolk residence. (U.S. Navy Photo by Ian Delossantos/Released) - Virginia state Senator Jen Kiggans presents Navy Lieutenant John Miller with a letter of appreciation for his life-saving efforts while on an evening run near his Norfolk residence.

Admiral Christopher W. Grady, left, U.S. Fleet Forces commander, promotes Rear Admiral Fred I. Pyle in a frocking ceremony at Navy Warfare Development Command. The promotion of Pyle, NWDC commander, will be effective August 1, 2020. He is a native of McAlisterville, Pa., and a 1990 graduate of Pennsylvania State University. Frocking is the Navy’s practice of allowing promotion selectees to wear the insignia of the higher grade before the official date of promotion. For an expanded discussion on the origins of this practice, please visit the Naval History and Heritage Command at https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/f/frocking.html.(U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Jason Pastrik, NWDC/Released) - Admiral Christopher W. Grady, U.S. Fleet Forces commander, promotes Rear Admiral Fred I. Pyle in a frocking ceremony at Navy Warfare Development Command.

Official portrait of Rear Adm. Fred I. Pyle, commander, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC). - Official portrait of Rear Adm. Fred I. Pyle, commander, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC). (U.S. Navy photo by Michael Brown/Released)

Leslie Krohn, chief communications officer and director of the Communications and Public Affairs Division at Argonne National Laboratory, Ill., discusses culture and communication with NWDC professionals and visitors - NORFOLK, Va. – Leslie Krohn, chief communications officer and director of the Communications and Public Affairs Division at Argonne National Laboratory, Ill., discusses culture and communication with NWDC professionals and visitors Feb. 20. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos/NWDC Released)

After 40 years of faithful service, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Coy Adams bids farewell to his friends and colleagues in a retirement ceremony aboard the USS Wisconsin Oct. 25. (U.S. Navy photo by Interior Communication Electrician 3rd Class Kaelyn Hernandez) - After 40 years of faithful service to the Nation, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Coy Adams said farewell to his friends and colleagues in a retirement ceremony aboard the USS Wisconsin Oct. 25.

191017-N-CI480-1001.jpg - James F. Geurts, left, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition (ASN (RD&A)), discusses speed of delivery in operations, testing, and acquisitions with Dr. Michael Brown, public affairs officer, at the Advanced Warfighting Summit (AWS) 19-3, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) Oct. 17. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos, NWDC/Released)

Timberlain Woodruff, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) management analyst, is one of eight people selected to receive the Judith C. Gilliom Award for Outstanding Workforce Recruitment Program participants. NWDC develops and integrates innovative solutions to complex naval warfare challenges to enhance current and future warfighting capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos) - Timberlain Woodruff, management analyst at Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC), won a 2019 Judith C. Gilliom Award for Outstanding Workforce Recruitment. She received a plaque July 18 at an awards ceremony held at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Va.

Trent Hone, award-winning naval historian and author of “Learning War, The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. NAVY, 1898-1945,” discussed innovation and the evolution of the fleet with Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) members and guests here April 25. The speech focused on lessons in the inter-war period between WWI and WWII. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos, NWDC/Released) - Naval warfare and great power competition challenges were the focus of two events held at the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) April 24 and 25.

Trent Hone, award-winning naval historian and author of “Learning War, The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. NAVY, 1898-1945,” discussed innovation and the evolution of the fleet with Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) members and guests here April 25. The speech focused on lessons in the inter-war period between WWI and WWII. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos, NWDC/Released) - Award-winning naval historian Trent Hone, author of “Learning War, The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. NAVY, 1898-1945,” discussed innovation and the evolution of the fleet with Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) members and guests April 25. The speech focused on lessons in the inter-war period between WWI and WWII.