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On an unseasonably warm, sunny day in October, well over a hundred Naval Intelligence professionals descended on the Army Navy Country Club for NIP’s annual meeting and fall luncheon. The big draw this year was honored guest Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jim Kilby, who graciously joined us for a fireside chat with NIP Chair Vice Admiral (Ret) Bob Sharp.

“It is hard to believe that for the last 25 years we have gathered here to remember the most horrific day in our lifetimes; to remember the loss of nearly three thousand Americans—among them eight of our own ONI shipmates; to remember not just how those shipmates died, but more importantly how they lived. For those of us who were there, September the 11th, 2001 was just yesterday morning—its tragic and heroic events still as vivid and as painful as the day they occurred.”

This fall, the Naval Intelligence History Project (NHP) team will shift into a new phase for two of the supporting efforts (declassification of documents and conducting oral histories) while also beginning the main effort of drafting the chapters.  

Retired Captain and SES Terry Roberts, who was in the Pentagon when the plane struck, reflects on that horrific day twenty-five years ago.

4 June 2026 marked the 84th anniversary of the Battle of Midway — a battle that holds great significance for the Navy, and Naval Intelligence in particular, and Naval Intelligence professionals in the National Capital Region embraced the opportunity to mark the occasion in a few ways. 

On Thursday, 21 May 2026, the CNO announced that effective on the 4th of May the roles and responsibilities of the Chief of Naval Operations (DCNO) for Information Warfare (IW)(N2N6) and supporting staff were realigned and distributed across the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV), and OPNAV N2N6 was disestablished. The CNO explained that this realignment is possible because of the fundamental mindset shift that resulted across the Navy since the creation of OPNAV N2N6 in recognition of IW as a critical warfighting domain at all levels of warfare.

NIP’s annual Red Tie luncheon, held this year on 1 May at the Army Navy Country Club, is always a special time for Naval intelligence professionals and friends to come together and recognize an individual for his or her lifetime achievements and outstanding contributions to our profession. This year’s event was no exception as NIP honored the life and legacy of the late Lieutenant General Vince Stewart.

Captain (Ret) Paul Lasko, who served as the first commanding officer of the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center (NMITC) in Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, celebrated his 90th birthday on 4 April 2026 with nearly a hundred family members, friends, and former colleagues at the Ginger Cove Retirement Community, where he lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

ONI held its annual awards ceremony in conjunction with its birthday celebration on Monday, 23 March 2026 to recognize its top-performing sailors and civilians for 2025. 

In an effort to expand our total force representation and participation in NIP and help us grow as an organization, we are looking for volunteers to be a part of our national committees. You don't need to live in the DC area —you just need to want to help get stuff done!

The National Military Intelligence Foundation (NMIF) hosted its annual Night of Heroes Intelligence Gala on January 29, 2026. In partnership with the Intelligence Community, NMIF recognizes exceptional performance each year by civilian, enlisted, and officer intelligence professionals.

The Naval Intelligence History Project (NHP) held its kick-off world-wide VTC on 25 January. For those not familiar with the NHP, it is a group project to update CAPT Packard’s Century of Naval Intelligence in time for the 150th anniversary of Naval Intelligence. It will be a peer reviewed historical work published by NHHC.

Naval Intelligence Professionals (NIP) is a tax-exempt educational and charitable Foundation. Through the Rear Admiral Sumner Shapiro Scholarship Program, NIP recognizes future leaders who’ve exhibited exceptional potential to contribute to naval intelligence and related national security goals.

Vice Admiral (Ret) Bob Sharp is no stranger to the annual GEOINT Gala, but this year’s gala, held on 5 December at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean, Virginia, was a particularly special event for our NIP Chair as he was recognized with the 2025 Arthur C. Lundahl-Thomas C. Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award.

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