Scott M. Smith
Associate Professor College of Leadership and Ethics
Biography
Scott Smith is a retired surface warfare officer. He deployed throughout the globe primarily on frigates and destroyers, including in command of USS Klakring (FFG 42) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001). Ashore, he served as a speechwriter to Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; as the deputy to the Secretary of Defense's Senior Advisor for Military Professionalism; as the Chairman of the Joint Military Operations Department at the Naval War College; and, in his final tour, as the director of command and senior officer training at Surface Warfare Officers School.
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- Civil-Military Relations
- Counterdrug Operations
- Ethics
- Joint Operations
- Leadership
- Surface Warfare
Professional Highlights
College of Leadership and Ethics
Director, Command/Senior Officer Training, SWOS
Chairman, Joint Military Operations Dept., U.S. Naval War College
Commanding Officer, USS MICHAEL MONSOOR (DDG 1001)
Deputy to the Senior Advisor for Military Professionalism
Special Assistant and Speechwriter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Education
M.S., National War College
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
B.A., Virginia Military Institute
External Memberships and Associations
506th Infantry Regiment (Airborne/Air Assault)
Honorary Member
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