C&ME's Boat for Bonfire: 
The USS Conflagration was burned to a cinder in the annual Beat Navy Bonfire. This modern stealth frigate was built in the Mahan Dry Dock by a variety of CME Cadets.
Photojournalist Michael Kamber with EN101: Award-winning war photojournalist Michael Kamber met with the EN101 cadets in the course’s "Future of Democracy" module. Kamber is the author of the recently published Iraq War photograph anthology Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq. Kamber's presentation helped cadets understand how the power of images and media can affect both public opinion and important decision makers.
Video Conference on Moral Dilemmas in War: Philosophy 201 hosted a video conference talk with Mr. Justin Watt. In 2006, Watt was a PFC serving in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division and he reported a war crime committed by members of his platoon. Cadets discussed the moral complexities and challenges of war with Mr. Watt and applied logical and ethical reasoning to deliberate on moral dilemmas related to war and tensions between military service and concepts of personal autonomy.
Table Top Exercise: Cadets in NE450 Nuclear Weapons Effects & SS483 National Security Seminar, conducted a Tabletop Exercise hosted by National Defense University’s (NDU) Center for Study of WMD to examine Iran’s nuclear ambitions and US strategic options.