

Stockdale’s widow was in attendance for the luncheon announcement, and she shared in receiving the standing ovation after Adm. Stockdale, USN, a highly decorated former prisoner of war in Vietnam and vice-presidential candidate in 1992. Mullen, USN, chief of naval operations (CNO), officially announced that DDG-106, the Navy’s next guided missile destroyer, would be named after the late Vice Adm. While the conference was rife with substantive discussion, what might have been the event’s most memorable moment came when Adm. Titled “Service Roles and Structures: What’s Right for the Way Ahead,” the three-day conference held January 10-12 in San Diego included speakers, panels and courses. Many of these causes and effects were discussed at West 2006, the annual conference and exposition sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. These changes affect everything from the information infrastructure to personnel policies, and the long-term nature of that war means that even more changes are likely to emerge. military by the global war on terrorism are more far-reaching and are happening more quickly than expected, according to U.S. Smaller forces must be smarter and better equipped to respond to new threats.

Mullen, USN, chief of naval operations, gives the Keynote Address at West 2006 in San Diego.
