Program Update: Stennis Center Celebrates Award Winners at U.S. Navy Recruiting Command Ceremony On February 17, 2022, the Stennis Center for Public Service attended the U.S. Navy Recruiting Command’s Recruiter… Read More »Program Update: Stennis Center Celebrates Award Winners at U.S. Navy Recruiting Command Ceremony

2022 Bradley E. Johanson Scholarship Application OPEN Renamed in 2011, the USS STENNIS Family Scholarship became the Bradley E. Johanson Scholarship for USS STENNIS Families. This scholarship supports the educational… Read More »2022 Bradley E. Johanson Scholarship Application OPEN

Program Update: Prospective Commanding Officer Program This month, the incoming officer of the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVN-79), Capt. Colin Day, visited Capitol Hill as part of the Stennis Center… Read More »Program Update: Prospective Commanding Officer Program

Commerce Clause On May 24, 2021, the state of Florida signed into law Senate Bill 7072. According to a press release from the governor’s office, this law would hold social… Read More »Commerce Clause

Generals and Defense Secretaries The current secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, was a notable nominee not only as the first black person to hold the position but because of his… Read More »Generals and Defense Secretaries

Young Voices for Service Spotlight: Tanner DeYoung Last summer, I was at the Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., with a friend from college at a Washington Nationals baseball game when… Read More »Young Voices for Service Spotlight: Tanner DeYoung

Evolution of the Military: Part 3 Two major factors for the initial division between the militia and the Regular Army were the practical realities of limited resources and a real… Read More »Evolution of the Military: Part 3

Evolution of the Military: Part 2 Part 1 of this series ended with a division between the Army and the militia. The Regular Army was small and viewed as the… Read More »Evolution of the Military: Part 2

Program Update: Fall 2021 Stennis Program for Congressional Interns The Stennis Program for Congressional Interns concluded its fall 2021 session of the 117th Congress on November 19, 2021. Throughout the… Read More »Program Update: Fall 2021 Stennis Program for Congressional Interns

Evolution of the Military: Part 1 The history of the U.S. military is a story of the dueling roles of the standing Army and the militia. Since America’s founding, the… Read More »Evolution of the Military: Part 1