Leading While Losing It All
Two years ago, Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) master’s graduate Rodney Andreasen lost everything to Hurricane Michael when the Category 5 hurricane made landfall on Florida’s Panhandle and...
CHDS Reaches Out to the Nation
Rethinking Fire Danger: Where the Backwoods Meets the Backyard
Victor Hugo once observed that great blunders, like large ropes, are composed of a multitude of fibers. For Erik Litzenberg however, this observation applies equally to the kinds of challenge...
FEMA Administrator Congratulates CHDS Master’s Graduates
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Summer Quarter Graduation Ceremony that was scheduled for September 25 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony was set to include twenty-five homeland...
Education in Action: A Collaborator’s Evergreen Thesis
Editor’s note: This is the first of an ongoing series titled “Education in Action” where we profile CHDS theses and research projects that have evolved with time. Dennis Jensen wrote...
NPS-CHDS Remembers 9/11
This Friday marks the 19th year commemoration of the tragic September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. We ask that you join us in a moment of silence...
CHDS Provides Leadership Education to FEMA Incident Management Assistance Team Academy
The Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) Executive Education Program (EEP) and Executive Leaders Program (ELP) teams collaborated to deliver a multi-week executive education session for the FEMA Incident...
