Rear Adm. Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr., is relieved by Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe III as president, U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, R.I., during a change of command ceremony with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert (center). During the ceremony, Howe relieved Carter and became the 55th president and first Navy SEAL in command of the NWC. Howe, a U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School and National War College graduate, holds dual Master of Arts degrees in national security and reports from his most recent assignment as commander of Special Operations Command, Pacific. Carter departs the NWC following his appointment to vice admiral and assignment as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.