Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe III, center, president of the U.S. Naval War College, participates in the Innovation from the Warfighter's Perspective discussion panel during the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance Defense Innovation Days conference at the Marriott Hotel in Newport, R.I. With Howe are retired Vice Adm. Walter B. Massenburg, left, former commander of Naval Air Systems Command, now with Raytheon, and Army Brig. Gen. William E. Cole, commander of Natick Soldier Systems Center. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James E. Foehl/Released)