2025 Spring Graduation

Congratulations to our 2025 Spring Quarter Graduates and Award Winners!

The Graduating Class

The 2025 Spring quarter class includes 375 graduates, earning a total of 386 degrees. This class consists of 198 U.S. Navy; 75 U.S. Marine Corps; 31 U.S. Army; 9 U.S. Air Force; 1 U.S. Coast Guard; 1 Army National Guard; 28 civilians; and 32 international graduates representing 21 countries. Of the graduates, 44 are distance learning students, and 95 have completed Joint Professional Military Education (JPME).

Program

Awards

Videos

Spring 2025 Graduation Ceremony

Rear Adm. Christopher J. Sweeney, Director of Integrated Warfare (N9I) on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, offers the commencement address.

Maj. Dillon Pierce, U.S. Marine Corps

When U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Dillon Pierce crosses the stage during the Spring Quarter Graduation ceremony, he鈥檒l be doing it for the second time, this time with his Ph.D.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jason Mariscal

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jason Mariscal used his thesis cap-stone to explore early-stage capability development and acquisitions supporting Naval Special Warfare (NSW).

Lt.j.g. Ethan Williams, U.S. Navy

Lt. j.g. Ethan Williams, a graduate through the NPS Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) curriculum, developed a detailed experiment to better understand this for his NPS thesis.