Please join the CSIS Defense and Security Department (DSD) and the U.S. Naval Institute on November 14th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a Maritime Security Dialogue event featuring Admiral James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations. ADM Kilby will sit down with Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spicer, USN (Ret.), chief executive officer and publisher, U.S. Naval Institute, to discuss how the U.S. Navy is preparing its force for the future, and how the lessons learned from the current conflicts in the Middle East and Europe will alter future contingencies in the Indo-Pacific and other regions. Dr. Seth G. Jones, president, Defense and Security Department, will offer opening remarks.
The Maritime Security Dialogue series brings together CSIS and the U.S. Naval Institute, two of the nation's most respected non-partisan institutions. The series highlights the unique challenges facing the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard from national level maritime policy to naval concept development and program design. Given budgetary challenges, technological opportunities, and ongoing strategic adjustments, the nature and employment of U.S. maritime forces are likely to undergo significant change over the next ten to fifteen years. The Maritime Security Dialogue provides an unmatched forum for discussion of these issues with the nation’s maritime leaders.
This event is made possible by support from HII.
Adm. James W. Kilby is a native of Pound Ridge, New York, and a 1986 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
Kilby’s sea tours include USS Sampson (DDG 10), USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) and two tours aboard USS San Jacinto (CG 56). He commanded USS Russell (DDG 59) where he received the Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale Award for inspirational leadership. His major command was aboard USS Monterey (CG 61) and included its maiden Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) deployment in 2011.
His shore tours include the Naval Postgraduate School; two tours in the Chief of Naval Operations’ Surface Warfare Directorate, N96; Navy Personnel Command’s Surface Warfare Division, PERS-41; and the Aegis BMD Program Office in the Missile Defense Agency.
Kilby’s flag assignments include Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center; Commander, Carrier Strike Group 1; director of Warfare Integration, N9I; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, N9; Deputy Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; and Commander, Task Force EIGHT ZERO.
Kilby assumed the duties of Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Jan. 5, 2024.
