141211-N-QW561-082 MONTEREY, Calif. (Dec. 11, 2014) Members of the 61st graduating class of the Naval War College (NWC) Monterey program are pictured in the McNitt Ballroom of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Dec. 11. Located on the NPS campus, the NWC Monterey program provides NPS students with an opportunity to earn their Joint Professional Military Education Phase I certification concurrently with their NPS master’s degree. More than 3,800 officers have earned this certification since the program’s inception in 1999. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Ehrlich/Released)