PERMANENT MILITARY PROFESSOR (PMP) COMMUNITY HISTORY

The Permanent Military Professor (PMP) program was created in 1997 to establish a cadre of career naval officers with both doctoral degrees and extensive operational experience who would instruct at one of the Navy's education institutions until statutory retirement or until released from active duty.  The program would specifically alleviate military instructor shortfalls at USNA, improve the educational background of military instructors and senior role models, strengthen military instructor presence at the Navy's education institutions, and provide viable opportunities for naval officers with doctoral degrees. On 30 September 2009, the PMP program separated from the Human Resources Community (1200), becoming the PMP community with the 1230 designator and its own competitive promotion category.  FY-11 was the first promotion cycle in which PMPs competed in their own competitive category.
 

FY26 PERMANENT MILITARY PROFESSOR (PMP) SELECTION BOARD INFORMATION

The FY26 PMP Board was announced via NAVADMIN 060/25. All designators are eligible to apply, but officers must possess a warfare pin from the URL/IWC communities (i.e. 1110, 1120, 1120, 1140, 1310, 1320, 18XX). Officers without a URL/IWC warfare pin with exceptional military and academic records will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

The deadline for Commander or Commander (selects) to submit packages for the FY26 PMP Board is 30 May 2025. Application information can be found in the current OPNAVINST and at this link. General Community questions should be directed to the PMP Community Manager at the number provided below. The FY26 PMP Selection Board is targeting to select up to 12 PMPs for projected assignment at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Naval War College (NWC), or the United States Naval Academy (USNA). Officers selected by the FY26 PMP Selection Board will report to graduate school by August 2026.

Academic disciplines available in FY26 are included below. Applicants for disciplines taught at NPS are required to submit applications via https://my.nps.edu/web/admissions/apply1 and PhD documents via https://my.nps.edu/web/admissions/doctoral NLT 08 MAY 2025.  The NPS admissions officer may be reached at (831) 656-3093/DSN 756 or via email at admissions@nps.edu (use PMP PhD as the subject line). Applicants desiring final assignment to NPS are recommended to contact the NPS PMP Lead, CAPT Warren Tomlinson, at wwtomlin@nps.edu before submitting applications. Applicants may be considered by all institutions, unless applicant requests to only be reviewed by a specific institution.

USNA

(1)    Aerospace Engineering Department: Aeronautical, Astronautical Engineering 
(2)    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department: Computer Engineering, Electric Engineering 
(3)    Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering: Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
(4)    Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering: Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering
(5)    Robotics and Control Engineering: Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering
(6)    Chemistry Department: Chemistry
(7)    Computer Science Department: Computer Science
(8)    Cyber Science Department: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer    
Science
(9)    Math Department: Operations Research
(10)     Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department: Marine Acoustics, Meteorology, Physical 
(11)     Oceanography
(12)     Physics Department: Physics 
(13)     The School of Humanities and Social Sciences
(14)     History Department: History
(15)    Political Science Department: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International  
   Relations
(16)      Economics Department: Economics
(17)      Languages Department
(18)      The Division of Leadership, Ethics, and Law: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
 

NPS

(1)     Department of Applied Mathematics: Applied Mathematics; Mathematics
(2)     Department of Computer Science: Computer Science; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence; Data Science; Cybersecurity, Software Engineering; Computer Networking; Quantum Computing
(3)     Department of Defense Management: Economics; Financial Management; Supply Chain Management; Program Management
(4)     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Electrical Engineering; Computer Engineering; Computer Science
(5)     Department of Information Sciences: Information Science: Data Science; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
(6)     Department of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering: Mechanical Engineering; Aeronautical, Aerospace or Astronautical Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Robotics Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Computer Science; Naval Architecture
(7)     Department of Meteorology: Meteorology
(8)     Department of National Security Affairs: Security Studies
(9)     Department of Oceanography: Oceanography, Engineering Acoustics
(10)     Department of Physics: Applied Physics; Material Science; Quantum Science and Engineering
 

NWC

1)    Operations Research
2)    Security Studies: International Relations; Comparative Politics; Strategic Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, or International Political Economy
3)    Data Science
4)    Industrial and Organizational Psychology

USNA POC: (410) 293-6564
NPS POC: (831) 656-2877
NWC POC: (401) 841-6423
PMP Community Manager: (901) 874-4511
PMP Asst Community Manager: (901) 874-3102
PERS-443 Graduate Education Officer: (901) 874-4602
PMP Detailer: (901) 874-4054