Bio Summary

Captain Jeffrey E. Kline, United States Navy (Retired)
Professor of Practice, Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Ca

Jeff Kline attended the University of Missouri, School of Engineering, graduating with honors in Industrial Engineering, and received his Navy commission through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program in 1979. His initial sea tour was in USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980) serving as Gunnery Officer and Navigator. Jeff's following sea tours included assignments as propulsion officer in USS RANGER (CV-61), Combat Systems Officer in USS JOHN L. HALL (FFG-32), Operations Officer for Tactical Destroyer Squadron 32, Commanding Officer of USS AQUILA (PHM-4), Commanding Officer of USS CUSHING (DD-985), and Deputy Operations Officer of COMSIXTHFLT. His shore tours include Marine Corps Landing Force Training Command, Pacific as an instructor in Naval Gunfire and Supporting Arms, Naval Postgraduate School as a student in Operations Research graduating with honors, and Office of the Secretary of Defense as a Naval Analyst. Jeff is also a 1997 honors graduate of the National War College in Washington D.C.

Jeff is currently a Professor of Practice in the Operations Research department and is the Director of the Wayne P. Hughes Jr. Naval Warfare Studies Institute. He teaches Joint Campaign Analysis, systems analysis, executive risk assessment and contributes to maritime security education programs offered at NPS. Jeff supports applied analytical research in naval warfare, maritime operations and security, theater ballistic missile defense, and future force composition studies. Jeff was a member of the 2017 Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Design Advisory Board. He has also served on several Naval Study Board Committees. His NPS faculty awards include the 2019 INFORMS Military Application Society J. Steinhardt Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Operations Research, Superior Civilian Service Award, 2011 Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Award for Teaching of OR Practice, 2009 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Homeland Security Award, 2007 Hamming Award for interdisciplinary research, 2007 Wayne E. Meyers Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering Research, and the 2005 Northrop Grumman Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering. He is a member of the Military Operations Research Society,the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, and the Naval Warfare Studies Institute.

Recent Publications and Patent

Wirtz, J., Kline, J., Pournelle, P., Augier, M., 2021 "The Maritime Strategic Imperative", The RUSI Journal, DOI: 10:1080

Thomas, G.F., Kline, J., 2021, The Velvet Glove That Cloaks the Fist of Power: The Role of U.S. Military Communication in Addressing the North Korea Threat, in Diplomatic and Mediated Arguments in the North Korean Crisis: Engaging the Hermit Kingdom , edited by T.A. Hallihan, Palgrave Macmillian Series in Global Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Kline, J., 2020 "Resurrecting War Plan Blue", Proceedings, July 2020, Vol 146/7/1409

Kline, J., 2020 "Campaign Analysis to Support Operational Planning and Execution", Phalanx, June 2020, pp 74-76

Kline, J., Tanalgea, J., Appleget, J. Lucas, T., 2019 "Developing New Tactics and Technologies in Naval Warfare", Center for International Maritime Security found at http://cimsec.org/developing-new-tactics-and-technologies-in-naval-warfare-the-mdusv-example/39436

Appleget, J., Kline, J., Wirtz, J., 2018, "Do Wargames impact deterrence?", in Military Exercises: Political Messaging and Strategic Impact, edited by Heuser, Heier and Lasconjarias, NATO Defense College Forum Paper 26, Rome, Italy

Kline, J., 2018 "From Midway to Monterey: Leveraging Initiative and Technology", Center for International Maritime Security, History, found at http://cimsec.org/midway-monterey-leveraging-initiative-technology/36694

Kline, J., 2017"Impacts of the Robotics Age on Naval Force Design, Effectiveness, and Acquisition", Naval War College Review, Summer 2017, Vol 70, No. 3

Kline, J., 2016 "A Tactical Doctrine for Distributed Lethality," Distributed Lethality 2016, A Compendium by Center for International Maritime Security, pp4-9

Responding to Capability Surprise: A Strategy for U.S. Naval Forces, National Research Council of the National Academies, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C, 2013

Harvey, J., Hughes, W., Kline, J., and Schwartz, Z., 2013, "Sustaining American Maritime Influence," Proceedings, September, Vol 139/9 pp46-51

Kline, J., Hughes, W., 2012, "Between Peace and War: A War at Sea Strategy", Naval War College Review, August, Vol 65, No. 4 pp35-41

Kline, J. 2012, "Shaping Tomorrow's Problem Solvers," ORMS Today, August, Vol 39, No 4 pp26-29

Brown, G., Kline, J., Thomas, A., Washburn, A., and Wood, K., 2011, "A Game-Theoretic Model for Defense of an Oceanic Bastion Against Submarines," Military Operations Research, 16(4), pp. 25-40.

Brown, G., Kline, J., Rosenthal, R., Menconi, P., Washburn, A., 2011, "Mix-Mode Fuel Minimization,", United States Patent No. US 8,050,849 B1

Brown, G., Carlyle, M., Abdul-Ghaffar, A., Kline, J., 2011, "A Defender-Attacker Optimization of Port Radar Surveillance," Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com)

Salmeron, J., Kline,J., and Densham, S.G., 2011, "Optimizing Schedules for Maritime Humanitarian Cooperative Engagements from a United States Navy Sea Base," Interfaces, 41.3(2011):238-253

Brown, G. G., Carlyle, M., Abdul-Ghaffar, A. and Kline, J., 2011, "A Defender-Attacker Optimization of Port Radar Surveillance," Naval Research Logistics, 58(3), pp.223-235.

Kline, J., Hughes, W., and Otte, D., 2010, "Campaign Analysis: An Introductory Review," Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, ed Cochran, J. John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Kline, Jeffrey E. "Maritime Security." Securing Freedom in the Global Commons. Ed. Scott Jasper. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010. 67-82.

Brown, Gerald G., Jeffrey E. Kline, Richard Rosenthal, and Alan R. Washburn. "Steaming on Convex Hulls." Interfaces 37.4 (2007): 342-52.

Kline, Jeffrey E. "Educating Today's Leaders…Well, Today!" Phalanx Dec. 2005: 7.

Brown, Gerald G., Matthew W. Carlyle, Douglas Diehl, Jeffrey E. Kline, Kevin R. Wood. "A Two-Sided Optimization for Theater Ballistic Missile Defense." Operations Research 53.5 (Sept.-Oct. 2005): 745-63.

Bachmann, Richard J., Frank J. Boria, Peter G. Ifju, Roger D. Quinn, Jeffrey E. Kline, and Ravi Vaidyanathan. "Utility of a Sensor Platform Capable of Aerial and Terrestrial Locomotion." International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Monterey, CA, July 2005.

Calvano, Chuck, Jeffrey E. Kline, Dave Olwell, and Mark Stevens. "Naval Postgraduate School Aims at Real-World Defense Problems." Proceedings Feb 2005: 80-1.

Kline, Jeffrey E. "Operational Art: The Bridge Between Deterministic Combat Analysis and the actual Complex Adaptive System known as War." Nov. 2004.

Kline, Jeffrey E. "JTF Commander: "Send Me Our Combat Analysts."" Phalax March 2003: 15&19.

Kline, Jeffrey E. "We Need High-Speed Vessels Again." Proceedings March 2002: 110-111.

Kline, Jeffrey E. "Joint Vision 2010 and Accelerated Cumulative Warfare." Washington DC: National Defense University Press, 1997.

Kline, Jeffrey E. "La Guerra Del Pacifico Campana Para el Control Del Mar." Revista de Marina June 1997: 563-69.

Kline, Jeffrey E. "Failure Rates Of Electro-mechanic Connectors in the MK48 Torpedo." MORS Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, 1992.