 From 1950 to 1952, he served as a member of the Superintendent's Staff at the Naval Academy.The next year, as a student, he attended the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island.Another year and a half of sea duty as executive officer of the carrier , 1953 to 1954, was alternated with two and a half years of shore duty as head of the Operational Intelligence Branch of the Chief of Naval Operations, and as the personal aide to the Secretary of the Navy.