Bernard Austin became Navy secretary of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee in December 1945 and joined the first class at the National War College. Political-military staff work and study at Britain's Imperial Defence College, completed in 1949, extended his experience beyond ship command. After the Korean War began, he organized Service Squadron 3 to support combat operations with logistics. As president of the Naval War College from 1960, he received recognition for connecting maritime strategy with national and Allied objectives and encouraging professional diplomatic relationships among participants. He also chaired the inquiry into the loss of USS Thresher. Repeated appointments to inquiry boards indicate the trust placed in his judgment, even when the work made enemies.
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Austin carried combat experience into joint education and naval logistics
Austin's postwar work connected military education and diplomacy with Korean War logistics and responsibility for difficult naval inquiries.