During his service in the Navy, Woodward served aboard the USS Wright, and was one of two officers assigned to move or handle nuclear launch codes the Wright carried in its capacity as a National Emergency Command Post Afloat (NECPA). [10]

Woodward was born to Jane and Alfred Woodward in Geneva, Illinois on March 26, 1943. He enrolled in Yale University in 1961 with an NROTC scholarship, and studied history and English literature. He received his B.A. degree in 1965, and began …

Proceedings: What impact did your service in the Navy have on your later professional career? Woodward: I was in NROTC in college. So when I graduated in ’65, I went into the Navy. I was supposed to serve four years, but they made it five because …

Woodward was born in Illinois and graduated from Yale University in 1965. He served five years as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy before beginning his journalism career at the Montgomery County (Maryland) Sentinel, where he was a …

Now an associate editor of the Post, Bob Woodward has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes and is the author or co-author of 15 books, all of which have been national bestsellers. What's less well known is that he began his career as a naval officer, from 1965 to 1970.

I studied history and English at Yale, which I attended on an NROTC (Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps) scholarship. After college I served in the Navy five years.

Mar 10, 2022 · Fresh out of the Navy, Bob Woodward washed out in his first attempt to work for The Washington Post, and went to work for a tiny suburban weekly. A year later, he was back at the Post, and at age 29 found himself in the middle of one of the biggest stories of the century.

When the senior Woodward returned home and pursued a career as a lawyer, he kept photos around the house that showed himself in uniform as a fighter in the Pacific, photos Bob later remembered as urging him toward the Navy. Bob Woodward was the oldest of Al and Jane Woodward's three children.

He graduated from Yale University in 1965 and served five years as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy before beginning his journalism career at the Montgomery County (Maryland) Sentinel, where he was a reporter for one year before joining the Post.

Apr 16, 2022 · Woodward was born to Jane and Alfred Woodward in Geneva, Illinois on March 26, 1943. He enrolled at Yale University in 1961 with an NROTC scholarship and studied history and English literature. He received his B.A. degree in 1965 and began a …