The faculty at NPS consist of approximately 200 tenure track faculty, 30 military faculty, and a varying number of other non-tenure-track faculty who support the teaching and research programs. NPS competes nationally and internationally for faculty and has successfully recruited and retained faculty from top quality universities. Among the tenure track faculty nearly all hold the PhD degree or other highest terminal degree in their field. All tenure-track faculty do both graduate-level teaching and research. The military faculty are proven performers in their service and bring current knowledge and experience to the classrooms and to thesis supervision. The non-tenure-track faculty augment the teaching and research skills of the tenure-track faculty and often bring experience or special skills not otherwise available.