By News staff
NEWPORT, R.I. -- The Naval War College in Newport is getting a new president.
The college on Tuesday will hold a change-of-command ceremony to install Rear Adm. Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. as its 54th president.
He replaces Rear Adm. John Christenson, who took command of the 125-year-old college in 2011.
Carter is a native of Burrillville. He has commanded the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group 12, and was commander of the Carl Vinson, one of the Navy's largest nuclear-powered super carriers. He has flown 125 combat missions.
Christenson will become deputy U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee in Brussels.