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Post #SMH2024 thoughts: #History conferences like the Society For Military History #SMH2024 are invaluable to me & can be really important to the US Army. Let me explain from my perspective as Chair of Applied History at the Modern War Institute at West Point United States Military Academy at West Point & Associate Professor at the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS). In addition to teaching, I have been called upon to help develop solutions to novel tactical problems, advise commands, units, & other organizations on strategic & operational problems and assist those who are developing future technology understand its requirements. When trying to tackle today's challenges such as mitigating the threat from #drones, or looking at post-conflict stabilization, or developing the requirements for local defense forces I have often found success in looking at somewhat analogous historical situations. Doing #AppliedHistory effectively requires both depth & breadth. This is one way good conferences help. I have learned tons on a vast array of subjects from the dozens of papers I have attended over the years - some of which had direct applications. Sometimes my knowledge isn't sufficient. In those situations conferences like the Society For Military History have proven invaluable. Folks I met at conferences such as Mary Elizabeth Walters, Kate Tietzen-Wisdom, PhD, Nir Arielli, John Sullivan, John Spencer among many others have lent me their expertise to address operational challenges. At conferences I have learned about the areas where scholars have expertise & the extent & quality of their research. This has helped me know the right friend to phone when time is short and stakes are high. So why should the #Army send #planners to #history conferences? I have been in OPTs sorely lacked critical historical knowledge and context or that have struggled mightily to reinvent the wheel. Military officers are generalists & need more historical breadth. In one good conference an officer will be introduced to more relevant history than in a year at many #PME institutions. More importantly they will meet dozens of historians upon whom they can call. This would have immeasurably some of the planning I have seen. The other area where conferences such as the Society For Military History #SMH2024 is important to the force is in developing teaching. Part of my role the School of Advanced Military Studies is to keep curricula up to date. Many scholars whose work I've encountered at conferences have become part of my teaching & helped my students prepare for the challenges of their future assignments is far too massive to list here. So why should the US Army send its people to conferences such as Society For Military History #SMH2024? Because, as I have experienced, the education & networks these conferences provide will help it plan better, better educate the force & develop better options in crisis.

Biography book recommendation for Week-Three of Women’s History Month is ‘Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age’ by Kurt Beyer. Her professional title, Rear Admiral Hopper, says a lot about a pioneer who bridged the cultures of different worlds where few if any women went before who were born just after the turn into the 20th Century: PhDs in mathematics and physical mathematics, professor of mathematics and an interdisciplinary pedagogialist; WWII naval officer; inventor of computer programming and communicator between humans and machines so we don’t have to be mathematicians to use our computers; and the namesake of a U.S. Navy destroyer https://lnkd.in/gxBdzMVm, a building on the Yard of the United States Naval Academy https://lnkd.in/gsHaGbSt, and a NVIDIA superchip https://lnkd.in/gwMd5Ja8. Her biography is a history of technological innovation and the evolution of the Information Age and most importantly its democratization. The book reads at times like an action novel, but it is all about the intelligence of a woman, the executive officer on a land-based ship that would sail the Internet, in a male-dominant world and the creation of artificial intelligence.

SEEKING Women Marines History Submissions for Marine Corps History Publication (2016 and beyond). "For over a century, the primary mission of the Marine Corps History Division (HD) has been to research, promote and publish the Marine Corps' official history. Through the Marine Corps University (MCU) Press, HD prepares a wide variety of official publications that tell the Marine Corps story as accurately and comprehensively as possible. All MCU Press publications are available for free in both hard copy and .pdf." Please consider contributing to this important effort. Email LeadHers65@gmail.com your submission in a word document (see below for template). **History Submission** Name:   Hometown:  What motivated you to join the Marine Corps? Date of initial training: When was your first gender-integrated training/schooling? Years in the Marine Corps [active duty and/or Reserve]: Sequence of billets and duty stations: What was the approximate percentage of female Marines in similar billets at your duty stations? Have you served as a mentor and/or have you had a mentor? If so, was this a valuable process? Significant career events: Highest rank [thus far] attained: Reasons for remaining in the Marine Corps: Reasons for leaving the Corps [if applicable]: If you served during 2012 - 2021, did changes in law and DOD/USMC policy regarding new billet/unit opportunities for women influence your career goals? Did you experience any limitations due to gender during your career? If so, how did you rise above or push through? What do you feel best qualified you for career advancement? Did you participate in high school and/or college sports, and do you believe that influenced success in your career? Do you have favorite physical fitness and mental fitness routines? What MCMAP belt are you? Do you enjoy this program? What are your thoughts on the recent female Marine uniform changes?  If you have dependents, how have you balanced career and family? Other comments:   Please attach your bio, if you have not provided it separately and please rename your history submission .doc with your name before emailing, ex: N.AndersonHistorySubmission.  #Marines #HerStory #WarriorsConnected #SemperFidelis

Meet U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Scott Humr, a doctoral graduate in information sciences at NPS through the highly-competitive Marine Corps Ph.D. Program Technical (PHDP-T), who will graduate from NPS this Friday.  Humr’s dissertation research focused on trust in information generated by AI-based systems as it becomes a critical factor in enabling rapid, effective decision-making on the battlefield.   “NPS has provided me with a foundation of many different skill sets to investigate different phenomenon, ranging from qualitative to quantitative methods,” said Humr, whose research will support the development of more advanced, trustworthy AI-based systems. “NPS is a great place for interdisciplinary research, and I’m truly grateful for the experiences that I’ve had here.”   As AI is more integrated into combat systems that provide key information to commanders, Humr will apply his knowledge and new technique for modeling trust in an AI that leverages quantum open system technologies, at the Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration command in Quantico, VA.   • Watch Humr and his 200+ fellow graduates celebrate the completion of their NPS studies during the 2023 Summer Quarter Graduation ceremony on Friday, Sept. 22, at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern), live on the NPS Streaming Channel: https://lnkd.in/dtvssgaU. United States Marine Corps | US Navy #informationscience #artificialintelligence #trust #decisionmaking #awardwinning #studentresearch #marines #usnavy #NPS #graduation #NavalEducation