It was a dramatic first. The first time in American Naval history that women were assigned to the crew of a ship. On a soggy november 18, 1972, at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in california the uss sanctuary was recommissioned. The first woman admiral elaine dirk gave the commissioning address. The sanctuary is being recommissioned as a new and unusual type of ship with a new mission to assist the navy effort to improve moral and flexibility by home porting combatant ships overseas to provide medical and Resale Services to deploy dependents wherever the fleet may be assigned. In addition to this forward step the sanctuary has been selected as the ship to participate in the Pilot Program which will evaluate the utilization of women for sharp board duty. It will be home for about 80 women, half in the crew and half at the hospital. With these innovations you could see that the sanctuary is truly unique in many respects. The sanctuary is an experiment to see how well women and men can tog
Huds hudson senior institute. I am seth cropsey. I hope that you have the monograph thats a subject of our discussion today. And, if you do not, i believe that we still have copies in and out the front desk so by all means pick up a copy on your way out. We are fortunate to have with us today brian mcgraft, this man, my friend and coarthur, former Deputy Director of Hudson Center and managing director of the National Security defense consultant. Also a plane crash to welcome this man. Also, a retired naval officer and defense news best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph, brian will follow and then the three of us will discuss, well conclude with questions and probably some answers. To the untrained audience, modern Technology May seemed to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory and historic conflict relied on the coincidence of skills and luck. The great commander thought to place himself in a position to impose his will o
And if you do not, i believe we still have copies at the front desk. By all means, pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today, brian graff, this man, my friend and coauthor was also a retired naval officer, formal Deputy Director for american seapower. A prolific writer and also managing director, its a National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david, this man. Also a retired naval officer and defensive uses best writer. I will offer some thoughts based on our monograph. Brian will follow. Then the three of us will discuss, we will conclude with questions and some answers. To the untrained eye, modern military Technology May seem to have eliminated the thought of war that defined premodern battlefields. Victory in historic conflicts relied on the coincidence of skill and luck. The great commander sought in a position to impose his will on a chaotic battlefield in a single moment of genius or a series of moments of genius.
Afraid to take your issue seriously. You are never too young to have an opinion so that your voice be heard now. For more information go to our website, studentcam. Org. Welcome to todays conference on Intelligence Surveillance reconnaissance and targeting. This part of the series conducted by Hudson Institution for american seapower. Im seth cropsey, senior fellow here at hudson, and also director of the center for american seapower. I hope that you have monograph the subject of our discussion today, and if you do not, i believe that we still have copies out at the front desk, so by all means pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today bryan mcgrath, this man, my friend and coauthor of the monograph was also a retired naval officer, formerly Deputy Director of hudson sector for american seapower, a prolific writer and also managing director of the Ferrybridge Group which is National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david
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