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
Museum and memorial symposium. Good morning. Am not and it is my pleasure to welcome you, thank you for coming out to what i think is going to be an extraordinary couple of days as we came together and learning at this of speaking together and learning at this symposium. We are delighted to work with so many partners to create another exceptional opportunity for us. I hope it will take the time to spend time in the galleries. The special exhibition piece with 19 from 1919 fits with this piece. Preparing for the opening of a new exhibition, the vietnam war, 19451975. That opens next weekend, so this is a teaser. We invite those of you who are able to come back to memorial day weekend of year to come back and take in an exceptional exhibition that also provides the link sent helps people understand the enduring impact of the war and world war i. And how it contributed to the vietnam war. There iskes us is that a continuum and growing interest in world war i and its enduring impact. I am
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is matt miller. I service the president and ceo here at the national War One Museum immemorial it is my pleasure to welcome you here to what i think its going to be an extraordinary couple of days to thing together and learn at the symposium. We are delighted to be house need networking with so many partners to create yet another, i think, exceptional opportunity for us. Whilst you are here, i hope that you take time to spend some time in the galleries. The special exhibition, piece 1919, certainly fits with this theme and he will enjoy that as well as our main galleries where we are preparing for the opening of a new exhibition this week on the vietnam war, 1945, 1975. That is not open until next weekend so its a teaser for you. But we invite those of you who are able to come back through the next several months 30 memorial day weekend of next year to come back and take in really quite exceptional exhibition that also provides the links and
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