NOVEMBER18", 2017

U.S. NAVALACADEMY

NOVEMBER18", 2017

U.S. NAVALACADEMY

NAVYCON:NAVIESIN SCIENCE FICTION

18 November2017, 1200-1700 EST

U.S. Naval Academy Museum

SESSION| *

Opening Address (1200-1220)

Claude Berube, Director USNA Museum

“The Academy,’ NavalHeritage, and Star Trek”

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Special Guest Speaker(1220-1240 plus 10 min Q&A)CAPT KayHire (Ret), (USNA ’81), NASA astronaut STS-90

and STS-130

“The NASA of Today and Tomorrow”

Panel 1 (1250-1330)LT Matt Hipple, USN

“Why the Proposed Space Cadre Oughtto be Part of the Navy”

Tim Choi (PhD Candidate)

“Maritime Security, Sea Lanes, Chokepoints and‘Star Trek Deep

Space Nine”

Panel 2 (1330-1430)RaymondPritchett, “Galrahn” of Informationdissemination.net

“NavalIrregular Warfare and SciFi Videogames”

Jonathan Bratten

“Non-State Actors: The Caseof ‘Firefly’”

CDR Bj] Armstrong

“Bringing Balanceto the Fleet Forces: Issues of Fleet Design in ‘Star

Wars’ and ‘The Expanse.””

Break (1430-1445)

NAVYCON:NAVIESIN SCIENCE FICTION

18 November2017, 1200-1700 EST

U.S. Naval Academy Museum

SESSION| *

Opening Address (1200-1220)

Claude Berube, Director USNA Museum

“The Academy,’ NavalHeritage, and Star Trek”

s

Special Guest Speaker(1220-1240 plus 10 min Q&A)CAPT KayHire (Ret), (USNA ’81), NASA astronaut STS-90

and STS-130

“The NASA of Today and Tomorrow”

Panel 1 (1250-1330)LT Matt Hipple, USN

“Why the Proposed Space Cadre Oughtto be Part of the Navy”

Tim Choi (PhD Candidate)

“Maritime Security, Sea Lanes, Chokepoints and‘Star Trek Deep

Space Nine”

Panel 2 (1330-1430)RaymondPritchett, “Galrahn” of Informationdissemination.net

“NavalIrregular Warfare and SciFi Videogames”

Jonathan Bratten

“Non-State Actors: The Caseof ‘Firefly’”

CDR Bj] Armstrong

“Bringing Balanceto the Fleet Forces: Issues of Fleet Design in ‘Star

Wars’ and ‘The Expanse.””

Break (1430-1445)

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. U.S. Naval Academy Museum

SESSIONII

Panel 3 (1445-1530)Jennifer Marland, National Museum ofthe U.S. Navy

“WhyOld Tech is sometimesthe RightAnswer:‘Battlestar

Galactica”

David Larter, reporter Navy Times

“Fleet Leadership in ‘Star Wars’”

Panel 4 (1530-1615)* CAPT Mark Vandroff (USNA ’89), former Program Managerof

DDG-51 program

“Acquisition Reform Implementation by the Galactic Empirein the

Years Priorto the Battle of Yavin” )

Dr. Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security (former

Director of Naval History & Heritage Command)

“Fleet Operations andTactics in David Weber’s Honor Harrington

Series”

Keynote Address(1615-1645)

CongressmanMike Gallagher (R-WI), HASC Seapower

Subcommittee, USMC/Iraq Vet

“Service, Citizenship & ‘Starship Troopers”

Concluding Address (1645-1715)

David Weber,sciencefiction authorof the best-selling Honor

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~ NAVYCON:NAVIESIN SCIENCE FICTION18 November2017, 1200-1700 EST

. U.S. Naval Academy Museum

SESSIONII

Panel 3 (1445-1530)Jennifer Marland, National Museum ofthe U.S. Navy

“WhyOld Tech is sometimesthe RightAnswer:‘Battlestar

Galactica”

David Larter, reporter Navy Times

“Fleet Leadership in ‘Star Wars’”

Panel 4 (1530-1615)* CAPT Mark Vandroff (USNA ’89), former Program Managerof

DDG-51 program

“Acquisition Reform Implementation by the Galactic Empirein the

Years Priorto the Battle of Yavin” )

Dr. Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security (former

Director of Naval History & Heritage Command)

“Fleet Operations andTactics in David Weber’s Honor Harrington

Series”

Keynote Address(1615-1645)

CongressmanMike Gallagher (R-WI), HASC Seapower

Subcommittee, USMC/Iraq Vet

“Service, Citizenship & ‘Starship Troopers”

Concluding Address (1645-1715)

David Weber,sciencefiction authorof the best-selling Honor

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Captain Kathryn “Kay”Hire, USN (Ret)Special Guest Speaker

Captain Kathryn “Kay” Hire, USN (Ret) receivedher Bachelor of Science degree in Engineeringand Managementfrom the U.S. Naval Academy

in 1981 and her Master of Science degree inSpace Technology from Florida Institute ofTechnologyin 1991. After earning her Naval

| Flight Officer wings , Hire conducted worldwideairborne oceanographic research missionswith Oceanographic Development SquadronEight (VXN-8). She flew as OceanographicProject Coordinator, Mission Commanderand

DetachmentOfficer-in-Charge on board specially configured RP-3A and RP-3D Orionaircraft. Following the repeal of the Title 10U.S.C. combataircraft restriction for female military aviators in 1993,Hire wasthefirst femalein the U.S. military assigned to a combataircrew. Hire later served with USS Kitty Hawk Detachment0482,Tactical Support Center 0682, U.S. Seventh Fleet DetachmentIII,and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Detachment 108. Recalledto full-time active military duty from 2001 to 2003, Hire supportedOperation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom as amemberof the Headquarters, U.S. Central Command CurrentOperations and Joint Operations Center (JOC) staffs at MacDillAFB, Florida during Operation Enduring Freedom,followed byreassignmentto the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U:S.FifthFleet staff for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Hire began workat theKennedy Space Centerin May 1989,first as an Orbiter ProcessingFacility 3 Activation Engineer and later as a Space Shuttle OrbiterMechanical Systems Engineer for Lockheed Space OperationsCompany. In 1991 she wascertified as a Space Shuttle Test ProjectEngineer (TPE) and headed the checkout of the ExtravehicularMobility Units (spacesuits) and Russian Orbiter Docking System. Shewasassigned as Supervisor of Space Shuttle Orbiter Mechanismsand Launch Pad Swing Armsin 1994. Selected by NASA*in December1994, Hire reported to the Johnson Space Centerin March 1995. Aftera year of training, she worked in mission control as a spacecraftcommunicator (CAPCOM).Hire flew as Mission Specialist-2 onSTS-90 Neurolab (1998) and logged over 381 hours in space. Sheserved as the Astronaut Office Lead for Shuttle Avionics IntegrationLaboratory (SAIL), Shuttle Payloads, and Flight Crew Equipment.Hire was assigned to the Astronaut Support Personnel (ASP) teamfor Kennedy Space Center Operations. She then journeyed to theInternational Space Station as a Mission Specialist for Soace Shuttlemission STS-130.

Captain Kathryn “Kay”Hire, USN (Ret)Special Guest Speaker

Captain Kathryn “Kay” Hire, USN (Ret) receivedher Bachelor of Science degree in Engineeringand Managementfrom the U.S. Naval Academy

in 1981 and her Master of Science degree inSpace Technology from Florida Institute ofTechnologyin 1991. After earning her Naval

| Flight Officer wings , Hire conducted worldwideairborne oceanographic research missionswith Oceanographic Development SquadronEight (VXN-8). She flew as OceanographicProject Coordinator, Mission Commanderand

DetachmentOfficer-in-Charge on board specially configured RP-3A and RP-3D Orionaircraft. Following the repeal of the Title 10U.S.C. combataircraft restriction for female military aviators in 1993,Hire wasthefirst femalein the U.S. military assigned to a combataircrew. Hire later served with USS Kitty Hawk Detachment0482,Tactical Support Center 0682, U.S. Seventh Fleet DetachmentIII,and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Detachment 108. Recalledto full-time active military duty from 2001 to 2003, Hire supportedOperation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom as amemberof the Headquarters, U.S. Central Command CurrentOperations and Joint Operations Center (JOC) staffs at MacDillAFB, Florida during Operation Enduring Freedom,followed byreassignmentto the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U:S.FifthFleet staff for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Hire began workat theKennedy Space Centerin May 1989,first as an Orbiter ProcessingFacility 3 Activation Engineer and later as a Space Shuttle OrbiterMechanical Systems Engineer for Lockheed Space OperationsCompany. In 1991 she wascertified as a Space Shuttle Test ProjectEngineer (TPE) and headed the checkout of the ExtravehicularMobility Units (spacesuits) and Russian Orbiter Docking System. Shewasassigned as Supervisor of Space Shuttle Orbiter Mechanismsand Launch Pad Swing Armsin 1994. Selected by NASA*in December1994, Hire reported to the Johnson Space Centerin March 1995. Aftera year of training, she worked in mission control as a spacecraftcommunicator (CAPCOM).Hire flew as Mission Specialist-2 onSTS-90 Neurolab (1998) and logged over 381 hours in space. Sheserved as the Astronaut Office Lead for Shuttle Avionics IntegrationLaboratory (SAIL), Shuttle Payloads, and Flight Crew Equipment.Hire was assigned to the Astronaut Support Personnel (ASP) teamfor Kennedy Space Center Operations. She then journeyed to theInternational Space Station as a Mission Specialist for Soace Shuttlemission STS-130.

CongressmanMike GallagherKeynote Address

Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) wasfirstelected in 2016 in Wisconsin's 8th District inthe U.S. House of Representatives. Born andraised in Green Bay, he joined the UnitedStates Marine Corps the day he graduatedfrom college and served for seven years onactive duty as a Counterintelligence/HumanIntelligence Officer and Regional Affairs Officerfor the Middle East/North Africa, eventuallyearning the rank of Captain. He deployed twiceto Al Anbar Province, Iraq as a commanderof

intelligence.teams, served on General Petraeus’s Central CommandAssessment Team in the Middle East, and worked for three yearsin the intelligence community, including tours at the NationalCounterterrorism Center and the Drug Enforcement Agency. He alsoserved as the lead Republican staffer for Middle East, North Africaand Counterterrorism on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.Prior to taking office, He workedin the private sector at a globalenergy and supply chain management companyin Green Bay. Afterearning his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, Mike wenton to earn a master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown

. University, a secondin Strategic Intelligence from NationalIntelligence University, and his PhD in International Relations fromGeorgetown.

Congressman Gallaghér currently serves on the HouseArmed Services Committee, where he is a memberof the Seapowerand Projection Forces, as well as the Readiness Subcommittees.He also serves on the Homeland Security Committee, where heis amemberof the Counterterrorism andIntelligence (CTI) andCybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Subcommittees.

David WeberConcluding Address

David Weberis an American sciencefiction andfantasy author. He has written several science-fiction and fantasy booksseries, the best knownof whichis the Honor Harrington science-fictionseries. His first novel, which he worked on withSteve White, sold in 1989 to Baen books. Baenremains Weber's major publisher. He earnedan undergraduate degree and graduate workat Appalachian State. Weber’sfirst published

novels grew out of his work as a wargamedesignerfor theTask Force gameStarfire.

CongressmanMike GallagherKeynote Address

Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) wasfirstelected in 2016 in Wisconsin's 8th District inthe U.S. House of Representatives. Born andraised in Green Bay, he joined the UnitedStates Marine Corps the day he graduatedfrom college and served for seven years onactive duty as a Counterintelligence/HumanIntelligence Officer and Regional Affairs Officerfor the Middle East/North Africa, eventuallyearning the rank of Captain. He deployed twiceto Al Anbar Province, Iraq as a commanderof

intelligence.teams, served on General Petraeus’s Central CommandAssessment Team in the Middle East, and worked for three yearsin the intelligence community, including tours at the NationalCounterterrorism Center and the Drug Enforcement Agency. He alsoserved as the lead Republican staffer for Middle East, North Africaand Counterterrorism on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.Prior to taking office, He workedin the private sector at a globalenergy and supply chain management companyin Green Bay. Afterearning his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, Mike wenton to earn a master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown

. University, a secondin Strategic Intelligence from NationalIntelligence University, and his PhD in International Relations fromGeorgetown.

Congressman Gallaghér currently serves on the HouseArmed Services Committee, where he is a memberof the Seapowerand Projection Forces, as well as the Readiness Subcommittees.He also serves on the Homeland Security Committee, where heis amemberof the Counterterrorism andIntelligence (CTI) andCybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Subcommittees.

David WeberConcluding Address

David Weberis an American sciencefiction andfantasy author. He has written several science-fiction and fantasy booksseries, the best knownof whichis the Honor Harrington science-fictionseries. His first novel, which he worked on withSteve White, sold in 1989 to Baen books. Baenremains Weber's major publisher. He earnedan undergraduate degree and graduate workat Appalachian State. Weber’sfirst published

novels grew out of his work as a wargamedesignerfor theTask Force gameStarfire.

Presenters

CommanderBJ Armstrong, USNan active duty U.S. Navy officerand teachesin the History Departmentat the U.S. Naval Academy.He received his PhD in War Studies with King’s College, London.He has served as a Search and rescue and naval special warfarehelicopterpilot,.the Officer-in-Charge of an amphibious helicoptergunship detachment,and in the Pentagonas a strategic analystandstaff officer. He is an award winning historian, memberof theNavalInstitute Editorial Board, and the editor of the 21st CenturyFoundations series from the Naval Institute Press, which includeshisbooks 21st Century Sims: Innovation, Education, and Leadership forthe ModernEra and 21st Century Mahan: Sound Military Conclusionsfor the Modern Era.

Claude Berubeis the Director of the Naval Academy Museumand has taughtfor twelveyearsin the Political Science and History.Departments. An intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve, hedeployed with Expeditionary Strike Group Five to the Persian Gulf(2004-05) and served in the European Command. He has workedin the U.S. Senate, as the head of a terrorism analysis team for theOffice of Naval Intelligence, and as a defense contractor supportingthe Office of Naval Research. He was a 2004 LEGIS Fellow withthe Brookings Institute and a 2010 Maritime Security Fellow withThe Heritage Foundation. His articles have appeared in NavalHistory, Vietnam, Orbis, Forbes.com, the Christian Science Monitor,Washington Times, USA Today, and NavalInstitute Proceedings. Hehas co-authored three books, “A Call to the Sea: Captain CharlesStewart,’ “Congress: Games & Strategies,” and “Maritime PrivateSecurity.” He also writes the Connor Stark novels for NavalInstitutePress, “The AdenEffect” (2012) and “Syren’s Song” (2013.) Herecently submitted his doctoral dissertation on the Navy of the 1830sand will defendit in the spring.

Captain JonathanBratten, USA,is an officer in the Army NationalGuard with aninterest in the future of warfare across components.He has written for the Army Press and the Strategy Bridge. When heis not analyzingfiction for real-life lessons learned, he worksfull-timeas an Armyhistorian andlives in Portland, Maine.

Timothy Choiis the 2017-2018 Smith Richardson PredoctoralFellow in maritime, naval, and strategic studies at Yale University’sInternational Security Studies unit. He is a doctoral candidate atthe University of Calgary’s Centre for Military, Security and StrategicStudies, as well as a research fellow with the Centre for the Study ofSecurity and Developmentat Dalhousie University. He is interestedin a wide range of maritime and naval issues, both historical andcontemporary, with writings appearing in the Canadian NavalReview, the Journal for Military and Strategic Studies, and the Centrefor International Maritime Security (CIMSEC). His Master’s thesislooked at the challenges facing the United States Navy in the realm

of mine warfare and the strategic consequencesofthis capabilitygap, using the Ottoman Empire’s defence of the Dardanellesinthe First World War as a comparative example.For his doctoraldissertation, he is examining the nature and character of seapoweras part of the modern maritime strategies of countries with smallnavies during peacetime; his case studies involve the maritimeservices of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Dr. Henry “Jerry” Hendrix, Captain USN (Ret), is a Senior Fellowand the Director of the Defense Strategy and Forces Program atthe Center for a New American Security. A retired Captain in theUnited States Navy and P-3 pilot, he served on the Chief of NavalOperation’s Executive Panel, Office of the Undersecretary of Defensefor Policy the OSD Office of Net Assessment and wasa Navy Fellowto the Weatherhead Centerfor International Affairs at HarvardUniversity. His last active duty assignment wasDirector, NavalHistory and Heritage Command. He has been awarded a BachelorDegreein Political Science from Purdue University, Masters Degreesfrom the Naval Postgraduate School(National Security Affairs) andHarvard Universit History) and received his doctorate from King’sCollege, London (War Studies). His awards include two LegionofMerit awards, and the Defense Superior Service Medal. He has twicebeen namedthe SamuelEliot Morison Scholar by the NavyHistoricalCenter in Washington, DC, and wasalso the Center’s 2005 RearAdmiral John D. Hays Fellow. He also held the Marine Corps’ General

_ Lemuel C. Shepherd,|r. Fellowship. He authored the book TheodoreRoosevelt’s Naval Diplomacy and received a numberof awards,including the United States NavalInstitute’s Authorof the Year andthe Navy League’s Alfred T.Mahan Award for Literary Achievement.

Lieutenant Matthew Hipple, USN,is an active duty surface warfareofficer and graduate of the Georgetown’s Schoolof Foreign Service.A co-founderand formerPresident of the Center for InternationalMaritime Security, he has written and podcastedprolifically onmilitary issues, from technology and tactics to foreign policy. Nowresponsible for a tiny human, muchofhis time is currently spentwatching cartoons andfighting his toddler’s uncannyattractiontowardsthings that could kill him. He believes space, and the future,belong to the Navy.

David Larter is the Naval Warfare reporter for Defense News andaNavy veteran. He holds a BA in English Literature from University ofRichmond and hasspentthelast eight years covering the militaryfrom Washington and businessin Richmond,Virginia. He can bereached by email at dlarter@navytimes.com

Jennifer Marlandis a graduate of Mary Baldwin College withdual majorsin History and Art History with a minorin HistoricPreservation, memberof Phi Beta Kappa, and recipient of theUlysse Deportes Award forexcellence in Art History. Since 2000,she has been a curatorat the National Museum of the United States

Navy, in Washington, D.C. where she has curated over 24 museumexhibits including “Far From Home,Reflections of World WarIl,“NavalInnovationin the Digital Age,” “Remembering: Pentagon9.11.01,” “Navigating the Dead Sea,” “Sailors in the Sand,” Bats, Balls,and Anchors Aweigh: The U.S. Navy and Our National Pastime,”“From Fiction to Reality,’ and “Defeat to Victory: 1814-1815.” Sheisthe Museum's expert on Trieste and has beeninterviewed multipletimes aboutthis vessel and its pioneering history. Additionally,Ms. Marlandis the Internship Coordinator for the Naval History andHeritage Command's Internship Program.

RaymondPritchett is an information systemssecurity professionalfrom upstate New York. His consulting experience includes publicsector and private organizationsin a variety of industries, withprevious clients ranging from Governmentto retail to health careto massive multi-player online gaming. Specializing in Identity andAccess Management, Information Security, and Directory Services;his current responsibility is Operations Managerfor Identity andAccess ManagementServices for New York State. Pritchett hasno military experience,is self-educated, and is the ownerof themaritime strategy discussion forum Information Dissemination.

Captain Mark Vandroff, USN, graduated from the U.S. NavalAcademyin 1989 with a B.S. in Physics. In December of 1989, hegraduated from The Johns Hopkins University with a Master’s ofScience in Applied Physics. He has served 10 years as a SurfaceWarfare Officer and tsyears as an Engineering Duty Officer with afocus of ship acquisition. From May 201] to August 2016 he servedas Major Program Managerfor the DDG 51 Shipbuilding Program(PMS 400D). In September 2016 he became the 37th CommandingOfficer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, CarderockDivision.The programshe hasled have beenthe recipient of DoD’s highest »awardsfor acquisition excellence, including the 201] Secretary of theNavy’s Competition Excellence Award and the 2012 David PackardAward.

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This program was published through the Beldon Roach Fund.