WEBVTT 00:08.850 --> 00:11.479 Good morning . The time is now 9:00 00:11.479 --> 00:13.535 a.m. at least in the eastern part of 00:13.535 --> 00:15.920 the United States . I'm Doctor Megan 00:15.920 --> 00:18.190 Hennessy . I'm the interim provost at 00:18.190 --> 00:20.357 Marine Corps University . Marine Corps 00:20.357 --> 00:22.468 University is your host for this very 00:22.468 --> 00:25.370 exciting 5th anniversary . Of the 00:25.370 --> 00:27.969 military scholarship of teaching and 00:27.969 --> 00:30.409 learning forum . Thank you all so much 00:30.409 --> 00:32.465 for joining us , for taking the time 00:32.465 --> 00:34.687 out of your week to prioritize your own 00:34.687 --> 00:37.169 professional development specific to 00:37.169 --> 00:39.450 educational research that we can apply 00:39.450 --> 00:41.569 as soon as tomorrow in our classrooms 00:41.569 --> 00:44.169 of military learners . Let's take a 00:44.169 --> 00:47.529 look at who we are this week . There 00:47.529 --> 00:51.330 are 410 of us registered for today and 00:51.330 --> 00:53.163 tomorrow to attend your research 00:53.163 --> 00:56.150 presentations . And you can see here 00:56.150 --> 00:58.261 where the different groups are coming 00:58.261 --> 01:00.509 from . So we have some Americans from 01:00.509 --> 01:02.731 the Department of Defense , of course , 01:02.731 --> 01:05.309 the Marine Corps , non Department of 01:05.309 --> 01:07.750 Defense personnel , uh , from other 01:07.750 --> 01:09.917 federal government agencies across the 01:09.917 --> 01:12.510 United States , military from other 01:12.510 --> 01:15.709 services and other nations and 01:15.709 --> 01:18.559 contractors as well , especially 01:18.559 --> 01:20.559 interesting to me is always . Where 01:20.559 --> 01:22.781 you're joining us from in terms of your 01:22.781 --> 01:24.837 home organization . We have a really 01:24.837 --> 01:27.184 good representation this year from our 01:27.184 --> 01:29.785 civilian higher education partners 01:29.785 --> 01:32.063 including the University of Notre Dame , 01:32.063 --> 01:34.665 Tufts , Wake Forest , Arizona State 01:34.665 --> 01:37.230 University . Of course , that one gets 01:37.230 --> 01:39.286 me cause I'm a University of Arizona 01:39.286 --> 01:42.029 fan , bear down , uh , but welcome if 01:42.029 --> 01:44.379 you are joining us from Tempe , Arizona 01:44.709 --> 01:46.542 this morning . And of course our 01:46.542 --> 01:48.653 military partners , our multinational 01:48.653 --> 01:51.089 partners , including from the Tunisian 01:51.089 --> 01:53.709 Military Academy , uh , and the Ukraine 01:53.709 --> 01:56.059 Academy for National Guard of Ukraine . 01:58.019 --> 02:00.739 Before we launch into what today will 02:00.739 --> 02:03.339 look like , I want to give you a little 02:03.339 --> 02:05.379 bit of the so what behind your 02:05.379 --> 02:07.860 attendance at MOL , and I think a good 02:07.860 --> 02:10.570 example of this is our recent journal 02:10.570 --> 02:12.459 that we founded with Marine Corps 02:12.459 --> 02:15.460 University Press . We had so much 02:15.460 --> 02:17.910 energy that came out of 5 years , now 5 02:17.910 --> 02:20.990 years of running the Msoal Forum , and 02:20.990 --> 02:23.910 so much passion for what to do with all 02:23.910 --> 02:26.029 of these research findings and how to 02:26.029 --> 02:28.830 amplify them to a more diverse and 02:28.830 --> 02:31.270 broader audience . And with the support 02:31.270 --> 02:33.381 of Marine Corps University and Marine 02:33.381 --> 02:35.559 Corps University Press , we founded 02:35.559 --> 02:37.392 this journal , the International 02:37.392 --> 02:39.448 Perspectives on Military Education , 02:39.800 --> 02:42.190 the inaugural volume of which will be 02:42.190 --> 02:45.320 published in January 2025 , especially . 02:45.449 --> 02:47.560 Meaningful for us in the Marine Corps 02:47.759 --> 02:51.429 as we enter our 250th anniversary year 02:51.960 --> 02:54.440 of our founding as a service . But you 02:54.440 --> 02:56.440 can see here that the entries that 02:56.440 --> 02:58.440 we're looking for , the manuscripts 02:58.440 --> 03:01.279 that we're soliciting for from you are 03:01.279 --> 03:03.839 really reflective of what we do in the 03:03.839 --> 03:06.539 Msodal Forum . So we're looking for 03:06.539 --> 03:09.539 research on education in military 03:09.539 --> 03:11.539 classrooms , whether that's at the 03:11.539 --> 03:13.595 undergraduate level , if you're at a 03:13.595 --> 03:16.100 military academy , at the war college 03:16.100 --> 03:18.949 level , enlisted military education , 03:19.419 --> 03:21.850 training wings , and Everything in 03:21.850 --> 03:24.410 between . So we hope that you will 03:24.410 --> 03:26.809 continue , um , your enthusiasm for 03:26.809 --> 03:29.839 MOtal by writing for us and submitting 03:29.839 --> 03:32.000 a manuscript for our journals that we 03:32.000 --> 03:34.111 can continue to speak with each other 03:34.289 --> 03:36.456 and share our research all year long . 03:38.610 --> 03:41.759 With that , uh , before we turn it over 03:41.759 --> 03:43.815 to our keynote speaker , and I'll of 03:43.815 --> 03:46.330 course introduce him , I would love to 03:46.330 --> 03:48.441 welcome the president of Marine Corps 03:48.441 --> 03:50.608 University , Brigadier General Matthew 03:50.608 --> 03:52.774 Tracy . General Tracy , are you on the 03:52.774 --> 03:56.199 line ? I am . Can you hear me ? Loud 03:56.199 --> 03:58.369 and clear . OK , great . Hey , uh , 03:58.580 --> 04:00.802 Doctor Hennessy , just , I just want to 04:00.802 --> 04:04.279 articulate uh to you just how 04:04.279 --> 04:07.369 terrific . This is in the growth of 04:07.369 --> 04:11.369 this program , um , and your energy as 04:11.369 --> 04:13.690 well as uh Doctor McKenzie and , and 04:13.690 --> 04:17.600 the team , and reflective of 04:17.899 --> 04:19.955 really the energy and the passion of 04:19.955 --> 04:21.732 this collective group is really 04:21.732 --> 04:24.570 inspiring . Um , I sent a note to 04:24.570 --> 04:28.250 RCG last night , uh , just effusive in 04:28.250 --> 04:30.559 my excitement , um , 04:32.089 --> 04:34.570 Um , to probably the detriment of my 04:34.570 --> 04:36.626 professional credibility , but , you 04:36.626 --> 04:38.848 know , I , I am also caught up in the , 04:38.848 --> 04:41.459 um , in the zitgeist of this moment . 04:42.170 --> 04:45.250 Uh , one of the things that is , is , I , 04:45.359 --> 04:47.839 I think putting enthusiastic energy 04:47.839 --> 04:49.895 into this is that clearly as we look 04:49.895 --> 04:52.799 out across the world , you can see 04:53.279 --> 04:56.760 competitors uh really beginning to 04:56.760 --> 04:59.720 coalesce and working in terms of 04:59.720 --> 05:02.329 military alliance and and trading 05:02.760 --> 05:05.029 supplies , support , and technology . 05:06.170 --> 05:09.950 What we're doing today is , is The 05:09.950 --> 05:12.790 same thing , but at a higher cognitive 05:12.790 --> 05:14.790 and intellectual level , which will 05:14.790 --> 05:16.846 bear incredible fruits , I believe , 05:16.950 --> 05:19.670 and that that is really the growth of 05:19.670 --> 05:22.190 military professional education , which 05:22.190 --> 05:24.829 is how we really stay , you know , two 05:24.829 --> 05:26.829 terrain features ahead of the 05:26.829 --> 05:28.773 competitors and really create that 05:28.773 --> 05:31.549 asymmetric advantage . Um , I'm excited , 05:31.670 --> 05:34.540 uh , I'll be here most of the day and 05:34.989 --> 05:37.480 just we'll be in and out tomorrow , but 05:37.480 --> 05:40.760 just My hat is off , uh , to you and 05:41.160 --> 05:43.271 realizing I'm standing in between you 05:43.271 --> 05:47.100 and , and our You know , our , our 05:47.100 --> 05:49.044 chair of emerging technologies and 05:49.044 --> 05:51.100 really keynote uh uh keynote speaker 05:51.100 --> 05:53.420 here . I , I will get off the uh the 05:53.420 --> 05:56.390 podium , but really just tremendous uh 05:56.390 --> 05:59.929 excitement here from MCU and and this 06:00.179 --> 06:01.809 cohort , uh , that you've built .