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Stuart Grazier cares. I know this because I have seen it. He consistently shows it, through his actions, through his calendar, and through his family life. He's also one of the first guys that took the time to really pour into Lindsey and I when we started out. We both played a varsity sport at the Naval Academy. Had some common ground. Come and get some common ground. Show up, and find someone who will invest in YOU. Or if you're like Stu, find someone you can invest in. #CapitolCreatorsAndChampions #WashingtonDC #NetworkingEvents #Tech #RealEstate #Consulting #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital"

D-Day Spirit Fuels NC as an Innovation Powerhouse On D-Day's 80th anniversary, NC isn't just remembering. We're channeling that courage to become a national innovation powerhouse. Our academia, industry, & government unite to tackle America's toughest challenges. We briefed the Honorable Beverly Seay, Southeast Regional Director of NSIN, on NC's capabilities. Bev leads the way in connecting the Southeast's innovative minds with national security challenges. This powerful collaboration is more than symbolic. It's an unstoppable force. By harnessing our collective expertise, we ensure NC remains at the forefront of developing transformative solutions for our Warfighters and Homeland Defenders. North Carolina Military Business Center NC DEFTECH Beverly Seay Ana Muresan John Hardin Krista Covey First Flight Venture Center NCInnovation USPTO Elizabeth Dougherty NSIN - National Security Innovation Network #InnovationHub #NorthCarolina #StrategicPositioning #DefenseInnovation #Collaboration #NationalSecurity #NCLeadership #NSIN #InnovationNetwork #DDay80 #CuttingEdgeTech #WarfighterSupport

🇺🇸 Honoring Flag Day: A Personal Reflection 🇺🇸 I am a fourth-generation military member, and the flag of this great nation has always held a deeply personal meaning for me. Growing up, I watched my grandfather, a Korean and Vietnam War veteran, proudly hang the flag on special holidays. His reverence for the flag was instilled in me from a young age, shaping my own sense of patriotism and duty. From 1996 until my retirement in 2023, I had the honor of serving under and wearing the flag of the United States. Each time I donned the uniform, I carried the flag with pride and a deep sense of responsibility. The flag has always symbolized more than just a piece of cloth; it represents the sacrifices, the dreams, and the unwavering spirit of a nation. I still stand tall, at attention and proud when the national anthem is played, reflecting on the deep and personal significance of our flag. It's disheartening at times to see how others may politicize or misconstrue its meaning. However, for me, the flag remains a powerful symbol of unity, freedom, and hope. Today, on Flag Day, we honor and celebrate the flag of our nation. While our country and its people aren't perfect, the United States remains a beacon of hope and possibility. People around the world look to our flag as a testament to what can be achieved through unity and perseverance. Individually, we face challenges, but together, united, we can continue to make this nation a better place for all. That's why it's called the United States. Let us cherish the flag, honor its legacy, and strive to uphold the values it represents. #FlagDay #HonorAndServe #UnitedWeStand #Patriotism #LegacyOfService #TrustAndAccountability

Dr. Chaunté Hall, Jim Perschbach, Paco Felici, Will Garrett, Port San Antonio, fantastic leadership.   The collaboration between YTexas and Port San Antonio can help drive the rebirth of the San Antonio superpower. Texas, the State of the Future, will spawn a national revival. YTexas? We like to Build; We embrace Energy; We love Engineering; We believe in Privacy & Data Sovereignty; and we know INFRASTRUCTURE! https://lnkd.in/gkqduK_t The national buildout of Intelligent Infrastructure has started. There are over 300 industry partners, private infrastructure investors, and our nation's strongest infrastructure manufacturers to underwrite Intelligent Infrastructure. The leadership of Chris Nolan, Mike Schindler, and hundreds of others are working on documentaries, films, shorts, screenplays, etc., to advance INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE in the hearts and minds of Americans. https://lnkd.in/gwv2pnXe Building the Infrastructure for the Next 100 Years.   Autonomy Institute #infrastructure #energy #nuclear #electricity #future #digital #innovation #data #people #transportation #manufacturing #dataexchange #partnerships #supplychains #digitaltwin #privacy #investment #p3programs

TIME TO KEEP…Palmer Luckey on the DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY RADARS!! As a leading sample of what is coming fast from the Horizon and he is significantly challenging the ….U.S. Government & Defense Industry Traditional/Post/Current Cold War Defense Technology Research, Development, Test, Engineering, Acquisition & Procurement by incorporating today’s High Technology & Advancements from both Domestic and & the International Communities…! #palmerluckey #andrilindustries #whitehouse #statedepartment #depatmentofdefense #departmentofcommerce #australia #newzealand #canada #unitedkingdom #unitedstates #japan #korea #taiwan #india #ukraine #netherland #france #norway #sweden #france #italy #spain Greece #turkey #germany #austria #poland #NATO #AUKUS #QUAD #europeanunion #indopacific #transpacificpartners #CPTPP #defense #defenseindustry #defence #defenceindustry #ITAR #DDTC #DTSA #EAR #BIS

Excellent except for 1 key word....SELL...To sell is to put your needs above those whose needs you are filling...replace with HELP..to Help is to assist unselfishly. When you HELP others, you build more TRUST, long term gratitude and in turn will receive your needs being filled. Be a HELPER, not a SELLER.

CHINA PLA - EMBRACING WARGAMING - The PLA Navy’s Blue Team Center Games for War - Naval Command College “Blue Team” experts sometimes go so far as to wear OpFor uniforms during wargames. - The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has embraced wargaming with an almost religious zeal. PLAN leaders vigorously promote the use of wargaming methods throughout the service. They have studied wargaming’s many potential advantages, from helping the PLAN overcome its lack of recent combat experience to shedding light on how to employ its new weapons and platforms to maximum effect—and they want more.1 - Knowing the Enemy - (SUN TZU) - The precondition to playing Blue well is deep expertise in China’s potential adversaries, acquired through intensive research. Ultimately, center experts strive to “understand foreign militaries’ operational thinking, become familiar with their operational theories, and master the characteristics of their combat operations.” Specifically, they focus their studies on Blue’s “mode of thinking, behavior and habits, operational organization, tactics, equipment, and command processes.” They also examine Blue’s “strategic theories, operational thinking, organization and command, weapons and equipment, and force construction.”16  - Implications Like other modern navies, the PLAN is committed to taking maximum advantage of wargaming as a tool for education, training, and research, and it has relied heavily on the Naval Command College to do so. For the U.S. Navy, the story of the PLAN’s Blue Team Center offers two clear lessons. First, the center is a very influential organization that deserves far more attention than it currently receives. Studying it promises valuable insights into PLAN assumptions about U.S. capabilities and how China believes these capabilities would likely be employed in a future war. A number of important questions need answering. For example, not enough is known about the people of the Blue Team Center. Who are they? What are their backgrounds? What kinds of intelligence materials do they use to better understand Blue? What biases color their assessments, and how can the United States exaggerate—or minimize—those biases, as appropriate? How has the center adapted to the post-PLA reform organizational arrangements? Has its influence waxed or waned in the new era of “jointness”? - Second, the U.S. Navy should treat the Blue Team Center as a legitimate model for adversary simulation and consider which of its practices—if any—are worthy of emulation. For instance, does it make sense for the U.S. Naval War College to have its own Red Team Center? Or does another entity in the U.S. government already do this well enough and with sufficient capacity to adequately support U.S. Navy wargames? What steps should be taken to further professionalize the community of experts tasked with Red simulation?24 - https://lnkd.in/eF8mG-JX

The value of “I”. Recent conversation, and it took a little effort to change my verbiage from “we” to “I”, but the context was appropriate. I laughed to myself but didn’t think much of it. Then I read this article. A 21-year-old Waverly Woodson Jr was an African American medic, part of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion on D-Day, and he was just awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions, 19 years after his passing in 2005. D-Day was a herculean effort, with everyone deserving recognition, but often, the individuals are lost in the group. Sometimes there is value in the “I”.  Waverly as an individual has his own incredible story, one that his family has been fighting to have heard; as do so many others.  Hearing it grounds so much more of history into context of what someone did rather than losing sight of everything that was done to accomplish D-Day.  It becomes lazy to say we thank the larger group and don’t take any effort to learn the individual stories. This is not strictly about WWII or D-Day, but even in modern organizations, we’re rightfully taught to speak in the “we”.  But sometimes we fail to recognize the individuals that contributed and we passively group them. I’ve met so many people with incredible individual experiences, talents and personalities. Sometimes there is much more value in the individual than is given recognition to. Sometimes recognizing the individual begins to give credit to the work and challenges that were truly accomplished. https://lnkd.in/gpjcbVcZ

Here's our newest article out today highlighting one of the "lost" battles of the Second World War and why it deserves to be remembered. We hope you'll enjoy. 

Today, we honor a special symbol of our nation - the American flag. On this day, we celebrate Flag Day, marking the birth of the Stars and Stripes. Here are some fun facts: The journey began on June 14, 1777, when the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution, adopting the design we know today. 💫 - Flag Day wasn't always nationally recognized. - The first known celebration was in 1877. - President Woodrow Wilson established Flag Day as a national observance in 1916.   - Congress officially designated June 14th as National Flag Day in 1949. 📜 - There's a debate about the "Father of Flag Day." While schoolteacher - Bernard Cigrand is widely recognized, William T. Kerr also deserves credit for promoting the day's observance. - In only one State (Pennsylvania) is Flag Day a legal holiday - June 14th also marks the anniversary of the Continental Army's adoption in 1775 - There have been 27 versions of the American flag - The flag can be displayed for all 24 hours, provided it is properly illuminated in the dark - The colors of the flag were chosen carefully: - Red symbolizes hardiness and valor, - White symbolizes purity and innocence - Blue represents vigilance, perseverance, and justice - Betsy Ross is recognized by many as the first one to create the flag - 17-Year-old high school student (Robert Heft), created the current design in a 1958 contest. - Using the flag as bedding, clothing, or drapery is considered disrespectful under Title 4 of the US Code, Section 8 Flag day is a day to take a moment to appreciate the rich history woven into its fabric, and the man and woman who made it all possible by their sacrifices 🎉  #flashbackfriday #us #military #flagday