Trent Hone
@honer.bsky.social
MCUF Chair of Strategic Studies at MCU and Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command. Opinions my own.
Had some wonderful news yesterday - the WW1 Historical Association awarded Framing the First World War the Norman B. Tomlinson Prize for 2025! Very grateful to our wonderful contributors and their hard work, series editor Bill Allison and the team at @univpressofkansas.bsky.social -
Compelling thread that offers conclusions that mirror what I am seeing elsewhere with AI.
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.
With economic warfare and attacks on shipping constantly in the news a new book that tackles both seems timely. Greg Kennedy, @annakbrinkman.bsky.social and Antulio Echevaria's edited Economic Warfare is now out and can be freely downloaded here: press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/9... 1/2
Vaccination is collective action: Vaccination helps others by hindering disease-spread But there is an incentive free-ride: if enough others vaccinate, you don't need to pay those costs In a new paper, we provide new evidence with data from 6+ mil covid-vaccinations: osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵1/7
Very excited that my book on Admiral King has been posted to the Naval Institute Press website. It’ll be out next spring. (currently working on copy edits). www.usni.org/press/books/...
Seizing the Offensive
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All the Falklands talk (England vs. Argentina) has me thinking about a Scottish buddy who fought in the war. 1/n
IJN Heavy cruiser Takao Date: July 14, 1939 Location: Off Tateyama Photo: Situation: Full-scale public testing after renovation static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
I was very grateful to be invited to deliver remarks to the Australian Naval Institute's Goldrick Seminar last year. They have published an article that built off my remarks in the latest Australian Naval Review, now available online: navalinstitute.com.au/australian-n...
Australian Naval Review 2026 – Issue 1, Online Copy | The Australian Naval Institute
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And always keep The Holy Words close to your heart...
A worldy in extra time to tie the game with Argentina. My god.
All wargamers! Official graduate courses are starting this Fall at the Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs. This is designed as one year of graduate courses geared toward professionals. Hybrid structure with on-line format to start. I may know some of the instructors. Also<
A what?!? We are living in a timeline of Bond villain fever dreams.
Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 2mo agoA DIRECT CYCLE NUCLEAR TURBOJET! And didn't my colleague Connie do a great job with this diagram? (Though she wouldn't let me label the control drums on the outer circumference of the reactor core.)
The @usni.org has published my opening remarks from the annual meeting in @usniproceedings.bsky.social. I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts on how the U.S. Navy can reorient itself to the challenges of the current era. www.usni.org/WhatIsTheNav...
What Is the Navy For?
The Naval Institute asked historian Trent Hone to provide context for a discussion of Commander Jeff Vandenengel’s “National Policy and the Panoceanic Navy” at our annual meeting.
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Pleased to be joining the great lineup of speakers at We Have Ways Fest, the UK's World War II festival, in September this year. It will be great! wehavewaysfest.co.uk/whwf6-speake...
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We Have Ways Fest is the UK’s number one, Second World War festival. Tanks, talks and tankards … experts, enthusiasts, authors, historians. Blackpit Farm, 8th – 10th September. WN…
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Goooooood evening and happy Sunday! The out of pocket cost of the birth of my son, after “good” insurance, after meeting my deductible (despite a wicked pregnancy, everyone was healthy) was OVER TEN THOUSAND US DOLLARS. And then I went back to work still bleeding. So I don’t think it’s the phones.
NPR@npr.org · 2mo agoAre smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.
Why should the military care about academic freedom? https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2026/june/academic-freedom-national-security-imperative
Academic Freedom Is a National Security Imperative
Why should the military care about academic freedom?
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Pretty cool to see that the latest @usni.org Proceedings is a nod to my book Learning War. Lots of great stuff in both!
Pleased to announce our forthcoming conference "The Greater Second World War and Modern Global Geopolitics", which will be held on 8–9 February 2026 at UNSW Canberra City. The website is now live, and you can download the Call for Papers here: unsw.to/wwwii-conf Submissions close 2 August.
What is maddening about this debate is that citation practices are not just about AI hallucinations. Scholars should be familiar with the ongoing conversations in their fields. Citations aren't throwaway padding. They are about matters of methodology, ethics, and care. 🛢1/2
Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 3mo agoI'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?
Read the article here! @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social
Technology, Behavior, and Effectiveness in Naval Warfare: The Battles of Savo Island and Cape Saint George
Abstract. What explains success and failure in naval warfare? Most political science research on military effectiveness focuses on land combat, often overlooking how behavior shapes outcomes at sea. T...
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Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 3mo agoA pair of World War II battles hold lessons for how the U.S. Navy should be preparing for the next major engagement at sea, write @johnseverini.bsky.social and Stephen Biddle.
I enjoyed being on the Generals of WWII Podcast with John Viscardo for a discussion of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3UM5...
Episode 18 - Battle of Guadalcanal, the momentum shifts in the Pacific War, with special guest Trent Hone
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Looking forward to delivering the opening remarks at the @usni.org annual meeting this afternooon. www.usni.org/events/ameri...
America's Navy in a New Strategic Era - Featured at the U.S. Naval Institute Annual Meeting
Join us at the 153rd Annual Meeting for the State of the Institute, Essay and Author Award winner presentations, featured panel, and networking reception.
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some wisdom from james wilson, framer. "The truth is that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power remains in the people."
Nice to see this article in War on the Rocks make effective use of my book Learning War. The article follows my analysis of the battle very closely.
War on the Rocks@warontherocks.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Battle of Savo Island wasn't lost because of inferior technology. It was lost because no one knew how to use the technology they had.
