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Trent Hone

@honer.bsky.social
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MCUF Chair of Strategic Studies at MCU and Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command. Opinions my own.

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Heather M. Haley @heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚓️It’s publication day!📕 Feeling deeply humbled that my research appears in Ed Marolda’s edited volume with John Hattendorf, Richard Mobley, and Norman Friedman—scholars whose work shaped my understanding of Navy history and strategy. Grateful for the chance to contribute to a field built by giants.
Book cover for COLD WAR STORM: the u.S. NAVY AT TGE FALL OF VIETNAM AND THE LOOMING SOVIET THREAT. The background features a dramatic, dark toned scene with USS Kirk (DE 1087) under heavy clouds. The overall design uses red tones to convey urgency and the geopolitical stakes.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was a blast! Really enjoyed talking #navalhistory with @herberthistory.bsky.social and @colincolbourn.bsky.social
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don't know how to say this but we may have just recorded the best episode in the history of this podcast as @colincolbourn.bsky.social @honer.bsky.social and I talked about the deeply historical film that is BATTLESHIP.
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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We can simulate fish schools or ants in ways that solve complex problems (gradient detection, bridge building, nest selection) but no one would create this weird soul/no-soul dichotomy to argue they these that multi-agent swarms of extremely simple rules are “thinking”.
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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
But of course, the machine conversation is not free. It comes at the cost of our common life together as teachers, learners, and researchers, colleagues, mentors, and friends. Not to mention, supervising student researchers is our job.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was thrilled to join We Have Ways Fest this year, to see all the kit, attend lovely talks, and present on Admiral Nimitz’s leadership in the Pacific War. It was standing room only in the Arsenal Tent, and I was overjoyed with the positive feedback I received afterward from the attendees.
Trent Hone pictured in front of the “Arsenal” tent next to the placard indicating his talk is the next up at 1500, “Master and Commander: Nimitz and Victory on the Far Side of the World.” A nearly bald man with glasses and a blue collared shirt standing in the turret of a World War II Humber armored car. He has a joyful grin on his face.Trent Hone at the end of his talk on Admiral Nimitz, before a slide highlighting three of his books: Learning War, Mastering the Art of Command, and Seizing the Offensive.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It is an excellent talk. Highly recommended.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nice article that builds on the arguments I've made about institutional learning in the US Navy and expands them to specifically cover the development of carrier air power. www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/stra...
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Strategic Adaptation Under Fire: U.S. Carrier Aviation and the Institutional Learning Curve, 1929–1944 - Military Strategy Magazine
This article examines the rise of U.S. carrier aviation during the Second World War as a case study in institutional adaptation under conditions of technological disruption and combat pressure. It arg...
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This week Historians At The Movies looks at the history of tabletop gaming and very vivid imaginations. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, September 6 at 8pm eastern for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES. Keep #HATM rolling a nat 20 by sharing and we'll see you soon!
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Getting into the page proofs!
A printout of the forthcoming book, “Seizing the Offensive: Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King and the Naval Strategy that Won World War II” by Trent Hone, published by the Naval Institute Press.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The youngest and I saw a few snapping turtles in the local pond today. The water level is low, so they were near the surface and quite curious.
A snapping turtle in shallow muddy water with its head positioned above the surface. Its eyes appear to be looking directly at the camera.
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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'm speaking at the opening conference of SMM in Hamburg on Tuesday - "No Shipping, No Shopping" is the theme. Come say moin if you're there! www.smm-hamburg.com/programme/co...
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SMM | Complete programme
A high number of high-profile conferences, dialogue sessions, workshops, and presentations take place during SMM. Don't miss out!
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Fascinating thread
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#JOB ALERT: Carleton College is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in African History. The deadline for applications is September 1, 2026; start date for the job will be September 1, 2027. More information here ⬇️. 🗃️ #EduSky #HigherEd #Blackademics
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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Board of Trustees of the Society for Military History has approved the following statement of protest regarding the recent closure of public access to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@ushouseofreps.bsky.social #UnitedStatesSenate #UnitedStatesCongress #Senate #HouseofRepresentatives #Congress
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a tragic development. There is a wealth of material on DTIC that is valuable to the public.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Regardless of their position on the political spectrum, they tend to comment on the competition, not the system. They take the system for granted. Consequently, the current administration’s harm to the system—the health of which is necessary for politics to “work”—goes largely unseen.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Tuner’s “Feeding Victory” is a good one.
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David Morgan-Owen @dmorganowen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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 -
Book cover for 'Framing the First World War', adapted from Christopher Nevinson painting 'Return to the Trenches'. Published by university press of Kansas
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I have always loved this story. Great day to be alive.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Compelling thread that offers conclusions that mirror what I am seeing elsewhere with AI.
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Andrew Livsey @andrewlivsey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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
A book cover for Economic Warfare, with banknotes of various countries.
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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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
Abstract
Classical theories in health psychology explain individuals’ decisions about whether or not to
engage in protective behavior such as vaccination during a health emergency as guided by
trade-offs about personal risks and benefits. Yet, vaccinations involve a clear collective action
component, where individuals can protect others by getting vaccinated, beyond the personal
benefits. Following recent research, we develop the argument that individual differences in the
motivation to engage in collective action should influence vaccination decisions during the most
significant health emergency in the 21st century, the COVID-19 pandemic, above and beyond the
predictors proposed by classical theories. We test this argument by combining survey observations
from 380,516 unique Danish adults with population-wide registry data on COVID-19 vaccination
status for 6.1 million individuals in Denmark, of whom 4.9 million received at least one vaccine
dose. Using this unique data infrastructure, we compare classical psychological correlates of
protective behavior with psychological measures of individual-differences in collective action motivation.
The results demonstrate collective action motivation was more strongly associated with
vaccination behavior than threat appraisal or coping appraisal across the vaccination sequence,
spanning completion of the recommended primary vaccination course, booster receipt, time to
full vaccination, and vaccination uptake among the children of survey respondents. Furthermore,
high levels of collective action motivation strongly weakened the role of personal considerations
that would otherwise deter vaccination uptake, both in terms of whether or not the individual
gets vaccinated and how quickly the individual gets vaccinated. These findings provide important
information on the prerequisites of successful vaccination campaigns during major health crises
and how governments and authorities can facilitate them.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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/...
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Seizing the Offensive
The U.S. Naval Institute provides an independent forum for those who seek to advance and strengthen the naval profession.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
All the Falklands talk (England vs. Argentina) has me thinking about a Scottish buddy who fought in the war. 1/n
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JR1SSP @jr1ssp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
IJN Heavy cruiser Takao Date: July 14, 1939 Location: Off Tateyama Photo: Situation: Full-scale public testing after renovation static.ow.ly/photos/origi...
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Saw a train today. Was big. Was loud. 10/10 would recommend.
Union Pacific 4014 steam locomotive, the “Big Boy,” with 4-8-8-4 wheel configuration at Horseshoe Curve outside of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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...
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Australian Naval Review 2026 – Issue 1, Online Copy | The Australian Naval Institute
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CDK@CRM-114/AE-35/M5 @cdavidkz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
And always keep The Holy Words close to your heart...
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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A worldy in extra time to tie the game with Argentina. My god.
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: "The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery." #ThatPart 🗃️🔥
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Travis Reese (Against war with NATO) @ctreese2.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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<
Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs course SPIA 5304 Introduction to Game Theory and Wargaming.  QR code to scan if intereseted. Starting this Fall 2026 with the first two courses.Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs course SPIA 5314 Analytical Foundations for Wargaming.  QR code to scan if intereseted. Starting this Fall 2026 with the first two courses.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A what?!? We are living in a timeline of Bond villain fever dreams.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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...
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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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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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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SPEAKERS
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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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Great to see my Mastering the Art of Command in this curriculum!
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 04/06/2026
Why should the military care about academic freedom? www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/…
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Academic Freedom Is a National Security Imperative
Why should the military care about academic freedom?
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Pretty cool to see that the latest @usni.org Proceedings is a nod to my book Learning War. Lots of great stuff in both!
A photo of the book Learning War by Trent Hone, resting on the June 2026 issue of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine, which has “Learning War” as the main text on the cover.
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Nicole Townsend @townsend-nic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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.
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Indeed.
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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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
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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Read the article here! @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social
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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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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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...
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Episode 18 - Battle of Guadalcanal, the momentum shifts in the Pacific War, with special guest Trent Hone
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Looking forward to delivering the opening remarks at the @usni.org annual meeting this afternooon. www.usni.org/events/ameri...
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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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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother’s Day.
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Poontang2: Soldier with Machine Gun
Alt: The character Animal Mother from the film Full Metal Jacket, portrayed by Adam Baldwin. He is a U.S. Marine in Vietnam with a M-60 Machine Gun over his shoulder and two bandoliers across his chest.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026
some wisdom from james wilson, framer. "The truth is that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power remains in the people."
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Trent Hone @honer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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.
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