Update 3 -- 12 Sept 2017

Events
1) Meeting with Ms. Amber Henninger and former President of LockMart Missile Systems
--Discussed multiple National Security topics

2) Discussion on Cyber Coercion with Dr. Brandon Valeriano (Marine Corps University) at the Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.  
--Dr. Valeriano is currently writing a book on the viability of cyber coercion in international security environment. 

3) NSAF Orientation with Hoover leadership
--Discussed the future year here at Stanford and all the benefits of the program.  This year's NSAF class has 2x Airmen (12M and me), 2x Coast Guard (Surface), 1x Army (Asian FAO), 1x Marine (Infantry), 1x Navy (Super Hornet Aviator) and 1x DoS Officer (just left DCM Angola)

4) Meeting with Hoover Institution Oversears
--Discussed the annual program and personal networking

Upcoming
- Hosting the Hoover Institutions first-ever Air Force birthday celebration with the other USAF NSAF.

- Meeting to discuss Cyber National Policy with Mr. Grotto (former Cyber at NSC) and Stanford Cyber Initiative Leaders at Hoover and CISAC.

- Meeting with Mr. Toomas Ilves (2x President of Estonia) to discuss the "hack" of Estonia. He was in his first couple of months of his first term when the DDoS occurred.

-San Francisco Cyber Security Conference: http://www.structuresecurity.com/schedule/

Writing from this period:

Gender, Ethics and Servant Leadership. A research paper on role of gender and ethics in a servant leader's style and how to deal with disparities in an organizational environment. (Doctoral requirement)

Proposed Research:

Air Force: Four historical strategists take on cyber. Plan is to assess how Thucydides, Jomini, Kane and Boyd would approach cyber strategy.

Doctoral: The role of private foundations in high school. Plan is assess the positive benefits of private foundations and what happens in school districts that do not have private foundations.

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