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THE ARMY UNIVERSITY, FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas – The Harding Project continues to educate and expand on Chief of Staff’s call to steward the profession through professional writing and discourse.
In the process of working toward the CSA’s desired end state, Combined Arms Center and Army University Press hosted a workshop for Army journal and publication representatives, educators, and library and archive specialists to discuss and showcase how the Army will modernize and improve professional military journals in support of the Harding Project mission June 25-26, 2024, on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The workshop, broken into working groups for modernization, stewardship, archives, and education, laid out the CSA’s vision for improving how the force is educated and encouraged to write AND read to be better stewards of the military profession.
Key components of the Harding Project are to create accessibility to the ideas and knowledge shared through professional writing and discourse through modern, web-first, mobile-friendly online journals, as well as ensuring a modern, research-optimized archiving system that meets the Soldier where they are online and on the move.
“The event was important to provide a forum in which attendees that have been working over virtual planning events since January 2024 to meet in-person, establish stronger relationships and networks, and, in the words of Mr. [Gregg] Thompson, launch a community of practice with professionals and practitioners dedicated to renewing professional writing and scholarship,” Col. Todd Schmidt, director, Army University Press said.
These continued improvements will create accessibility of the ideas and innovation shared through professional writing and discourse in a modernized journal and archiving system that meets the Soldier where they are: online and on the move.
A new Army journal and publication center point platform was introduced and demonstrated in detail to journal representatives to share where historic and future articles and editions will be available.
“This is a culminating event in strengthening the Army as a profession,” Mr. Gregg Thompson, deputy commanding general, U.S. Combined Arms Center said. “Today is a day where we get back to basics in terms of our Army is a profession of putting this vision together that Gen. [Randy] George has laid out for us.”
Historically, Army journals and publications are published in formats not as easily accessible.
The workshop demonstrated to attendees the way ahead for publication modernization that includes rolling publishing that is current, frequently updated, online, and in a format that can be read on any screen without downloading.
Attendees also discussed how improvements to the way new and historical articles are saved and optimized for searchability.
With a re-invigorated repository of professional content, it is necessary to make it accessible and optimized for research by every Soldier and civilian.
“Archiving is caretaking for our intellectual capital to ensure that what is being created and published now can be easily found by leaders of the future,” Schmidt said.
With the re-invigorated pool of professional writing products, it is necessary to make them accessible and searchable to every Soldier and civilian.
How to motivate the force to take responsibility for including professional writing and reading was also a focal point of discussion for the workshop.
The emphasis on writing and reading as essential communication skills for ready and capable leaders is not a new concept, being outlined and discussed in length in pertinent Army doctrine.
Reviews of these doctrines focused on improving the profession plus providing action plans for the force for implementation of these skills challenged educators and institutional representatives.
“Bringing the professional military education curriculum experts from each cohort and echelon, allowed us to develop an implementation plan to integrate the journals and foster professional discourse without the institutions,” Sgt. 1st Class Leyon Summerlin, special assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army said.
The Harding Project has gained traction and notoriety within the Army as units have started robust reading and writing programs.
The workshop provided attendees with a clear picture of their roles and responsibilities in making the writing being done available and accessible for today’s Soldier, as well as a renewed collective understanding of the Harding Project’s mission.
According to Thompson the workshop reinforced three Harding Project visions.
One that Army Journals build expertise. And two provide sharing of those ideas.
“This is where we reinvigorate the conversation among our specialties within our Army. Army Journals help us understand our responsibility to society,” he said. “These journals allow military leaders to inform the force and speak laterally to each other through best practices, what we’ve learned, what the particular role of a branch might be in the future.”
Last, Harding Project means a recommitment to writing to be good stewards of the Army Profession.
An emphasis on writing and reading, creates a confidence in understanding and creates better communicators, Thompson explained.
For an in-depth description of the Harding Project visit: https://www.hardingproject.com/p/welcome-to-the-harding-project?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web.
| Date Taken: | 07.01.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 07.01.2024 11:24 |
| Story ID: | 475279 |
| Location: | KANSAS, US |
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