Issue 4 — June 2017

Department of the Navy

Strategy and Innovation Newsletter

Highlighting innovative ideas in the DON

This special edition focuses on the 2016 SECNAV Innovation Awards. The

awards program recognizes top DON individuals or teams making significant

problem solving contributions. The caliber and quantity of entries is a

testament to the talents of our Sailors, Marines, and Civilians.

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Award Winners

2016 SECNAV Innovation Awards Ceremony

On 5 June 2017, Mr. Thomas P. Dee, performing the duties of the Under

Secretary of the Navy, recognized the Department of the Navy’s leading

innovators at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes. Each winner received a unique

Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy designed by Ms. Charrelle S.

Johnson at Naval Air Systems Command, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

2016 SECNAV Innovation

Awards Ceremony

1

Next Generation Logistics

Innovation Cell

CTN1 Forrest N. Perez

2

Mr. Stephen O'Grady

Mr. Ryan B. Hoffman

3

LT Andrea M. Logan

Autonomous Mobile On-

orbit Diagnostic System Team

4

3D Ship Scanning for

Shipboard Configuration

Management Team

MSgt Brantley E. Friend

5

Mr. Derrick A. Thomas

NAVSUP FLC Sigonella

6

CMC Innovation Symposium

CMC Innovation Challenge

Marine Live-Fire Testing

7

Rear Adm. Grace Hopper

Continues to Inspire Innovation

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The Next Generation Logistics

(NexLog) Innovation Cell uses

innovative approaches not seen

before in the DoD. As a result, it has

(Washington, DC) On behalf of the Next Generation Logistics Innovation Cell, LtCol Howard K. Marotto receives the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Innovation Leadership category from Mr. Thomas Dee, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

Innovation Leadership Winner

Next Generation Logistics Innovation Cell

Headquarters Marine Corps, Installations and Logistics

positioned the Marine Corps as the

preeminent service in the integration

of Additive Manufacturing into

military operations. Furthermore,

Unmanned Logistics Systems is

developing the concepts for

autonomous delivery of materiel

throughout the battlespace. Smart

Logistics promotes the development

of holistic systems to weaponize

data, provide logisticians with a

dynamic decision-making tool and

lend commanders the instantaneous

information to help them understand

their units’ requirements as never

before.

NexLog has accelerated the

Marine Corps’ incorporation of

emerging technologies into logistics

capabilities. NexLog’s thrust on

Additive Manufacturing, Unmanned

Logistics Systems, and Smart

Logistics have addressed growing

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Off-the-shelf systems proved

inadequate for the needs of Cyber

Protection Teams (CPTs), operating

under United States Cyber

Command, to identify advanced

threats on the Department of

Defense Information Network. CTN1

Perez’s development of the Cyber

Tactical Assessment Kit (C-TAK)

resulted in an advanced analytic

capability, empowering Navy CPTs to

effectively monitor high-throughput

networks. C-TAK uses custom scripts

and graphical dashboards to

aggregate network data streams,

carve out critical information, and

visualize high volume, rapidly

changing threats in real time.

Data Analytics Winner

The Navy adopted C-TAK as its

standard network analysis system and

all CPTs have been equipped with this

innovative warfighting capability. Its

real-time network data analytics

reduced the time needed to train new

analysts from an average of four

months to less than one.

Furthermore, analysts using C-TAK

are able to detect more covert

malicious activity than was possible

using earlier systems.

CTN1 Forrest N. Perez

Navy Information Operations Command Hawaii

(Washington, DC) CTN1 Forrest N. Perez receives the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Data Analytics category from Mr. Thomas Dee, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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gaps with innovative capabilities to

provide dynamic combat service

support to the future Marine Corps.

Team Members Include:

LtCol Howard K. Marotto, Capt

Lamontie A. James, Capt Alexander

A. Morrow, Capt Christopher J.

Wood, Mr. Carmine J. Borrelli, Mr.

Dana Sanford, Mr. Andrew R.

Schaffer, Mr. Andrew J. Trout, Mr.

Cesar A. Valdesuso, Mr. Timothy J.

Bailey, Ms. Allison L. Gervasio, Mr.

Tom Heffern, Dr. Joe Mickiewicz,

Ms. Kaitlyn R. Penry, and Ms. Sally S.

Scudder

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Mr. O’Grady has dedicated his career to

the DoD science and technology,

submarine combat system, and

acquisition communities through sound

engineering, creative thinking, and

collaboration to solve design challenges.

A technical champion, he has led many

initiatives, to provide innovative thinking

across the workforce. Most recently, Mr.

O’Grady led the conceptualization,

establishment, and execution of the

Rapid Innovation Center to unleash

individual and collective talent to solve

the most challenging problems facing

the Navy’s submarine and surface fleet.

He planned, organized, and led

innovation events bringing engineering

discipline to the generation, assessment,

and implementation of new ideas and

solutions.

Under the leadership of Mr.

Hoffman, the Office of Naval

Research (ONR) initiated a

program to test a new concept for

interdicting the small boats which

represent asymmetric threats to

Navy surface combatants. This

concept offers numerous

advantages to the fleet, including

non-kinetic, non-lethal solutions

which enable layered defense and

improved escalation options when

rules of engagement are restrictive.

ONR staff formed a team from

across the Naval Research

Laboratory, Navy Warfare Centers,

and Department of Defense

agencies, bringing together both

financial resources and technical

skills to further explore and

(Washington, DC) Mr. Ryan B. Hoffman receives the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Technology Development category from Mr. Thomas Dee, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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(Washington, DC) Mr. Stephen O’Grady receives the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Innovation Catalyst category from Mr. Thomas Dee, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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Mr. Stephen O’Grady

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport

Innovation Catalyst Winner

Technology Development Winner

Mr. Ryan B. Hoffman

Office of Naval Research

validate the concept. The team

conducted a series of laboratory

tests subjecting representative

“threat” vessels to various effects.

The results showed that the

concept was viable and could

provide a new and needed

capability. Subsequently, ONR

coordinated with Navy acquisition

organizations and industry to

develop the concept into a format

that could be evaluated as part of

a Fleet Experiment (FLEX) involving

an active surface combatant. The

FLEX event proved the system’s

military value and, as a result, the

Navy is currently rapidly

transitioning this new capability to

the fleet.

Mr. O’ Grady is also a key

spokesman with external stakeholders,

conveying concepts, implementation,

successes to date, and future plans. His

events have generated original ideas

which are transitioning to programs of

record for the fleet, or being further

refined through Navy strategic

investment. Generations of engineers

are collaborating, to explicitly and

implicitly transfer knowledge, which will

reduce the loss of intellectual capital as

part of the workforce approaches

retirement. Most importantly, these

events are cultivating relationships

across the Navy and the DoD which will

foster richer collaborations and

diversity of thought.

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(Washington, DC) Autonomous Mobile On-orbit Diagnostic System Team (Left to Right) MIDN 2/C Dakota Wenberg, ENS Edward Hanlon, and ENS Benjamin Keegan accepted the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Innovation Scholar (Midshipmen) category. Not pictured: ENS Morgan Lange, MIDN 1/C Jacob Pittman, and MIDN 2/C Gavin Rosser (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

The team’s paper explains the

Autonomous Mobile On-Orbit

Diagnostic System (AMODS) and its

potential to create a paradigm shift in

space operations. It details the

considerations and required

capabilities to guide the design of the

Ballistically Reinforced

Communication Satellite (BRICSat)

transfer vehicle and the robotic

manipulators and end-effectors on

“repair” CubeSat-class satellites

(RSat), fixing satellites in space.

The goal of the AMODS is to use a

small platform to provide a

conventional satellite with cost

effective on-orbit assessment and

repairs. AMODS, which will service

both new and legacy spacecraft, is

comprised of: 1) several repair RSats

Innovation Scholar (Midshipmen) Winner

As unmanned maritime systems

(UMS) technology evolves and armed

unmanned vehicles are developed,

strategic considerations will weigh in

favor of employing UMS as warships.

Currently, auxiliary vessels can only

conduct attacks in international

armed conflict in self-defense. To

address this constraint, LT Logan

developed a thesis recommending a

“use-based” test to inform U.S. Navy

decisions designating a particular

unmanned vehicle as a warship,

auxiliary, weapon, or mine. She

contends its size, autonomy, payload,

independent (rather than

component) nature of employment,

and intended purpose of a UMS are

factors to consider before granting a

particular surface or undersea vehicle

warship status. For example, a larger,

armed, remotely-controlled vessel

Innovation Scholar (PME) Winner

(Washington, DC) LT Andrea M. Logan receives the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Innovation Scholarship category from Mr. Thomas Dee, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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with manipulable arms to latch onto

and locomote around a host satellite;

and 2) one self-propelled transport

BRICSat to successively deliver multiple

RSats to their host spacecraft on-orbit.

AMODS will be validated in three

phases. Phase one focuses on

propulsive and proximity operations of

the BRICSat vehicle and includes the

launch of BRICSat-P in 2015 and

BRICSat-D in 2017. Phase two, the

2017 launch of the prototype repair

unit, RSat-P, will validate the on-orbit

effectiveness of compact robotic

manipulators. The follow-on launches

will improve the performance of both

satellites, demonstrating key

capabilities to make the AMODS vision

a reality.

Autonomous Mobile On-orbit Diagnostic System Team

United States Naval Academy

LT Andrea M. Logan

The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School

deployed for offensive operations

independently from another warship,

is a better candidate for designation

than an autonomous UUV employed

as a component of a warship.

Applying a Navy human-machine

teaming model, LT Logan’s paper

argues operators or programmers

should be able to respond in self-

defense (during an attack against a

UMS that is part of a warship) or

obtain supplemental rules of

engagement to authorize use of force

(an attack against a designated UMS).

As more UMS operate in the world’s

oceans, LT Logan’s scholarly work

makes the case for adopting an

approach to their use which treats

unmanned maritime systems similarly

to manned systems.

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Recognizing the challenges

Marines consistently face on liberty

in Okinawa, and understanding the

geopolitical implications of

incidents, MSgt Friend created,

empowered, and led a Marine Air

Control Group 18 team to design

and build the revolutionary

"Operation Liberty" mobile

application. It enabled both

Marines and commanders on

Okinawa to be safer and more

productive in their liberty while

deployed there. This innovation

won the First Annual Marine Corps

Mobile Application Challenge.

The application gives

organizations a convenient method

to deliver information on a device

most Marines already have in their

pocket. It provides simplified on/off

Enlisted Innovator Winner

(Washington, DC) MSgt Brantley E. Friend receives the 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Enlisted Innovator category from Mr. Thomas Dee, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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base information, notification alerts

if a user’s liberty is about to expire,

a list of off-limits establishments,

mass notifications for disaster or

command alerts, live weather

updates including sea conditions

and typhoon warnings, and direct

dialing to taxi or other driving

services, emergency services, the

sexual assault hotline, and

command representatives.

MSgt Friend's dedication to his

Marines is exemplary. He gave them

the time and environment for their

work, ensured his junior Marines

had ample opportunity to brief

Generals and Commanders, and

created a mobile application with

the sole purpose of protecting and

supporting his Marines.

MSgt Brantley E. Friend

Marine Air Control Group 18

Automated Process Development Winner

Utilizing commercial off-the-

shelf technology, the 3D Ship

Scanning for Use in Shipboard

Configuration Management Team

created accurate representations of

three operational ships scheduled

for equipment installations. The

team’s innovative approach has the

potential to disrupt the current

overhead cost of ship installations

and will improve initial offerings

and eliminate costly mistakes in

creating and using technical

drawings throughout that process.

The ship scan data is currently

being used by shipyards to create

more accurate 2D documentation,

and by the SPAWAR Fleet Readiness

(Washington, DC) 3D Ship Scanning for Shipboard Configuration Management Team (Left to Right) LT Jessica Fuller, Ms. Heidi Buck, LT Clay Gruenke, Dr. Mark Bilinski, and Mr. Stephen Cox accepted the 2016 Secretary of Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Automated Process Development category. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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Department to validate and verify

the Ships Information Document. LT

Greunke’s team’s novel approach to

the ship installation process has the

potential to save millions of dollars,

provide more accurate ship

representations, and to accelerate

and streamline delivery of assets to

the fleet, all while improving the

use of DON information.

The 3D Ship Scanning for Use in

Shipboard Configuration

Management Team exemplifies the

innovative spirit, bringing together

competencies to provide better

capability to SPAWAR and the

worldwide fleet.

3D Ship Scanning for Shipboard Configuration

Management Team

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

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Mr. Thomas devised an innovative

solution to resolve a failing

Emergency Action Message (EAM)

delivery circuit, using existing Circuit-

to-Packet (CTP) transport. The

existing circuit connected through

three different telecommunications

providers and employed antiquated

Codex modems at each end which

operated beyond their anticipated

end-of-life.

Mr. Thomas was able to devise

the CTP path configuration

specifications, write a plan to test the

circuit to the stringent requirements,

Outside the Box Winner

(Washington, DC) Mr. Derrick A. Thomas receives 2016 Secretary of the Navy Innovation Awards trophy for the Outside the Box category from Mr. Thomas Dee, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan B. Trejo/Released)

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By Tia Nichole McMillen, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella

Public Affairs

On March 22, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) site Sigonella’s Fuel Team, led by their Fuels Officer successfully operated a new hydrant system to refill a C-17 aircraft. This repair effort took extensive teamwork involving personnel from NAVSUP Energy, NAVSUP FLC Sigonella, Naval Air Station Sigonella, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Facility Engineering Sigonella, and Defense Logistics Agency. The team conducted proper testing for environmental compliance, and was followed by a comprehensive training effort.

The aircraft received 5,980 gallons of aviation fuel in 14 minutes and 20 seconds, which is about 420 gallons a minute. The entire evolution lasted around 30 minutes — more than 50% less time than refueling with the current truck refueling method. This is a significant cost savings, manpower savings, and most importantly, time savings to the warfighter.

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella

Fuels C-17 with New Hydrant System

A hydrant system is a loop of pipeline located under the aircraft parking ramp that delivers fuel straight from the hydrant fuel tanks to the aircraft. This is done through a mobile pantograph — a stainless steel pipeline to connect the underground hydrant loop to the aircraft. These pantographs are mounted on wheels so that they can be maneuvered to connect an aircraft parked within 135 feet of a hydrant pit to the piping, allowing continuous fuel delivery to the aircraft. In comparison, a truck fueling delivery is normally limited to less than 5,000 gallons of fuel.

"We are extremely satisfied that the evolution went so smoothly," said NAVSUP’s Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella fuels officer. "This is how fueling should be done!" echoed an ABF1(AW), as he refueled the aircraft.

The evolution’s cost and time savings led both the air crew and the Naval Air Station Sigonella airfield manager to request to use the hydrant to refuel the next time they fly through.

"It's been a long hard-fought battle to get this project to completion, but it was definitely worth it to see how smoothly everything went. We are now in an even better situation to support and sustain the warfighter," said NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella regional fuel's director.

SIGONELLA (22 March 2017) Sailors and civilians of Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Sigonella operate a new hydrant system, fueling a C-17 aircraft. The entire evolution lasted around 30 minutes-more than 50% less time than refueling with the current truck refueling method. (U.S. Navy photo by Ms. Tia Nichole McMillen/Released)

Mr. Derrick A. Thomas

Naval Computer & Telecommunications Station Naples, Italy

and vet the approval package

through multiple Combatant

Commanders to the Joint System

Engineering and Integration Office

for final approval. Approval of CTP

for EAM delivery will increase the

reliability and resiliency of the

architecture and save the Navy

monthly commercial circuit leasing

costs.

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Marine Corps Commandant’s

Innovation Symposium

During this year’s innovation symposium, Marines from across the

force and supporting establishment explored Big “L” Learning

(i.e., organizational-level transformation). Their focus was on how the

Marine Corps combat development process can be improved. Senior

leaders, subject matter experts of the combat development enterprise,

advocates, proponents and members of the operating forces came

together in Quantico on 31 May and 1 June 2017, to learn cutting edge

organizational concepts and proposed solutions to enhance the Marine

Corps’ combat development process and its ability to meet future

warfighting challenges.

By Captain Ross Hrynewych, USMC

On 8 May 2017, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion successfully fired (100) rounds of mixed ammunition with the aid of a 3D printed idler sprocket wheel for the 25mm Bushmaster chain-drive ammunition loader.

The weapon system contains three nylon polymer chain-drive sprockets that are critical repair parts for the Light Armored Vehicle, the combat essential platform that the Bushmaster is employed on. After operating for an extended period, the nylon sprockets have a tendency to fail causing the chain to bind deeming the entire weapon system inoperative or reducing its effectiveness below the minimum acceptable table level of efficiency.

During the 1st Marine Division’s Exercise STEEL KNIGHT 2017, this part was identified as a candidate for Additive Manufacturing (AM) by

Marines Conduct Live-Fire Testing with a 3D Printed Part

the Expeditionary Manufacturing (EXMAN) team at 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, a project funded by Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy (M) and in cooperation with Space and Naval Warfare Command and the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics. The EXMAN is a Fleet Marine Force designed and operated prototype mobile facility that supports the continuous experimentation of AM Tactics, Techniques and Procedures under operational or combat conditions.

At Exercise STEEL KNIGHT 2017, the Marines designed a replacement sprocket and printed it in Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic with the 3D printer contained in EXMAN. The EXMAN rapidly fabricated this part in three hours, enabling the warfighters to resume their mission. The unparalleled

response in this situation resulted in a successful live-fire event that furthers the innovative and pioneering efforts to sustain of the Marine Corps in “any clime and place.”

(MCB Camp Pendleton, CA) 25mm Bushmaster's chain-driven track assembly with a locally 3D printed idler sprocket wheel on the left. (U.S. Navy Photo by Captain Ross A. Hrynewych/Released)

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Challenge Winners

Maj Dennis Katolin

1stLt Michael Adkins

Capt Milad Afkhami

Maj Sasha Kuhlow

CWO3 Sean Flores

SSgt Paul Middaugh

Mr Benjamin Jensen

Marine Corps Commandant’s Second

Innovation Challenge Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Marine Corps Commandant’s Second

Innovation Challenge, launched in March 2017. This challenge solicited innovative

ideas from Marines, Sailors, and government civilians from across the Marine

Corps. Winners may be afforded the opportunity to work with the Training and

Education Command (TECOM) to develop a way ahead for implementing their

innovative submission.

Read more about the selected ideas and other finalists in MARADMIN 243/17.

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks to Marines and civilians attending the Commandant’s Innovation Symposium 2017 award ceremony at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., 31 May 2017. Neller awarded Marines and civilians for their innovative ideas on how to improve the Marine Corps’ readiness as well as answered questions from the audience. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha K. Braun)

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By Sharon Anderson, CHIPS senior editor

In Admiral Hopper’s opinion, the

greatest obstacle to innovation is

taking the stance, “We've always done

it this way” — and heaven help

anyone who uttered that thought in

her presence.

Rear Adm. Grace Hopper was a

pioneer in the field of computer

science and for more than four

decades was at the forefront of

computing development — in the

U.S. Navy, academia and in industry.

Despite the many astonishing

historyhistoryhistory of innovation in the DON-Making a Difference

Rear Adm. Grace Hopper Continues to Inspire Innovation

technology changes that have

occurred since her death, she remains

admired worldwide and ever popular

with CHIPS readers.

Grace Brewster Murray was born

Dec. 9, 1906, in New York, New York.

She entered Vassar College at 17,

graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1928

with a BA in mathematics and physics,

and received a Vassar College

Fellowship. While she was an

instructor at Vassar, Hopper attended

Yale University, where she received

The cover of the July 1986 Chips Ahoy magazine featuring Rear Adm. Grace Hopper and her famous quote, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

the degrees of MA in 1930, and Ph.D.

in 1934, together with election to

Sigma Xi and two Sterling

Scholarships. She was one of four

women in a doctoral program of 10

students, and her doctorate in

mathematics was a rare

accomplishment in its day, according

to Yale.

While at Vassar as an assistant in

mathematics in 1931, Hopper became

successively, instructor, assistant

professor, and associate professor.

During this time, she received a

Vassar Faculty Fellowship and studied

at New York University between 1941

and 1942.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl

Harbor and the United States entered

World War II, Hopper wanted to serve

her country by joining the military.

The obstacles would have deterred a

lesser person. She was 34, which was

considered too old for enlistment, and

the government had declared her

occupation as mathematics professor

as crucial. Navy officials told her she

could best serve the war effort by

remaining a civilian.

Undaunted, Hopper managed to

get a leave of absence from her

teaching position at Vassar. She also

was able to persuade the Navy to

issue a waiver on the weight

requirement. Weighing in at 105, she

was 16 pounds underweight for her

height of five-feet, six-inches. Hopper

persevered and was sworn into the

U.S. Naval Reserve in December 1943

and attended the UNSR Midshipman’s

School-W at Northampton,

Massachusetts. Upon graduation, she

was commissioned lieutenant (junior

grade) and ordered to the Bureau of

Ordnance Computation Project at

Harvard where she learned to

program the first large-scale digital

computer, Mark I.

Lt. j.g. Grace Brewster Hopper working at the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., January 1946. Photo courtesy of the Defense Visual Information Center.

In 1946, she resigned from Vassar

and joined the Harvard Faculty as a

Research Fellow in Engineering

Sciences and Applied Physics at the

Computation Laboratory where work

continued on the Mark I and Mark II

computers for the Navy. In 1946, she

received the Naval Ordnance

Development Award.

Dr. Hopper published more than

50 papers and articles about software

and programming languages. Her

interest in applications programming

sent her to the first meeting of

CODASYL with a strong interest in the

development of COBOL (common

business-oriented language). She also

served on the ANSI Xe.4 Committee

for the standardization of computer

languages and the CODASYL

Executive Committee.

Hopper’s success in the male-

dominated fields of academia and the

technology industry, and in male-

dominated organizations, including

the U.S. military and engineering

forums, was phenomenal and due to

her insight, genius and determination

— she never gave up on her ideas.

Dr. Hopper’s lasting achievements

continue to be recognized today. It’s

nearly impossible to keep up with

each new award and honor.

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