1 00:00:02,678 --> 00:00:05,511 (Robotic sounds) 2 00:00:20,690 --> 00:00:22,070 - Greetings, I'm Rear Admiral Lorin Selby, 3 00:00:22,070 --> 00:00:23,540 I'm the chief of Naval research. 4 00:00:23,540 --> 00:00:26,260 I head an organization called The Office of Naval Research, 5 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:28,450 which has thousands of men and women dedicated to 6 00:00:28,450 --> 00:00:31,110 studying science and technology to try to determine 7 00:00:31,110 --> 00:00:33,300 the future technologies that will be applicable 8 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:36,050 to the US Navy or the United States Marine Corps. 9 00:00:36,050 --> 00:00:37,730 Today I'm excited to introduce you to 10 00:00:37,730 --> 00:00:39,250 The Naval Horizons Program. 11 00:00:39,250 --> 00:00:41,360 Naval Horizons is a video series we've put together 12 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:42,980 with 17 different videos 13 00:00:42,980 --> 00:00:44,230 that show some real hard hitting 14 00:00:44,230 --> 00:00:46,460 science and technology focus areas that 15 00:00:46,460 --> 00:00:48,050 we have in the Navy and Marine Corps. 16 00:00:48,050 --> 00:00:51,920 There's things like AI, autonomy, ship design, 17 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,160 ship hydrodynamics, really some cutting edge things. 18 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,820 Even advanced manufacturing, 3D printing. 19 00:00:57,820 --> 00:00:59,160 We've got scientists and engineers 20 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:00,980 who will talk to you about these different topics. 21 00:01:00,980 --> 00:01:02,680 Explain to you, kind of who they are, 22 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,130 why they got interested in the field 23 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:06,060 and what their field does. 24 00:01:06,060 --> 00:01:07,050 And try to explain it to you. 25 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:08,320 So you have a better understanding 26 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:10,610 of what opportunities there might be 27 00:01:10,610 --> 00:01:13,360 in a STEM related field for your future. 28 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:14,830 And so I'm really interested in having you 29 00:01:14,830 --> 00:01:16,820 find something you're passionate about 30 00:01:16,820 --> 00:01:19,310 more than worry about whether you come work directly for me 31 00:01:19,310 --> 00:01:21,950 or some other Navy/Marine Corps organization. 32 00:01:21,950 --> 00:01:23,040 If you do, that's great. 33 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,710 I'd love to have you, but again, I, 34 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:27,250 I just wanna make sure you don't 35 00:01:27,250 --> 00:01:29,000 leave anything behind on the table. 36 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,770 You know, when you're thinking about your future 37 00:01:30,770 --> 00:01:33,500 don't shortchange yourself, you can probably do this stuff. 38 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:34,333 It's really exciting. 39 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:35,580 It'll keep you interested. 40 00:01:35,580 --> 00:01:36,730 Yeah, it takes a little bit of work, 41 00:01:36,730 --> 00:01:39,460 but the stuff we do is really impactful and really, 42 00:01:39,460 --> 00:01:41,030 I think really fun. 43 00:01:41,030 --> 00:01:42,010 So as you view these videos 44 00:01:42,010 --> 00:01:43,730 I want you to, you have a homework assignment. 45 00:01:43,730 --> 00:01:45,380 I want you to think about 46 00:01:45,380 --> 00:01:47,740 what the future of, in my case, 47 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:50,000 concerns of course the Navy/Marine Corps is. 48 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,230 I want you to think about that. 49 00:01:51,230 --> 00:01:52,710 I'm talking to people about 50 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:55,530 trying to re-imagine what Naval power is, 51 00:01:55,530 --> 00:01:57,060 not what it could be, 52 00:01:57,060 --> 00:01:58,740 not what it would be 53 00:01:58,740 --> 00:02:00,990 if you continue to build the same things today. 54 00:02:00,990 --> 00:02:03,970 What if you totally had a blank sheet of paper 55 00:02:03,970 --> 00:02:05,450 and you could start from scratch. 56 00:02:05,450 --> 00:02:06,860 What would it look like? 57 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:08,810 So I want you to re-imagine Naval power 58 00:02:08,810 --> 00:02:10,320 and help me think through what 59 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,370 your ideas would be if you were to build something. 60 00:02:13,370 --> 00:02:14,680 If you were to design something. 61 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,600 If you were to come up with a new way of doing business, 62 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:17,433 what would it be? 63 00:02:17,433 --> 00:02:18,740 So that's really your homework assignment 64 00:02:18,740 --> 00:02:20,490 as you view these videos. 65 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:21,560 But I encourage you to really kind of, 66 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:22,870 think totally outside of the box, 67 00:02:22,870 --> 00:02:24,480 really stretch your imagination 68 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,300 and let us hear your thoughts. 69 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:27,770 You know, like anything else in life. 70 00:02:27,770 --> 00:02:29,810 Once you've done something for a long enough time 71 00:02:29,810 --> 00:02:33,160 like myself, you tend to get more set in your ways. 72 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,340 And it's a constant, for myself, 73 00:02:35,340 --> 00:02:37,820 it's a constant struggle to kind of 74 00:02:37,820 --> 00:02:39,550 continue to push those blinders open, 75 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:41,670 to stay open to different ideas. 76 00:02:41,670 --> 00:02:42,920 And I do that through reading, 77 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,480 through dialogue with a lot of different people, 78 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,260 through engaging a diverse crowd of individuals 79 00:02:48,260 --> 00:02:50,370 seeking different thoughts about problem sets. 80 00:02:50,370 --> 00:02:53,150 One thing that we highly value in the Navy and Marine Corps, 81 00:02:53,150 --> 00:02:54,040 is diversity. 82 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,800 And that's diversity when it could be gender, race, 83 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,060 ethnicity, sexual orientation, where you studied, 84 00:03:00,060 --> 00:03:01,890 where you came from, the way you think, 85 00:03:01,890 --> 00:03:03,300 all that is highly valued. 86 00:03:03,300 --> 00:03:06,610 In fact, many of our greatest breakthroughs in humanity, 87 00:03:06,610 --> 00:03:08,530 occur because you brought somebody in 88 00:03:08,530 --> 00:03:11,310 with a different thought process or thought pattern, 89 00:03:11,310 --> 00:03:15,510 that had a had an insight that, that others did not have. 90 00:03:15,510 --> 00:03:17,310 And it's that collaboration and that 91 00:03:17,310 --> 00:03:18,790 bringing together of different thoughts 92 00:03:18,790 --> 00:03:19,623 with different people, 93 00:03:19,623 --> 00:03:21,350 with different backgrounds and diversity. 94 00:03:21,350 --> 00:03:23,480 A diverse group that really will solve our hardest, 95 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,360 most complex problems in the future. 96 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:26,470 And if you embrace this, 97 00:03:26,470 --> 00:03:29,200 I think you can actually turn this into 98 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,290 something that could, you could look back upon 99 00:03:31,290 --> 00:03:33,340 and realize that you made a difference 100 00:03:33,340 --> 00:03:36,080 and really kind of helped set us on a different course 101 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,590 that takes us to the next level as, 102 00:03:38,590 --> 00:03:41,650 as a country, as a society, as the human race. 103 00:03:41,650 --> 00:03:42,920 I think it's that important. 104 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,420 So I encourage you to really stretch your imagination 105 00:03:46,420 --> 00:03:48,280 as you undergo this exercise. 106 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,700 But really thank you very much for participating. 107 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:52,410 I'm really excited to see what, 108 00:03:52,410 --> 00:03:53,440 what you provide us. 109 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,273 Thank you.