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During this episode, Conrad Dungca of the Naval Information Warfare Command Pacific (NIWC Pacific) discusses Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). Conrad discusses each component of ISR, and how ISR fits into information operations.

Research Question: Conrad suggests two research questions: 1) how has ISR evolved and what is ISR, and what is the right direction for ISR; 2) how has ISR impacted people and the world?

Resources:

• Fleet Tactics And Naval Operations by Wayne Hughes and Robert Girrier
• The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can't Think the Way We Do by Erik J. Larson

Link to full show notes and resources

https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-143

Guest Bio: Conrad Dungca grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He graduated with merit from the US Naval Academy earning a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, with an emphasis in Communications and Computer Engineering in May 1991. Upon graduation, he was commissioned an Ensign as a Student Naval Aviator.

He attended primary flight training in Corpus Christi, TX, and advanced rotary wing flight school in Florida, earning his Naval Aviation wings of gold in 1994. His service in the Navy was primarily flying the H-46 Sea Knight helicopter. His other Navy tours included:

• Tutoring inner city high school students as a Navy Upward Bound Mentor at UCSD,
• Engineer duty at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico,
• Assistant Operations Officer at the Joint US Military Advisory Group in the Philippines,
• Navy Recruiting Duty in San Diego,
• Officer In Charge of a Counter IED Unmanned Aerial Vehicle detachment in support of Operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom, and
• Commanding Officer for two Navy Reserve Units supporting NAVAIR in the rapid research and development of naval aviation systems.

Conrad Dungca served over 30 years in the US Navy, retiring at the rank of Navy Captain. He is currently working at Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pac) as the Lead Systems Engineer of the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Department supporting the engineering processes of over 180 department projects. Prior to Conrad's assignment to the ISR Department, he was involved with multiple communications related projects in NIWC Pac's Communications and Networks Department, focusing mostly with the Navy afloat and ashore communications architectures and systems.

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