“Changing Tides: US Navy’s WWII Transformations in People and Systems”: This session explores how World War II reshaped the US Navy both socially and technologically. Historian Frank Blazich highlights the service and legacy of the Black Seabees, whose contributions paved the way toward an integrated Navy, while Trent Hone examines the Navy’s rapid evolution in organization, innovation, and operational systems that defined modern naval warfare.