The Harding Project:
Strengthening the Profession through a Renewed Emphasis on Military Writing
Article published in: Infantry Fall 2024 Edition
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The Harding Project is a Chief of Staff of the Army initiative to revitalize professional military discourse. It
is named after MG Edwin “Forrest” Harding, who as a major in the mid-1930s, served as editor of the
Infantry Journal and led efforts to stimulate debate and reinvigorate the publication in the interwar
years. Now, as the Army again prepares for the battlefields of the future, it is an opportune time to not only
encourage professional writing but also renew military journals such as Infantry.
One of the key goals of the project is to modernize these publications. What does that mean for
Infantry? We will be transitioning to a “web-first, mobile-friendly” platform. Issues of
the magazine will continue to be offered in a PDF format, but we will also soon have html versions of individual
articles available for better readability on mobile devices. We will also utilize social media more to promote
and distribute these articles.
In addition, we will also begin publishing articles more frequently. Instead of solely releasing quarterly
issues, we will also publish individual articles on a routine basis. This will begin later this year.
Another big change for Infantry is the reintroduction of uniformed editors to our staff, something that
last occurred more than 40 years ago. Through the Harding Fellowship, a new Army broadening opportunity, fellows
will attend graduate school and then serve as editor of their branch’s professional bulletin. Applications
for the 2025 fellowship are due 10 September 2024.
To learn more about the Harding Project, visit www.hardingproject.com.
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