Holly Hughson is a Senior Advisor and practitioner researcher having operated and advised for almost two decades in high-stakes crisis response, humanitarian action and civil-military coordination. Holly’s work experience by country includes Kosovo, Sudan, South Sudan, Iraq, Russian Federation, Macedonia, Afghanistan and Ghana. As a frontline witness to 21st century conflict, Holly has seen first hand, the disruption to 20th century norms of security, power, profession and identity. Holly researches, writes and speaks on the intersections of humanitarian aid, counterterrorism, and civil-military coordination. Holly’s chapter, “The Military is Not the Sole Profession on the Battlefield” appeared in the 2018 publication from the U.S. Naval Institute Press, Redefining the Modern Military – The Intersection of Professional and Ethics, Eds, N.K. Finney and T.O. Mayfield.