Black Oak Solutions, LLC

06/05/2026

Our scholarship recipients, Mr. Jonathan Rudolph and Mr. Kristopher Gardner! ✈️

06/03/2026

Leadership Starts with Coaching.

Black Oak Solutions is proud to share an upcoming professional development opportunity from Air University’s VECTOR – The Center of Excellence for Learning Professionals.

The Leadership Coaching Program (LCP) is an intensive 8-day experience designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness through coaching. Participants will develop practical coaching mindsets, skillsets, and tools aligned with International Coaching Federation (ICF) core competencies while gaining hands-on experience through instruction, practice, and live assessments.

📅 Program Dates
• Week One: June 15–18, 2026
• Week Two: June 22–25, 2026

💡 Ideal for leaders at all levels seeking to:
✔ Enhance leadership effectiveness
✔ Improve communication and engagement
✔ Develop coaching capabilities within their organizations
✔ Build a culture of growth and accountability

Graduates will earn a Leadership Coaching SEI and may pursue the Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential through additional coaching hours.

At Black Oak Solutions, we believe strong organizations are built by leaders who invest in people, continuous learning, and professional growth.

Register Here: https://leadershipcoachingprogram.eventbrite.com/

All participants must have base access and a CAC to get on military installation.

05/27/2026

05/20/2026

Yesterday’s AI-Enabled Wargaming & Simulations — Immersion Day at The Eagle Institute brought together AU faculty, staff, military professionals, technologists, industry leaders, and innovators for a hands-on exploration of the future of operational learning and AI-enabled decision advantage.

Hosted in collaboration with Air University Innovation Accelerator (AUiX), the LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The immersion provided participants with hands-on exposure to emerging tools and methodologies supporting operational analysis, scenario generation, experimentation, and decision advantage.

Throughout the workshop, attendees explored:
• AI-enabled rapid scenario design and iteration
• Human-machine teaming in dynamic operational environments
• Simulation-driven concept testing and learning modernization
• Real-time data integration for operational insight generation
• Practical applications of AWS Kiro capabilities for wargaming and experimentation

The event reinforced the importance of cross-functional collaboration between defense, academia, and industry to accelerate innovation across the Air University enterprise and broader national security ecosystem.

Black Oak Solutions remains committed to supporting initiatives that strengthen operational readiness, foster strategic partnerships, and advance immersive learning and experimentation capabilities across the defense and education sectors.

Innovation requires environments where operators, educators, and technologists can collaborate, prototype, and iterate rapidly — and that is exactly what was accomplished at The Eagle Institute.

05/18/2026

This month’s Professional Educational Leadership Learning Activities (PELLA) experience took Blount Elementary School’s 5th grade aviators on an immersive journey through history, aviation, leadership, and higher education. ✈️

Students visited the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field, where they explored the powerful legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen and gained firsthand insight into the courage, discipline, and excellence that changed American history.

The experience also included:
• Interactive aviation and historical learning activities
• Educational quizzes with prizes to reinforce engagement and retention
• Exposure to aircraft, STEM, and military aviation history
• A visit to TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY to introduce students to collegiate pathways, culture, and opportunity

PELLA is focused on creating experiential learning environments that connect classroom learning with real-world leadership, innovation, history, and career exploration.

These moments matter. Exposure creates vision — and vision helps shape future leaders, aviators, educators, engineers, and changemakers.

05/15/2026

The Eagle Institute hosted the AI-Enabled Education Demo Day in collaboration with Barnes Center for Enlisted Education and Aptima, Inc., bringing together Air University faculty, staff, learning professionals, and innovators for an interactive exchange on the future of AI in military education and learning design.

The session explored how AI-enabled workflows and emerging technologies can support curriculum development, scenario generation, instructor augmentation, and modernized learning environments across the Air Force education enterprise.

Events like this reflect The Eagle Institute’s mission to serve as a collaborative ecosystem where cross-functional teams think creatively, experiment boldly, and translate concepts into practical impact.

Thank you to our stakeholders who participated in the discussion and demonstrations shaping the future of learning innovation.

05/13/2026

Innovation takes shape one layer at a time.

Today, The Eagle Institute brought together students, faculty, staff from Air University, community members, local colleges and universities, and industry professionals for our 3D Printing 101 Workshop. Facilitated by Harley DeMarco and Micheal Head.

From exploring the fundamentals of additive manufacturing to discussing real-world applications across education, defense, entrepreneurship, and rapid prototyping, the session created a collaborative environment where ideas moved from concept to creation.

Workshops like these are part of a broader effort to strengthen innovation ecosystems across the River Region by connecting academia, industry, government, and the community through hands-on learning and emerging technologies.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to the discussion, collaboration, and energy in the room. The future of innovation is built through experiences like this.

05/12/2026

🤖 Building the Future with Agentic AI

The Eagle Institute is proud to support and help advance conversations around practical AI implementation through the upcoming AI Agent-Building Workshop hosted in collaboration with the U.S. Army War College.

This interactive workshop is designed for professionals, educators, innovators, and decision-makers looking to move beyond basic AI prompting and begin understanding how AI agents can support real-world operations, workflows, and mission ex*****on.

Participants will:
▪ Explore the difference between AI agents and traditional AI chat/prompt systems
▪ Learn how context, structure, and parameters shape effective AI outputs
▪ Build and experiment with functional, purpose-driven AI agents
▪ Engage in hands-on experimentation and strategic discussion around agentic AI applications

📅 May 27th
⏰ 1430–1630 ET (1330–1530 CT)
📍 In-Person & via Microsoft Teams

As organizations across government, industry, and education continue adapting to emerging technologies, understanding AI-enabled workflows and autonomous systems is becoming increasingly important to operational effectiveness and innovation.

05/10/2026

This is what Grace by Magnolia is about…

Taking time to pause in a busy world and remember who we are.

It’s so easy to isolate… to strive to be self-sufficient…
when in reality, that was never our design.

Even Jesus walked with twelve…
and in His most revealing moments, He drew even closer to three.

It’s a reminder that no matter how strong we think we are,
we were created to lean on one another.

When I first thought about what Grace by Magnolia could be,
there was so much doubt… so much fear.

But here I am… doing it anyway.
Still becoming. Still trusting.

I’m so thankful for my three who showed up for me
in a moment that was so tender.

This night was me choosing faith over fear in real time…
leaning not on my own understanding,
but trusting in my Father in heaven.

It was a beautiful night, with beautiful people,
and without obedience, I would have missed it.

These are the same women who have walked with me through
having a baby before I felt ready,
failed classes,
seasons of depression,
and so many transitions of becoming.

Sometimes life gets so busy that we forget to be still…
to truly cherish the relationships God has blessed us with.

So with every gathering, every arrangement, every detail…
my hope is this:

That we would trade busyness for stillness,
anxiety for peace,
and remember that the real beauty of any moment
is the people we share it with.

Grace by Magnolia is for moments like this.

Now accepting a limited number of bookings for May and June in Clarke County, Montgomery, and surrounding areas.

To inquire or book, send a DM or connect through the link in my bio.