<p>He wasn’t born near the sea.  He didn’t attend the United States Naval Academy, yet Rear Admiral Stephen Barnett has had a stellar naval career.  From piloting P-3’s during Operation Iraqi Freedom, he held several staff positions before taking command of several Navy Regions.  Now in charge of thousands of sailors and trillions of dollars in naval assets, he commands Navy Region Hawaii.  Join Tom Price and Jo Ann McClellan as they learn lessons in leadership from Columbia, Tennessee’s own Admiral Stephen Barnett.</p>

History’s Hook is a weekly audio-media series that uses local stories…stories found in everyone’s backyard…to explore national and world history.  The show features experts and eye-witnesses to events that make those connections in history.  The show’s host, Tom Price is a veteran historian who has spent nearly 30 years working in museums and archives finding those documents and objects that tell the stories of all of us.  He has published numerous articles on U.S. History and has curated fifteen major exhibitions related to American History and culture.