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Live from Qatar to the Hilton
Last night was our annual GCN Gala where we honor agencies and individuals for terrific work in this field. It was our most far-reaching event, literally. Thanks to some resourceful people from Tandberg, our audience of 1,000 was able to see and hear one of our awardees, Brig. Gen. Susan Lawrence, speaking from Qatar. She’s the C4I director for Central Command. She's been working overseas to obtain bandwidth for troops in southwest Asia.
I, along with our tech support team, held our breath until the image of Lawrence popped up on our four large screens. She could hear and see us, and vice versa. Although it was 3 a.m. in Qatar, Lawrence was surrounded by fellow officers and later told us the room was filled with military folks wanting to see her receive the award.
Actually, we’re shipping the crystal to her. But in the meantime Army CIO Lt. Gen. Steve Boutelle accepted on her behalf here in Washington.
Before everyone walked around dripping with technology, you’d hear quaint words like “miracle” to describe certain modern advances. But it did seem miraculous, considering how many places the signals had to hop among before entering the touchy AV systems inside the Washington Hilton.
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