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The Valor Games: Personal Limits are Meant to be Broken
Over my 16 year career as a Soldier in the US Army I was driven by competition on a daily basis, and was also active in a variety of sports from basketball and softball to running. Competition drives me to be better than I was the day before. In 2003, however, I was injured in Iraq during a fire fig…
How My Cisco Team Helped Me While I Served Overseas
How do you get through a 12-month deployment with the US Army to the Middle East? For me, much of it was through my Cisco Family. As you can imagine, life in a combat theater can be quite lonely, especially for a person of my rank, Command Sergeant Major. The good news is that, after having been dep…
Thank You to Our Veterans
Veterans, Thank you. Thank you for your service to our country. Thank you for the sacrifices you make for all of us. And thank you for our freedoms. With all of you, past and present, we have an amazing country in which to live, liberties many others do not experience, and the opportunities many oth…
U.S. Army Builds Internet of Everything Infrastructure for the Fighting Force of Tomorrow
Every July, we celebrate on the 4th to commemorate the Continental Congress’ approval of the Declaration of Independence. This year, the patriotic occasion reminded me of an event held last month when, together with United States Congresswoman Jackie Speier and the president of Sonim Technologies,…