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Strat Comms, PR, media relations professional. Media junkie who loves history, politics, telling stories, positivity, and DC. Proud dad & husband. Views my own.

Virginia, USA
Joined May 2009
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Watch Starship’s second integrated flight test xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1dRKZEWQv…
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Congratulations to the team for the recent successful field demonstration of our 5G .MIL Unified Network Solutions offering!
Out of the lab and into the field. For the first time, @LockheedMartin executed a live demonstration of its Hybrid 5G-Tactical Mesh Network to support Joint All-Domain Operations. Read the news:

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Special congratulations to @mcleancrewclub alumni Max Blacksten for tying the record of 5 medals earned for @tbcracing_ at the @usrowing club nationals!
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Congrats to the ⁦@mcleancrewclub⁩ Men’s 8 1V boat on winning the ⁦VASRA Virginia State Championships today! ⁦@BlackstenMax⁩ we are all so proud of you and the team!
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Saw this ⁦@TotalWine⁩ in #McLean today. Can’t think of a more timely beer! Yes, pun intended!
Congrats to @Astro_Sandy on your election to the @theNAEng ! Well deserved! #aiaa
Now THIS is funny for someone with a daughter who is in college training as an actor--not a musical theatre major though.
RIP Sir Sean... – at McLean, VA
Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90. He was the first actor to play James Bond on the big screen in Dr. No in 1962, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever followed.
Go #SpaceX Go #NASA Go #CrewDragon !!! – at McLean, VA
Whooo-Hooooo!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!Congratulations to the whole NASA/SPACEX team. Years or hard work, commitment and grit brought you to today! Well done!!! Exciting to see a US launch!!!!
From wildlife to the stars, our ninth annual Sustainability Report showcases how we tackle some of the most pressing environmental, social and governance issues facing the world. lmt.co/2VUWhqz
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I want this T-shirt @Nationals. Please sell it at NATS park! – at McLean, VA
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This will make you smile...🐾🐾 – at McLean, VA
Not sure who was more excited. Glad she remembers me after a year!
I can still picture that powerful moment on the Moon when Earth looked like a brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky! 🌕🌎
“It’s such a powerful, personal experience… and as much as we love the pictures that we bring back, it’s not the same as seeing it yourself.” Bill McArthur of @NASA_Astronauts describes a shift in his worldview during his time in space: youtu.be/QKXC6BuxbqA
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Max and I are visiting #Newseum on its very last day. Sad that such an important museum is closing...
Interesting story #SpaceNews: #Astroscale pursuing mil customers for in-orbit services, debris removal -- shar.es/a35j0B This is going to be huge as new arrays of satellites are deployed in LEO and cisluner gateways/infrastructure push us to the Moon, Mars & onward
Gotta love gas for under $2 a gallon ⁦@Safeway⁩ woot!
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Let’s get this party started! #IAC2019
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