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Information chief visits McGuire

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  • By Pascual Flores
  • Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. --  Lt. Gen. William Lord, chief of Warfighting Integration and chief information officer, visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst servicemembers at the McGuire Community Center Nov 13.

The general began his visit by participating in a question and answer session with a room of mission support group commanders from Air Mobility Command.

The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association luncheon was next on the agenda. In his opening remarks, General Lord expressed his gratitude to the AFCEA and its industrial partners in their help in the communications field.

"We have to change the way we do things now, "said General Lord. "We have to make the network more robust, more reliable."
The highlights of his speech evolved around the need for operational and cyberspace security.

"The enemy lives in your network today," he said. "We have to learn to fight the enemy in our network."

General Lord met with Airmen from the 87th Communications Squadron at the end of the luncheon. He answered questions and addressed their concerns on issues and changes in the communications career field.

"It was very supportive of the general to come here to show his support and let us know what is going on the higher-up side of the career field," said Airman 1st Class Courtney Reid, 87th Communications Squadron. "He definitely cleared up a lot of stuff for a lot of people in our squadron. It was a very helpful meeting."

General Lord did not depart the session without thanking the Airmen.

"Today's Air Force missions could not happen without the service that you provide," General Lord told them. "We are a better Air Force because of the way you operate."

General Lord shapes doctrine, strategy, and policy for all communications and information activities while driving standards and governance, innovation, and architectures for information systems and personnel. He is responsible for integrating Air Force warfighting and mission support capabilities by networking space, air and terrestrial assets.