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Left to right, Col. Peter Feng, 75th Air Base Wing vice commander, Amanda Toman, DoD 5G Initiative acting principal director, Debra Stanislawski, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Tranche SG Prototyping and Experimentation director, and Jeffrey Sick, Air Force Sustainment Center director of logistics, cut a ribbon to celebrate the first deployed and functional 5G network on a U.S. military installation at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Dec. 2, 2021. The project began in 2019, when the Department of Defense sought to demonstrate innovative prototypes that use commercial 5G technologies as a way to augment future military capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)