GMA Stories.....

"I remember when I had been working for GMA Cover Corp. for only a couple of years or so, I was asked by the company owner if I would like to gain more product and industry knowledge by attending the AUSA show in Washington D.C. It was autumn in 1994 (and a very different world then) and I was assisting the Sales and Marketing efforts at that time in trying to grow GMA's name and reputation.

On the first morning of the show, I had the unique opportunity of meeting both of the highest ranking Generals in the armies of the Peoples Republic of China, and Russia (then known as the Commonwealth of Independent States). Both groups had come through within an hour of each other. Each delegation brought their own interpreters along to translate their questions into English. Both Generals asked basic but intelligent questions about GMA's products. We answered these questions to the best of our abilities, and they seemed politely pleased with our responses.

After they left, I was thinking that it was amazing how dramatically the world had changed (in a good way) up to that point. Having grown up and lived through "The Cold War", it was unthinkable that even twenty years earlier that two military Generals from two of the world's super powers would be permitted to openly view all of the defense hardware that the United States armed forces would use around the world. Though GMA Cover Corp.'s contribution to that show was modest at that time, it would have been interesting to have known what thoughts would have been going through the two General's minds as they walked away from our booth." – Steve Garland