DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE ALPHA%
SECOND QUARTER 2005
DCM GAZETTE
The O$cial Newsletter for USDCM%A troops and their families &&
Noble Javelin 05 FUERTEVENTURA & HMS INVINCIBLE
On 13 April 05, troops !om both DCMs pose together for a picture of success.
On 23 March, Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of USDCM!A, Italian troops from the sister units in Verona, and the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion sta" departed Naples on a DC!9 US Navy aircraft with a destination of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain where
they established communications support for the selected elements of the NATO Response Force #NRF$ to conduct an Operational Rehearsal, Noble Javelin 05 #NJ 05$ between 28 March to 14 April 2005. "cont. page 8#
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Issue No.: 2
MISSION IN IRAQ USDCM-A took on more missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Upon returning from the Canary Islands, the unit was tasked to train the Polish contingent at Camp Echo in Iraq and to support ISAF SSG. On 27 Smotzer May 2005, USAF Tech Sergeant Steven Smotzer, USAF Staff Sergeant Frankie Woodard, and USA Sergeant Joseph Piazza traveled to Woodard Warsaw, Poland to link up with the Polish team before heading over to Iraq. USDCM-A troops provided two weeks of hands on inPiazza struction to our Polish colleagues in the sandy desert of Camp Echo.
HAIL & FAREWELL
This quarter, we bid farewell to our departing troops who had contributed a great deal to this unit. SSgt. Bryant, SSgt. Clopp, SrA Cochran, SSgt. Downin, SFC Hart, SGT Hernandez, SGT Lines, SK1 Martinez, and SSgt Russell. During this same period, we welcomed SPC Brown, SSG “First In, Last Out!”!!
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APRIL - JUNE!
Castro, SK1 David, SPC Dewey, SSG Grimaldo, SSG Grubbs, IT3 Hebenstriet, SSG (P) McKay, SSG Pryor, and SPC Tapia. We cordially extended our welcome to the newly arrived family members
Benvenuti di Bella Napoli! !
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