DCM Gazette Issue #6

DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE !ALPHA, SECOND NATO SIGNAL BATTALION

D C M G A Z ETTE

Issue No: 6

Serving DCM Troops and Families stationed in Naples, Italy

April- June 2006

NATO - RUSSIA COMMEX 2006

ON GOING MISSIONS

From Naples to Verona to Baumholder

On this rotation, SSG Lloyd Pinnock, SSG Richard Wilson and SPC George Wood are serving in Iraq at two separate locations.

Recently, SSG Grimaldo returned back to Naples from his Grimaldo arrives 6 month deployat Ramstein AB, ment.

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SGT Robert Downing is the only soldier remain in Afghanistan at this time. SSG Ronnie Grubbs, SGT Alica Pena and SGT Kristal MacKall re! turned to Naples from their tour of duty with ISAF in Afghani! stan.

Officers and Soldiers from NATO and Russia are standing tall as they represent the historic milestone in their first ever communications interoperability exercise at Camp Aulenbach, Baumholder, Germany on May 24, 2006.

CAMP AULENBACH, Baumholder, Germany " Within six days of noti#! cation to assume NATO " Russia Communications Exercise, 26 troops from DCM!A, 2nd NATO Signal Bat! talion deployed to Verona, Italy where they took over 30 million euros worth of communications equipment and the historic mission in Germany. On 8 May 2006, DCM

" A, 2NSB took control of nine vehi! cles to include one Transportable Satellite Ground Terminal $TSGT O12X%, one Communications Mod! ule $COM 20%, one Information Services Module $ISM 03%, and asso! ciated support vehicles for the mis! sions. !Cont. on Page 8"

HAIL & FAREWELL

We unexpectedly bid farewell to IT2 Ken! neth Hebenstreit due to personnel restruc! turing at JFC Naples. He is now assigned to Strike Force NATO. From time to time, he will TDY to 2NSB. During this quarter, we welcome the fol! lowing soldiers and their families: “First In, Last Out!”!!

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2NSB took over 1NSB&s mission in KFOR at the beginning of this quar! ter. On this #rst rota! tion, DCM!A deployed three soldiers for a 4 month rotation. SSG Pe! ter Moulton&s team consisted of SGT McGowan and SPC Buggel

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SGT Rashad Fisher ' ' SGT Coretta Marshall' SPC Miguel Muniz' ' SGM Anna Gregory' ' SGT Abdul Ja(ar' ' SGT Anastasia Doctor' SGT Bradley Robinson'

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Benvenuti di Bella Napoli!

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COMMANDER&S CORNER

SERGEANT MAJOR&S CORNER

This quarter had come and gone very quickly for some of us. At a drop of a hat, we took on challenges of a mission from a sister unit. On that mission we learned many valuable les!

Lan Dalat sons in interoper!

CPT, SC ability. Most tech! nical issues were resolved over time.

The interoperability between hu! mans remains to be the most com! plex subject to master. There are di(erences in languages, cultures, ranks and political ideologies be! tween the two armies. Just rank alone, there were extreme di(er! ences. The most junior ranking member of the Russian Armed Forces was a major while DCM most senior is a captain. Despite all these di(erences, both teams worked hard and well together to accomplish the common goal. I&m honored to be a part of that mission and I&m proud to be among you and your professionalism. )FIRST IN, LAST OUT!*

Hello Officers, Soldiers, Petty Officers and all of their families.

Once again it is time for me to let you know how Timothy Vester things are going in SGM, USA DCM-A/C. I want to take the time to welcome everyone that has arrived in the last quarters and to let you know that we need you to join the DCM family and help make this great organization even better. Everyone has been doing an outstanding job this last quarter.

The unit’s ability to successfully complete all of its missions is because of you and your effort. Your hard work really shows that you care about the unit. Again I want to stress how communications is the way of the future. Remember this one fact

and it is even more important today when in comes to the fight against Terrorism and that fact is (They can all talk about us, but they can not talk without us). We provide the means for everyone else to do their jobs so be proud of that fact. I will do everything in my power to maintain the morale of our personnel and their families and to provide proper guidance and not waste your time. My job is to help you do yours by providing you the time and resources you need to make any mission or task that you have a success. I am also here to ensure that your stay in Naples, Italy is as stress free as possible by letting you know if you have issues come to me and I will assist you in solving them. I have learned over the years that problems do not get better overtime unless you take action now, so if you have problems let us know as soon as possible so we can get them solved so you can continue with your mission of providing high quality communications to those elements that need them. I thank all of you that have given up your personal time to help the unit make the Army Ball a success because of you the unit has excelled again. I ask all family members to become part of the unit by participating in the Family Support Program. The Family Support Program is a way to keep informed about upcoming unit events. I hope everyone enjoys their time here in Naples, Italy and feel free to contact this command at anytime.

CONGRATULATIONS! STORK NEWS

Congratulations on your selection for promotion.

Adrian Sperlich to Specialist (E-4) Joshua Peterson to Petty Officer 2nd Class, IT2 (E-5)

Congratulations to the proud parents of

Phoenix Joel Born 9 June o6 7.2lbs Mia English Born 27 June 06; 7.5 lbs Marquez Smith 30 June 7.5lbs

AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY

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TACTICAL SATELLITE (LST-5 C) RADIO while patrolling the Mediterranean Sea. DCM troops are trained to deploy the LST-5C radio in two configurations: land and ship based. For land based operation, the troops deployed with the AV2040 antenna (see Fig. 2). For shipboard installation, TACSAT technicians deployed with the Omni directional antenna AV-2080 .

Top: SGT M. Rodriguez insta#s th$ LST%5 radio terminal on the Canary Is% and a power ampli- Figure 2.. LST-5C radio is shown with the land during the build up phase of th$ fier AM-7175/URC land based antenna AV-2040 NRF Operational Rehearsal % NOBLE along with a more JAVELIN 05. powerful power LAND BASED SYSTEM supply PP-7959. As for land-based ust within this past 12 1 DCM TECHNICIAN operation the LST-5C is used with LST-5C RADIO months, DCM troops had the LSAD-100 power supply (see LSD-100 AC/DC POWER SUPPLY performed more than a Fig 1).

On a typical deployment in AN/CSZ-1A SUNBURST dozen of missions related to support of OAE, DCM commander AV-2040 ANTENNA the installation, deployed a twoPOWER BY 120/240 VAC, 11-30 VDC operation and COMMERCIAL OR A BB5590 NICAD man crew for each maintenance of the BATTERY of the LST-5C raTACSAT equipment SHIP BASED SYSTEM dio ship based systhat is also known as 2 DCM TECHNICIANS tem along with LST-5C in its former LST-5C RADIO spare parts and name. The US Army PP-7959/ URC POWER SUPPLY crypto devices.

Special Forces and AN/CSZ-1A SUNBURST Figure 1. the LSADthe US Navy SEALS AM-7175/URC POWER AMPLIFIER The LST-5C can 100 AC/DC Power PTPC-100 PRE-AMP CONTROLLER often use the LST-5C transmit and receive Supply AV-2080 OMNI DIRECTIONAL radio for its rapid and ANTENNA both in plain text and reliable secure POWER BY 120/240 VAC, 11-30 VDC Cipher text transmiscommunications. In NATO, there COMMERCIAL OR A BB5590 NICAD sions. With Cipher text method, it BATTERY are many missions required the can be transmitted up to 16 Kbs usage of the LST-5C radio.

POINT OF CONTACTS: SFC MATTHEW Operation Active Endeavour (OAE) within the frequency ranges of OLSON, SSG ANDREW CASTRO, SSG 225-3999.995 MHz. is the number one user of the RAUL MACIAS

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DCM-A TROOPS , h c a b n e l u A p in action at Cam y n a m r e G , r e d l Baumho

Officers and Soldiers from NATO and Russia are standing ready at the opening ceremony

SPC Biederman shows SFC Kaynar (TU Army) how to configure the servers inside the ISM shelter.

DCM troops push the ISM shelter into its position during the set up phase.

Lt. Cdr Karenkov, RU Navy and SGT Kruthoff helps SSG IT2 Hebenstreit, US Navy work Macabee recover the fibre optic together cable

TSGT (O12X) “First In, Last Out!”!!

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SFC Kaynar (left) watches SGT Huoch (rt.) and PVT Rodriguez playing Dominos

SSG Taylor prepares to cook the red sausages during the DCM sponsor BBQ

CPT Dalat, COL Yumatov (center) and CDR Hansen (right) join hands that symbolizes cooperation and partnership

Russian Army Colonel Borisov sets to throw an American football during the BBQ 2NSB commander, Lt. Col. Mihalik, USAF visits troops during the exercise

2NSB staff: S3 Eng., CW2 Pemberton, (left), S6, CPT Ciobanu, RO Army, (center) and S3 SGM, MSG DeVille NATO troops and Russian officers represent NATO- Russia COMMEX are standing together in one formation during the closing ceremony

ISM crew: (from left to right) SFC Kaynar, SPC Biederman, SGT Ortiz, SPC Dickenson, SSG Gunn and Mr. Lettieri

IT2 Heibenstreit blows the whistle that was given by CDR Hansen at the end of the exercise in Baumholder, Germany

NATO and Russian personnel pose with the Exercise Director, LTC Joe Angyal (5th from right)after an award ceremony that recognized outstanding technicians “First In, Last Out!”!!

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NCO OF THE YEAR

RECOGNITIONS

SSG (P) Walter Twitty (25D3S) is a Crypto NCO who has been selected as the NCO of the Year for the US Army NATO Regional Command South Battalion in Naples, Italy.

For their outstanding mission support the following personnel have been awarded Joint Achievement Medals SSG Earnest Smith USA IT2 Patrick Kramer, USN IT2 Kenneth Hebenstreit USN Thank you for the job well done!

The following soldiers have been recognized for their efforts during NATO - Russia COMMEX 06 in Germany SSG Taylor, SGT Houch, SGT Lambert, SPC Biederman and SPC Howard SSG Twitty takes aim of the target at a ri+e range near Per% sano, Italy during his ,ve day competition for the title NCO of the year The title NCO of the Year did not come easy. Its an arduous five day competition that challenged its competitors both mentally and physically. The soldiers competed in Marksmanship, Physical Fitness, Leadership Skills, Common soldiers skills and finished it off with a 20 Km Road march.

SPECIAL THANKS TO AN OUTSTANDING TECHNICIAN

IT2 Kenneth W. Hebenstreit

Thank you for the hard% (ork and commitment to exce#ence while ensuring the mission accomplishment.

We wi# miss your wor) ethic and your sense of hu% mor.* Bon Voyage!

Die Schützenschnur Prior to the quali#cation, all personnel received training from the German trainers. There were three stations organized to train and familiarize of the Pistol P6, Battle Ri+e G36 , and Machine Gun. Participant may walk away with either Gold, Silver, or Bronze.

The quali#ed soldiers may wear the Sch'tzenschnur on their US Army Service Uniform O,cers may not

wear this badge. US Navy has not recognized this foreign badge SFC Frederick Clayton $Silver% SSG Roy Gunn $Gold% SPC Robert Biederman $Gold% IT2 Kenneth Hebenstreit $Gold% “First In, Last Out!”!!

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DCM troops participate in several events during Combined Endeavor exercise to include running, mini world cup, and qualifying the German weapon syste& !

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The New Army Service Uniform is

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COOPERATIVE MAKO Reported by SSG Michelle Williams Constanza, Romania --. On June 14, 2006 seven DCM members along with a staff NCO from 2NSB set out to Constanta Romania for exercise Cooperative Mako.

SSG Michael Wing, SSG Michelle Williams, SGT Steven Key, SGT Lance West, SGT Steve Otriz, SPC Adrian Sperlich and SPC Brendan Howard of the DCM departed Capodichnio Airport on June 14, 2006 with HF PC NET equipment that is capable of transmitting and receiving data. The equipment is installed on five NATO and PfP ships to create a local area network.

On day one of the mission, 2NSB troops departed The Romanian Military Hotel to start the mission. Upon arrival SSG Wing, SPC Sperlich, and SPC Howard then went to install the HF PC NET on the some of the ships while SSG Williams, SGT Key, SGT West, and SGT Ortiz began the set up for the LAN. The equipment was installed with success.

On day two of the mission, DCM troops tested all system to ensure mission ready. Throughout the mission,

Blue The new uniform will keep most of the current overall styling, but it will have changes such as a more tailored #t and a gray shirt for everyday 1863 1960 wear. The gray shirt will be worn with a necktie.

The white shirt with black bow tie part of the NCO corps. will be only for formal occasions.

Trousers will be worn with a belt instead of suspenders. Females will O!cer/warrant o!cer version: have an optional pair of trousers in will remain the same except for the addition to the traditional dark blue gray shirt and belted trousers. skirt. The wear regulations for the new blues do not include shoulder The estimated cost for the new sleeve insignia for current unit uniform, specialist and below will be assignments and combat patches. between -128 ! -147.

All soldiers including airborne troops on jump status will only be authorized to wear the current black dress shoe. The bloused jump boots will no longer be authorized with the new uniform. The three distinct versions of the new uniform are Junior enlisted version, NCO version, and O,cer/warrant o,cer version.

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Junior enlisted version: soldiers holding the rank of specialist and below will wear the black beret instead of the service cap. They will wear plain blue trousers without the gold stripe along the legs.

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the installed equipment and the network remained solid without any interruption.

On June 29, 2006, DCM troops deinstalled the network and recover all equipment.

On June 30, 2006 the equipment was repacked in preparation for the return trip home. The soldiers were greeted by SSG Perry, SPC Knight, and family members upon their arrival in Naples.

Fig. 1: Newly authorized Army Service Unifor& formerly known as the Army Blue Uni% form, Enlisted !SourceAR 670%1 Page 124"

NCO version: corporal to SGM of the army will have the gold trouser stripes and service cap. The stripe will represent a )rite of passage* when a soldier becomes “First In, Last Out!�!!

Fig. 1: The Minesweeper Musca Class shown above is the same model as the Romanian Nicholescu No. 29 !Source Jane-s Fighting Ships"

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NATO RUSSIA COMMEX 06

UPCOMING EVENTS

The road movements to the #rst rally point met small challenges due to minor mechanical problems.

Mechanics from both DCM!A and B worked together solving the problem with the bad alternator. That evening, DCM! troops con! ducted an authorized rest! stop at Fliegerhorst Fursten! feldbruck Airbase in Munich, Germany. The next morning the troops continued their move! ment to Camp Aulenbach, Baum! holder, Germany which was around 455 km from Munich.

DCM Troops began setup at the as! signed location inside Camp Aulen! bach, which was in the northeastern part of the camp. At the beginning, there were several problems with the TSGT due to a broken eleva! tion transducer and incor! rectly con#gured equip! ment. The transducer may have been damaged during the long road movement from Italy. The deployed Naples CIS Logistic Depot $NCLD% techni! cians assisted DCM TSGT techni! cians to replace broken parts and changed the con#gurations with minimum loss of time.

DCM Troops received a warm wel! come reception from the German Support Group where they were prepared to received representatives from 41 nations to participate in Ex! ercise Combined Endeavor 06. Eve! ryone received an orientation brief! ing from a German Army o,cer be! fore going through a very e(ortless in!processing procedure. Meals and lodging fees were paid for the dura! tion of the exercise.

JULY 06: TACSAT Install / Transfer, Naples, IT MS Servers 2003 Training LNC Equipment Fielding AUG 06: Cooperative Mako FPC, Constanza, RO Russian-NATO COMMEX, Baumholder, GE OCT 06: Steadfast Cathode, Istanbul, TU

several consecutive days to get both system connected.

On Friday 12 May 2006, CPT Lan Dalat, US Army, commander of DCM!A reported to CDR Dierk Hansen, GE Navy, SHAPE J6 O,! cer Conducting Exercise that all sys! tem are in!place and online with NCN. From that point on, there were few problems with the net! work. The overall mission was a suc! cess for both NATO and Russian Forces.

Once the equipment came online with NATO Core Network $NCN%, DCM technicians and 2NSB engi! neer connected the Russian&s com! munications system to the NCN for voice and data connectivity with NATO. This arduous process took some time. Both DCM and Russian forces were working long hours for

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