dcm gazette issue #6

NATO - RUSSIA COMMEX 2006

From Naples to Verona to Baumholder

DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE !ALPHA, SECOND NATO SIGNAL BATTALION

“First In, Last Out!”!! ! ! ! NATO UNCLASSIFIED! ! ! ! ! !

On this rotation, SSG Lloyd Pinnock, SSG Richard Wilson and SPC George Wood are serving in Iraq at two separate locations. Recently, SSG Gri-maldo returned back to Naples from his 6 month deploy-ment.

Issue No: 6 Serving DCM Troops and Families stationed in Naples, Italy

April- June 2006

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:

SGT Rashad Fisher ' ' 10 April 06SGT Coretta Marshall' 14 April 06SPC Miguel Muniz' ' 27 April 06SGM Anna Gregory' ' 5 June 06SGT Abdul Ja(ar' ' 8 June 06SGT Anastasia Doctor' 8 June 06SGT Bradley Robinson' 9 June 06

Benvenuti di Bella Napoli!

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"

ON GOING MISSIONS

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.

DCM GAZETTE

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

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.

Grimaldo arrives at Ramstein AB, GE

COMMANDER&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!sons in interoper!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!*

SERGEANT MAJOR&S CORNER

Hello

Officers, Sol-

diers, Petty Offi-

cers and all of

their families.

Once again it is

time for me to let

you know how

things are going in

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 commu-

nications is the way of the

future. Remember this one fact

and it is even more important to-

day 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 provid-

ing 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 con-

tinue with your mission of provid-

ing 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 be-

cause of you the unit has excelled

again. I ask all family members to

become part of the unit by partici-

pating in the Family Support Pro-

gram. The Family Support Pro-

gram 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 any-

time.

AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY



CONGRATULATIONS!

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

STO

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NEW

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Lan Dalat

CPT, SC

Timothy Vester

SGM, USA

TACTICAL SATELLITE (LST-5 C) RADIO

ust within this past 12

months, DCM troops had

performed more than a

dozen of missions related to

the installation,

operation and

maintenance of the

TACSAT equipment

that is also known as

LST-5C in its former

name. The US Army

Special Forces and

the US Navy SEALS

often use the LST-5C

radio for its rapid and

reliable secure

communications. In NATO, there

are many missions required the

usage of the LST-5C radio.

Operation Active Endeavour (OAE)

is the number one user of the

LST-5C for its flagships to have

effective command and control

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 opera-

tion, the troops de-

ployed with the AV-

2040 antenna (see

Fig. 2). For ship-

board installation,

TACSAT technicians

deployed with the

Omni directional

antenna AV-2080

and a power ampli-

fier AM-7175/URC

along with a more

powerful power

supply PP-7959. As for land-based

operation the LST-5C is used with

the LSAD-100 power supply (see

Fig 1). On a typical deployment in

support of OAE, DCM commander

deployed a two-

man crew for each

of the LST-5C ra-

dio ship based sys-

tem along with

spare parts and

crypto devices.

The LST-5C can

transmit and receive

both in plain text and

Cipher text transmis-

sions. With Cipher text method, it

can be transmitted up to 16 Kbs

within the frequency ranges of

225-3999.995 MHz.

011001010110111001100100

.

LAND BASED SYSTEM

1 DCM TECHNICIAN

LST-5C RADIO

LSD-100 AC/DC POWER SUPPLY

AN/CSZ-1A SUNBURST

AV-2040 ANTENNA

POWER BY 120/240 VAC, 11-30 VDC COMMERCIAL OR A BB5590 NICAD BATTERY

SHIP BASED SYSTEM

2 DCM TECHNICIANS

LST-5C RADIO

PP-7959/ URC POWER SUPPLY

AN/CSZ-1A SUNBURST

AM-7175/URC POWER AMPLIFIER

PTPC-100 PRE-AMP CONTROLLER

AV-2080 OMNI DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA

POWER BY 120/240 VAC, 11-30 VDC COMMERCIAL OR A BB5590 NICAD BATTERY

POINT OF CONTACTS: SFC MATTHEW OLSON, SSG ANDREW CASTRO, SSG RAUL MACIAS



Top: SGT M. Rodriguez insta#s th$ LST%5 radio terminal on the Canary Is%land during the build up phase of th$ NRF Operational Rehearsal % NOBLE JAVELIN 05.

Figure 2.. LST-5C radio is shown with the

land based antenna AV-2040

J

Figure 1. the LSAD-

100 AC/DC Power

Supply

DCM-A TROOPS



in action at Camp Aulenbach,

Baumholder, Germany

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

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

TSGT (O12X) SSG Acosta configures the TSGT equipment Early morning run at Camp Aulenbach, GE

Lt. Cdr Karenkov, RU Navy and IT2 Hebenstreit, US Navy work together

SGT Kruthoff helps SSG Macabee recover the fibre optic cable

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



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

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

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

NATO troops and Russian officers represent NATO- Russia COMMEX are standing together in one formation during the closing ceremony

2NSB staff: S3 Eng., CW2 Pemberton, (left), S6, CPT Ciobanu, RO Army, (center) and S3 SGM, MSG DeVille

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

NATO and Russian personnel pose with the Exercise Director, LTC Joe Angyal (5th from right)after an award ceremony that recognized outstanding technicians

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

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 sol-diers competed in Marksmanship, Physical Fitness, Leadership Skills, Common soldiers skills and fin-ished it off with a 20 Km Road march.

The following soldiers have been recognized for their efforts during NATO - Rus-sia COMMEX 06 in Ger-many SSG Taylor, SGT Houch, SGT Lambert, SPC Biederman and SPC How-

ard



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

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%

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

For their outstanding mission support the following personnel have been awarded Joint Achievement MedalsSSG Earnest Smith USAIT2 Patrick Kramer, USNIT2 Kenneth Hebenstreit USN

Thank you for the job well done!

RECOGNITIONSNCO OF THE YEAR

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

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 New Army

Service

Uniform is

BlueThe 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 wear. The gray shirt will be worn with a necktie. The white shirt with black bow tie will be only for formal occasions. Trousers will be worn with a belt instead of suspenders. Females will have an optional pair of trousers in addition to the traditional dark blue skirt. The wear regulations for the new blues do not include shoulder sleeve insignia for current unit assignments and combat patches. 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.

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.

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

part of the NCO corps.

O!cer/warrant o!cer version: will remain the same except for the gray shirt and belted trousers.

The estimated cost for the newuniform, specialist and below will be between -128 ! -147.



COOPERATIVE MAKOReported 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 Mi-chelle Williams, SGT Steven Key, SGT Lance West, SGT Steve Otriz, SPC Adrian Sperlich and SPC Brendan How-ard 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 net-work.

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 suc-cess.

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

the installed equipment and the network remained solid without any interruption. On June 29, 2006, DCM troops dein-stalled 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: The Minesweeper Musca Class shown above is the same model as the Romanian Nicholescu No. 29

!Source Jane-s Fighting Ships"

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

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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 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.

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.

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

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.

DESTINATION OF THE QUARTER: ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Photo by CPT Lan Dala.stanbul isTurkey&s

most populous city with the

largest cultural and eco!

nomic center. It is located on the

Bosphorus strait, and encom!

passes the natural harbor known

as the Golden Horn, in the

northwest of the country. Istan!

bul extends both on the Euro!

pean $Thrace% and on

the Asian $Anatolia%

side of the Bospho!

rus, and is thereby

the only metropolis

in the world which

geographically is

situated on two continents.

In 2000 Census, population is

8,803,468 $city proper% making it,

one of the largest cities in

Europe. The census bureau esti!

mate for 2005 is 11,322,000 for

the province, which is generally

considered as the metropolitan

area, making it one of the twenty

largest metropolitan areas in the

world. City is lo!

cated

at 41° N

28° E,

and is

the capi!

tal of Is!

tanbul Province. Istanbul is cho!

sen as the European Capital of

Culture

Source provided by Wikipedia



I

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

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