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Newsletter for DCM Troops and families stationed in Naples, Italy
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NATO - RUSSIA COMMEX 2006
From Naples to Verona to Baumholder
DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE !ALPHA, SECOND NATO SIGNAL BATTALION
“First In, Last Out!”!! ! ! ! NATO UNCLASSIFIED! ! ! ! ! ! Page 1
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
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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
RK
NEW
S
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
DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS MODULE !ALPHA, SECOND NATO SIGNAL BATTALION
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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
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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.
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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
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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&
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.
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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
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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