Iraqi soldiers learn radio procedures

CAMP TAJI, IRAQ

12.23.2009

Courtesy Photo

3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command

(From left to right) On Dec. 23, 2008, Mr. Aku from Baghdad, a local national working as a translator, along with, Sgt. Sean K. Birmingham, from Port St. Lucie, Fla., a radio operator/maintainer and part of 68th Transportation Company, 398th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, from Mannheim, Germany, teach and train basic communication and signal skills using SINCGAR radios to Iraqi army soldiers of the General Transportation Regiment. IA soldier Karar Ali, also a native of Baghdad, says, "He learned many things today such as loading frequencies, and also how to store the information inside the radios." Warrant Officer Bashar, from Baquaba, Iraq, says "I can hear soldiers clearly on the other side of the radio, and it makes me feel safe knowing I can hear them, and they can hear me."

• Date Taken: 12.23.2009
• Date Posted: 03.27.2012 08:50
• Photo ID: 140449
• VIRIN: 090102-A-9999S-001
• Resolution: 1024x685
• Size: 137.53 KB
• Location: CAMP TAJI, IQ