Photo By Spc. Miguel Alvarez | Spc. Homer Byers, a signal system support specialist, for the 558th Signal Company,...... read more read more
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. – A satellite, trailers and tents all appear to be up in position, but for the 558th Signal Company the job isn’t done until an Army flag is flying high.
“We don’t sleep until we’re up and running,” said 2nd Lt. Akilah Norman, a platoon leader for the 558th Signal Company, from Maineville, Ohio.
The 558th SC are providing communication for the 2014 Quartermaster Liquid Logistics Exercise (QLLEX), operationally controlled by the 633rd Quartermaster Battalion here, June 5 to 19.
Norman, a native of Forest City, Ark., said their mission is to provide functional communications equipment to the units involved in QLLEX.
“We are here to help and will do whatever we can to do so,” said Norman.
The work of the 558th SC makes communication between units more efficient and effective, said Norman. She said the units are equipped with radios that will allow them to communicate from one end of camp to another.
The units have singar radios that will work because of the satellite and computer equipment that the 558th SC has already prepared out in the field, said Norman. In addition to radio communication, the 558th SC will also provide phone and Army internal intranet access available during QLLEX.
Norman expects her unit to serve over 1,100 service members, including Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. She said having her unit participate in this training provides other service members an opportunity to see how important the job of the 558th SC is out in the field.
QLLEX will also provide the 558th SC with valuable training, said Samuel H. Waters, a satellite and communications operator and maintainer for the 558th SC.
Waters, a native of Indianapolis, Ind., said QLLEX helps clarify what his role would be while deployed and is giving him the opportunity to become more familiar with his equipment.
Spc. Raymond Direito, a multi-channel transmission systems operator and maintainer with the 558th SC, said QLLEX gives the soldiers of the 558th SC a very relevant scenario. From his past experience deployed in Afghanistan, he said the work they are doing is the exact same type of work they will be expected to perform in an overseas setting.
Direito, a native of Dayton, Ohio said they work very hard to prepare their equipment, but after the preparation, they do any necessary trouble-shooting.
“We work very hard to prepare, but if you see us working after that it usually means something needs fixing,” said Direito.
| Date Taken: | 06.09.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 06.09.2014 16:13 |
| Story ID: | 132580 |
| Location: | FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | DAYTON, OHIO, US |
| Hometown: | INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, US |
| Hometown: | MAINEVILLE, OHIO, US |
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