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By Sgt. Matthew Clifton
22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – The Army chief of information, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson, visited Jan. 22.
The purpose of Sorenson's visit was to talk with signal Soldiers and gain a deeper understanding of communications capabilities in the Task Force Fury operational area.
During his time in Salerno, Sorenson was given multiple briefs by the communications sections of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division command staff and toured the forward operating base to see first-hand exactly what the communications abilities were.
Speaking one-on-one with junior-enlisted signal Soldiers, Sorenson was led around the FOB and received briefings on communications equipment from the servers that power the FOB's Internet to the wires that connect those servers to the individual computers.
"I basically just showed him all of our servers that provide internet capabilities to all the different offices on the FOB," said Spc. Tim Worley, information systems operator maintainer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. "He got to see just how we keep this FOB connected."
After touring the FOB, Sorenson received a briefing on the communications capabilities of Fury's subordinate camps.
Throughout the battle space, mission essential equipment can sometimes be difficult to acquire, putting the responsibility for maintaining communications in the hands of sometimes as little as one person.
According to Army Maj. Thomas Schwab, 4th BCT signal officer, executing the signal mission was a challenge due to the signal company deploying at less than half their strength.
Sorenson asked the briefers what unique training the company incorporated to complete its mission while under strength.
Schwab explained the signal Soldiers were given as many training sessions on mission-essential equipment as possible, but a large part of the training occurred 'on the fly.'
Also briefed were signal projects that have been completed during TF Fury's time in Afghanistan. These projects included aspects in the building of a new tactical operations center, combat support hospital, dog kennel and entry control point for FOB Salerno.
Before leaving, Sorenson commended his fellow signal Soldiers for a job well done.
"I understand the conditions here are difficult," Sorenson said. "I'm very impressed with the job you guys have done, especially with the strained number of personnel you have to work with."
| Date Taken: | 02.01.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 02.01.2008 17:58 |
| Story ID: | 15987 |
| Location: | KHOST, AF |
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