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FORT STEWART, Ga. – Soldiers with Charlie Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducted 30-meter mast familiarization and training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 27-28.
“Today we are conducting training on how to properly raise and secure the 30-meter masts,” said Sgt. Laurelin Mathis, a multichannel transmission systems operator with C Co.
The 30-meter mast is a large deployable tower capable of elevating two 55-pound antennas to a maximum height of 98 feet. A three-legged base and a series of support cables are used to stabilize the structure in place, according to Army doctrine.
“This training is extremely important for the safety of all Soldiers involved with a mission,” said Sgt. Travis Davis, a multichannel transmission systems operator and noncommissioned officer in charge of the training with C Co. “If Soldiers are not properly trained and something is done incorrectly or not secured properly there is a real potential for it to fall and cause serious injury.”
The signal Soldiers utilize this equipment to adapt to environmental circumstances, such as hills or vegetation, which may interfere with transmission between two communicating high capacity line-of-sight, or HCLOS, shelters.
"The 30-meter and 15-meter masts are components of the HCLOS shelters,” said Spc. John Smarr, a multichannel transmission systems operator with Co. C. “We use whichever is most efficient to establish connectivity with our distant end.”
Prior to working with the equipment Soldiers participated in classroom training led by subject matter experts.
“A lot of the newer [multichannel transmission systems operators] have little experience with the 30-meter mast,” Davis said. “We are focusing this training on familiarization and explaining basic operation of how to safely set up the 30-meter masts.”
The two-day training was a successful according to Mathis and some of the participants.
“Each of the Soldiers were able to increase their understanding on how the mast is constructed,” Mathis said. “This is training that we will continue to build on so Soldiers are able to increase their proficiencies.”
“This was a great training event. The terrain here at Fort Stewart is relatively flat, so there is little need for such a large mast,” Smarr said. “However, we never know where a mission may take us so training like this is a great way to maintain and improve our skills.”
| Date Taken: | 07.01.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07.01.2016 10:58 |
| Story ID: | 202979 |
| Location: | FORT STEWART, GEORGIA, US |
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