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Soldiers from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division trained with electronic warfare equipment, Sept. 6 to 19.
This equipment helps integrate EW capabilities at the brigade level and provides the Cyber Electromagnetic Activity teams the capability to identify enemy positions by their electronic signature.
“We are using the Versatile Radio Observation and Direction and VROD Modular Adaptive Transmit system to locate emitters in the training,” said Sgt. Joshua Irvin, EW specialist from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd ABCT, “Units use multiple systems at the same time, that’s what you need to get a fix, to get the most accurate information.”
According to U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, the VROD is used to detect and understand enemy electromagnetic signals while the VMAX is used to search and attack. The system can be utilized in multiple configurations: man-worn pack, vehicle based, and fixed site.
The equipment also, has the capability of locating the enemy, and cut an enemies ability to communicate.
“If you can break the enemies lines of communication, then their reconnaissance elements can’t talk to their command post,” said Capt. Ryan Wilson, CEMA Officer in Charge, 2nd ABCT, “they won’t know that we're maneuvering on them.”
The VROD and VMAX help CEMA teams visualize the frequencies and activity on display to determine enemy locations. This information helps commanders understand the enemy in a multi-domain battlefield.
“This is a high speed system. Just by looking on the spectrum of the VROD, you can see what type of frequencies they're operating on,” said Staff Sgt. Konrad Alvarez, EW specialist, HHC, 2nd ABCT. “It can determine if it is a radio frequency or other type of emitter. We can actually listen to conversations and see where the enemies are located.”
“Soldiers can get ambushed if we don’t alert them that there's an enemy or a terrorist operating near their location, that's the thing that we're trying to prevent,” Alvarez said. “We’re trying to save the lives of our fellow troops.”
| Date Taken: | 09.06.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 10.31.2019 16:17 |
| Story ID: | 350106 |
| Location: | US |
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