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Michael Palmore 2019-05-24
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Facilities and services are limited and missions are often crucial.

Teams would remain isolated from their parent units if not for one support function — Communications.Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, a forward deployed team tasked to mentor key leaders in rural Afghanistan, relies upon a small team of Communications experts to keep them connected to the rest of the battle space.“Like right now,” said U.S. Air Force Tech.

Tylian Goss, PRT Zabul operations non-commissioned officer in charge, as he answered a radio call from a unit on a mission.

“They’re about to blow an Improvised Explosive Device in place and I have to let everybody know.”Goss turned from his workstation in the PRT’s Tactical Operations Center, used the FOB Giant Voice system, and announced, “Attention on the FOB, attention on the FOB, there will be a controlled detonation.”Quickly and easily, important data from across the battle space was relayed from one geographically separated part of the team to another, all through the use of the PRT’s communications tools.“We bring capabilities to place conversations, intelligence and information assets from anywhere in the world into one room, even in unstable southern Afghanistan,” said U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Palmore, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul communications officer.

“We … provide the real-time link from the policy and decision makers stateside to the war fighters on the ground in Afghanistan.” The Communications team is comprised of a small group of service members from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army National Guard.

The diverse team works together to maintain the ties between PRT Zabul and the rest of the battle space, which is not without challenges.“Not having easy access to additional parts needed, random power outages and the environment are big things,” said U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.

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Michael Palmore 2019-05-24
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Facilities and services are limited and missions are often crucial.

Teams would remain isolated from their parent units if not for one support function — Communications.Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, a forward deployed team tasked to mentor key leaders in rural Afghanistan, relies upon a small team of Communications experts to keep them connected to the rest of the battle space.“Like right now,” said U.S. Air Force Tech.

Tylian Goss, PRT Zabul operations non-commissioned officer in charge, as he answered a radio call from a unit on a mission.

“They’re about to blow an Improvised Explosive Device in place and I have to let everybody know.”Goss turned from his workstation in the PRT’s Tactical Operations Center, used the FOB Giant Voice system, and announced, “Attention on the FOB, attention on the FOB, there will be a controlled detonation.”Quickly and easily, important data from across the battle space was relayed from one geographically separated part of the team to another, all through the use of the PRT’s communications tools.“We bring capabilities to place conversations, intelligence and information assets from anywhere in the world into one room, even in unstable southern Afghanistan,” said U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Palmore, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul communications officer.

“We … provide the real-time link from the policy and decision makers stateside to the war fighters on the ground in Afghanistan.” The Communications team is comprised of a small group of service members from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army National Guard.

The diverse team works together to maintain the ties between PRT Zabul and the rest of the battle space, which is not without challenges.“Not having easy access to additional parts needed, random power outages and the environment are big things,” said U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt.