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Signal Battalion Soldiers Connect Bagram, PRT over Satellite

Wednesday, 09.06.2004

U.S. soldiers from the 125th Signal Battalion are training to become an important part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team mission in Afghanistan. The soldiers are learning how to use commercial satellites to improve communications between Bagram Air Field and the teams.

The satellites will provide digital beyond-line-of-sight capabilities, which include commercial Internet, secure Internet, and defense switched network lines, said Jeremy Brady, a civilian trainer for Tactical Command, Control, Communications and Computers.

"The soldiers are trained on the installation, operation and maintenance of the satellites," he said.

There are 13 teams throughout Afghanistan, mostly set up in rural areas with no communication infrastructure. Communication abilities have been limited to sending single channel data and Iridium satellite phone communication.

With the addition of the satellite dishes, communication and intelligence can be sent and received much quicker, easier and without disruption, Brady said.

The ground satellite dishes send and receive encrypted information from an orbiting satellite. It will also give the soldiers stationed at the teams better Internet and phone access.