[MilCom] Fort Stewart Exercise

[Mac McCormick III]

This week, there has been an exercise at Fort Stewart, GA
involving the 4th Unit of Action (formerly Brigade) of the
3rd Infantry Division.  Judging from last weeks newspaper
stories, this may be Exercise MARNE FOCUS.  Although
I am well out of range for Low Band VHF traffic between
ground units, I was able to get some of the air activity and
coordinating activity on the Fort Stewart/Hunter TRS.

123.750/279.625     Marne Radio
     -ARMY 253## (AH-64D, 1-3 AVN)
     -ARMY 26### (UH-60L, 2-3 AVN)
     -BALLAD 11 (F-15E, Seymour Johnson)
     -BASKET 21 (F-15E, Seymour Johnson)
     -WAMPO 31 (F-15E, Seymour Johnson)

234.250     Fort Stewart Range Control
     -BALLAD 11 wkg ADVANCE (15 ASOS)
     -BASKET 21 wkg ADVANCE (15 ASOS)
     -WAMPO 31 wkg ADVANCE  41 (15 ASOS)

Note:  F-15E air-to-air freqs heard this week were 300.825
           and 301.525


Fort Stewart-Hunter AAF TRS
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Range Talkgroups:
     -2288     Range Control Admin
     -2320     Target Maintenance
     -2352     Range Control Operations Ch. 4
     -2416     Multi Purpose Range Complex
     -2448     Range Control Net

The Talkgroups below were being used to coordinate the
exercise, which was to include a combined attack by AH-64s
and Infantry.  Some of the callsigns I was able to ID, others
are guesses.  I've included the callsign IDs before the 
talkgroups:

4th UA Units in Exercise:
     MARNE              3rd Infantry Division
     VANGUARD     4th UA, 3rd Infantry Division
     BALER                3-7 IN (not heard, but referred to)
     MAINTAIN      703 Main Supt Bn
     THUNDER         1-76 FA
     TUSKER             4-64 AR
     VIPER                  1-3 AVN

Units Coordinating Exercise:
      DAGGER             4th Brigade, 87th Division? (Training unit)
      HALBRED          4th Brigade, 87th Division? (Training unit)
      MACE                 4th Brigade, 87th Division? (Training unit)
      SPEAR                4th Brigade, 87th Division? (Training unit)
      WHITE               Exercise Coordination/Judging?


Exercise Talkgroups:
     -3664     4th UA, 4-64 AR; TUSKER BASE, TUSKER #
     -3760     PATRIOT #, PATRIOT BASE
     -4144     4th UA?, DOG # 
     -4176     4th UA?, DRAGON #, DRAGON BASE, OUTLAW #,
                   THUNDER #
     -5136     BALLISTIC #, MARNE #
     -5168     HALBRED #, MACE#, SPEAR #, WHITE 6, MARNE #,
                   THUNDER #, VANGUARD #, VIPER #
     -5264     DAGGER Net; OP1, OP4, OP4T
     -5328     HALBRED Net (Ch. 5); MARNE # 
     -5360     MACE Net (Ch. 6)
     -5392     SPEAR Net; JAVELIN #
     -5456
     -5584     BMS, BMT, vehicle maint, etc.
     -5904     RANGE SAFETY
     -6000     MAINTAIN #, RANGE CONTROL, AGR 2


Mac McCormick                      "Green Comms Suck"
Savannah, GA
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