[MilCom] Fwd: [MilRadioComms] Dover AFB comms team in Haiti

[allanstern at aol.com]

Dover AFB reserve crew delivers communications team, equipment to  Haiti
    
    Airmen from the 326th Airlift Squadron, at Dover  AFB, DE, delivered 
the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) to  Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 
aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during the early morning  hours of Jan 16.
    On the way to Haiti, the Air Force Reserve air crew  stopped at MacDill 
AFB, in Tampa, FL, to load up the JCSE's personnel and  equipment.
    "We were prepared to do what we needed for this  mission and there are 
more crews back at Dover on stand-by, ready to be called  upon," said Capt. 
Jim McCann, the C-17 aircraft commander. "I have been watching  to see if 
and when we would be called, and I knew that this might be our mission  when I 
saw it in the system," Capt McCann said. "We train to do this and jumped  
at the chance to help the people of Haiti any way we can."
    The JCSE deploys ahead to provide early entry  communications support 
for the Regional Combatant Commands, Special Operations  Command, and other 
agencies back in the US. The JCSE is set up within 72 hours  to provide 
communications for the full spectrum of  operations.
"In this situation, we will provide  communication for both military and 
non-governmental organizations," said US  Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer 
Ralph Johnson, the JCSE team lead. "This will  give us the hand shake and 
reach-back capability to the US."
    To meet mission requirements, the JCSE  maintains a professional force 
that is prepared to deploy at a moment's notice,  said Senior Chief Johnson. 
Both active-duty and reserve component forces  comprise the JCSE. This 
includes active duty squadrons, two Air National Guard  squadrons, and one Army 
Reserve squadron, exhibiting the model of total  force.
    The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center at Scott  Air Force Base, 
Illinois, provides command and control and coordination of the  airlift effort. 
They coordinate an average 900 airlifts and air refueling  missions each day, 
and can redirect aircraft to support requirements for  contingency or 
humanitarian relief operations.  

AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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