[MilCom] Fwd: [MilRadioComms] Dyess B-1s work with USS HST

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Dyess B-1s participate in multi-service  exercise
by Airman 1st Class Charles V Rivezzo, 7BW  Public Affairs

1/30/2013 - DYESS AFB, TX -- B-1  Bombers from Dyess AFB, TX, participated 
in a combined training unit exercise,  or COMPTUEX, Jan. 24-29, in support 
of the USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) Strike  Group.

COMPTUEX is a series of training scenarios designed to certify the  HSTSG 
as a deployment-ready fighting force capable of completing operations in  
overseas theaters. The exercise incorporated a myriad of missions to include 
air  defense, maritime interdiction and anti-submarine warfare.

7th Bomb Wing  aircrews participated in the exercise by providing joint 
maritime defense for  the carrier strike group.

The COMPTUEX scenario involved a friendly ally  at war in a highly-volatile 
area prone to terrorism. Training vessels and  personnel played the role of 
hostile forces within each scenario.

"Our  role during these types of exercises is kind of like what we've been 
doing in  OEF for well over a decade, providing a convoy armed overwatch, 
but in this  case, it's a carrier strike group," said Capt Alicia Datzman, 
337th Test and  Evaluation Squadron. "The area you're protecting in a JMD type 
role is extremely  vast and part of that tactical problem is finding where 
those threats are and  protecting our assets."

Currently, the 337TES is writing a bulletin on  JMD tactics, techniques and 
procedures specifically using their current  communications (pre Link-16) 
structure and soon-to-be-fielded Advanced Targeting  Pod-Sensor Enhancement. 

According to Datzman, JMD is a mission that  aircrews deployed to the 
Middle East could be tasked to support, directly  impacting the B-1's current 
mission-set.

"Participating in these types of  exercises is huge for us, because we are 
operating in an environment that is  unfamiliar to the B-1 community," said 
Maj Brian Baker, 77th Weapons Squadron.  "Little things that you can't 
practice or stress until you are actually in that  environment, such as 
communications, make a big difference when working in a  joint-service operation.

"The mistakes and lessons learned in these  exercises get propagated out to 
the rest of the B-1 community. Not everyone is  going to get a chance to 
participate in these types of exercises," added Baker.  "The few times we get 
to participate in these large force exercises, we need to  get every single 
lesson learned that's possible, because the next time someone  is a part of 
a mission like that, it could be for real."

This  multi-service exercise is part of a new Department of Defense 
initiative known  as the Air-Sea Battle concept. 

The ASB concept guides the services as  they work together to maintain a 
continued US advantage against the global  proliferation of advanced military 
technologies and anti-access/area denial  capabilities. Air-Sea Battle is 
designed to leverage military and technological  capabilities that reflect 
Navy, Marine and Air Force collaboration, cooperation,  integration and 
resource investments. 

"When you think of  joint-integration in tomorrow's war with country X, Y, 
or Z, that's how we are  going to have to fight," Datzman said. "It's 
essential to train the way we  fight."




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