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Article: Communicating in an urban environment: light infantry brigade SIGO lessons learned from OIF.(Signal Officer, Operation Iraqi Freedom)
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- Army Communicator
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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As I stood on the roof of a water pumping station in downtown Baghdad setting up OE-254s while 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division (air assault) cleared the city below, I thought about the doctrine and techniques I have learned on urban warfare. After three weeks and five cities, we had learned a lot about communicating in an urban environment. The basics we trained on so hard at Fort Campbell prior to deploying served us well in this combat environment.
My commander was able to command and control the brigade combat team effectively, maintaining flexibility and responsiveness. We used S/C tactical satellite, frequency modulation, Blue Force ...