244th History 1999

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ACC

244 Combat Communications Squadron

LtCol Dennis W. Mitts

In April the unit participated in an in-garrison 36 hour exercise with other units in the 252nd Combat Communications Group call Eagle Ace 99-04. The unit terminated a DCS satellite shot with Camp Roberts.

The May UTA was a test of the planned comm arcitecture for the upcomming Grecian Firebolt exercise.

For the second year in a row Annual Field Training, 12 to 23 August was in support of Grecian Firebold. The joint service communications exercise Grecian Firebolt 99 involved both active duty and reserve components of all services. The excercise is considered the largest peacetime signal exercise of its kind in the world. The unit sent over 90 of its members to Camp Rilea, Oregon, to establish wideband relay sites connecting Camp Rilea to Redmond Oregon, and to provide signal support to the 41st Infantry Brigade of the Oregon Army National Guard.   This included voice and data communications to the brigade's Tactical Operation Center (TOC) just east of Camp Rilea, the Brigade Support Area (BSA) on Camp Rilea and a link to the BIAK Training Center in Redmond, Oregon.  A wide variety of communications equipment was used including tactical and long-haul satellites, computers, mail servers, routers and network equipment, tactical telephones, wideband, HF and FM radio communication services. Relays sites were established on Davis Peak, Mt. Hebo, Mt Hood at Timberline Lodge, and at Powell Butte.

The unit deployed to Salem to test a comm exercise testing the backup capabilities for the state in case of communications failure due to Y2K.

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1999 Photos

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