Civilian contractor Douglas Kummings - deployed to train and support Distributed Tactical Communications System users in Afghanistan - demonstrates the DTCS "radio only" handset and accessories. Kummings, a DTCS program field service representative, is also a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He is one of several NSWC Dahlgren Division civilian engineers - government employees and contractors - who have been working with warfighters in Afghanistan to evaluate and field the Netted Iridium radios since September 2008. The handsets ensure a reliable connection to a constellation of satellites providing global availability for joint forces on the ground, in vehicles and aboard aircraft.
| Date Taken: | 08.11.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 08.11.2009 16:22 |
| Photo ID: | 194218 |
| VIRIN: | 090811-O-9999X-003 |
| Resolution: | 2384x3016 |
| Size: | 1.77 MB |
| Location: | DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 196 |
| Downloads: | 33 |
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