MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -Marines from Marine Corps Systems Command and 8th Communications Battalion, tested new communications equipment aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune last week.
The Rapid Response Kit consists of two main subsystems that provide high rate data communications and can be deployed in a matter of minutes.
“The equipment is going to help out our unit a lot, it is different than anything we have worked with and is much more high speed and reliable,” said Cpl. Brandon Ikenberry, a satellite operator with 8th Comm.
The battalion received new communications equipment after a weeklong equipment test, allowing Marines to get hands-on experience with new gear.
“We are trying to standardize the Marine Corps right now,” explained Maj. David Arjona, the Expeditionary Command and Control Suite project officer. “Each unit has their own funding to purchase equipment, so units don’t always get the same equipment. This is the Marine Corps standardized acquisition process of standardizing equipment to all the Marine Corps at one time,” he added.
The new equipment test was the first of three within the Marine Corps to take place at units receiving the Expeditionary Command and Control Suite Family of Systems and Rapid Response Kits.
Ten Marines from 8th Comm participated in the training. The Marines will be taking four Rapid Response Kits back to their units where they will put the new equipment to work.
Instructors trained the Marines on the systems and conducted operational function checks which is part of a total package concept.
With new communications equipment distributed throughout the Marine Corps, Marines are able to efficiently and effectively use global satellite coverage.
The rapid response kit team is now preparing for their next fielding at the 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.
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