By Spc. Emily J. Wilsoncroft
Multi-National Division – Center
BAGHDAD — Army chief information officer, G6 Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson paid a visit to three of Multi-National Division – Center's brigade- and company-level communication operations sections, Jan. 19, to get a feel for the way communications are being run throughout the Task Force Marne area of operations.
Sorenson visited units at Patrol Base Assassin, Forward Operating Base Kalsu and Patrol Base Corregidor.
"He came down to look at the (command, control, communications, computing and intelligence) system," said Maj. Marcus Jackson, communications officer for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. "He wanted to come and see all the (equipment) that we have at the company level that used to be only at the brigade level – that's how important (it has) become to the fight."
Sorenson spent 30 minutes to an hour speaking with representatives of each unit he visited.
"This was a chance for him, as the new CIO G6, to come and see how the network is being used by the platoons and companies in the division and task force," said Lt. Col. Stephen Birch, TF Marne G6. "The best thing was that he got a chance to listen to the troop commanders, the battalion commanders and the (communications officers), and the units got a chance to express to him what they want from the Army, in regards to communications."