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and parcel of such exercises and much of the traffic on this net related to minor injuries that occurred in the field. Finally we had a small secu-
rity net as armed parties were deployed with each brigade on the ground. (After our own unit debrief of the exercise it was felt that with this number of nets in operation a larger crew was required for the Exercise HQ commcen.) I have been involved with
the Assessments for the last number of years and I have to say that this year was the best performance I have seen to date from the infantry units with regard to comms. Each
year we request additional Sincgars radios as people have shown up in the past with one radio for a whole company. This year we only issued four radios and at least one of those was to replace a faulty set. Work is still required on the maintenance of a radio watch
and voice procedure but I have to salute the effort made this year. In fact this effort helped make the exercise a real CIS success story and I am still slightly dazed by it! The C2 container was well
utilised by the exercise staff and we used Tac Chat between it and the trailer to provide its comms support. It has addi- tional features we would love to use but time and equipment compatibility make this chal- lenging. For instance, we could use the tactical battlefield management system (TBMS) to show where each unit is located and track them as they move via the Sincgars radio. Unfortunately not all the radios have the GPS attach- ments required, but for next year I plan to at least have each company HQ tracked in this way. Finally, I would like to say
"Well done!" to all those who took part in the Assessments and express my thanks to all of those who assisted 62 CIS by way of equipment, advice and support, before,
during and after the exercise. See you all later this year!
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