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Bn. communications.—these radios had ranges of 5-10 miles—which was the limit of our patrols. We had 3 or 4 Marines trained in communications as backup for our radio communicator. We stayed in radio contact with company HQ 24/7— we needed to receive info. sent by the CO. throughout the day—and night. The
battery ‘life’ was approx. 60 hours and we always had a backup battery—it was essential equipment —just like our weapons. The exact same routine was taking place in each of the Companies of BLT 2/7. Each of the platoons in E Company covered our TAOR ( tactical area of responsibility) with day time patrols, night time ambushes and we operated our secure perimeters and participated in operations and sweeps that were conducted from time to time with the Company and/or the Battalion.
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