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by Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Rouille sponder agencies, and to learn how these non-DOD U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Patrick Liu
452 CS superintendent agencies operate and communicate with DOD assets,”
said Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Derr, 452 CS. Tech. Sgt. Jorma Rousseau, 452nd Communications
The 452nd Communications Squadron, March Air Squadron, directs Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Derr, 452 CS,
Reserve Base, was key to Vital Connect 2015, a US- These Joint exercises are designed to demonstrate during the initial Joint Incident Site Communications
NORTHCOM-sponsored exercise led by the Colorado unified C4ISR in support of contingency operations. Capability suite setup at Vital Connect 2015 in Den-
Army National Guard designed to test the interoper- When it’s all on the line, you need to be online. That ver, Colorado, July 13, 2015.
ability of federal, state, county and city Mobile Emer- is what the 452 CS all about, providing the operators
gency Communication plans and platforms. communication capability to direct and control re- Vital Connect-Denver.
sources needed in any event. There were more than 20 individual military and
Secure, high bandwidth, and redundant communi-
cations are vital to the Command, Control, Comput- The 452 CS sent 16 of their finest cyber operators civilian units and 200 communicators and operators
ers and Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance to provide full spectrum HF, UHF and VHF radio ca- participating in the three-day exercise. Each unit was
and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), of complex joint oper- pability and Internet connectivity to civilian mobile able to showcase and explain its capabilities.
ations like Vital Connect, held in Denver, Colorado, emergency operations and dispatch vehicles. During
July 14-16. the exercise, they were tasked to provide Jefferson and The networking and cross-flow of information was
Arapahoe County Sheriff and the Colorado Springs invaluable for all participants. Such exercises allow
The 452 CS employed its Joint Incident Site Com- Police Department with radio, internet, video-telecon- each unit to understand what capabilities are brought
munications Capability (JISCC) suite, a deployable ferencing and phone capability. to the fight before responding to an emergency.
communications package designed to provide initial
services in austere locations, in order to accomplish “C4ISR is as vital to first responders and (Federal,
the mission. The JISCC delivers a lot of capability in State, Local) emergency management as it is to mili-
a small package. tary joint operations,” said Maj. Richard Quinton, op-
erations director, 452 CS.
The exercise provided outstanding training for the
March communicators. They were able to quickly pro- Since 9/11, the issue to share and exchange data
vide services in direct support of a real-world scenario has been daunting to say the least. Many policies and
without the added stress of a live-fire event. They were legacy system incompatibilities hinder the process.
also able to share tactics, techniques and procedures Essential communications must be delivered to ensure
with the other civilian and military units participating. that first responders and follow-on, sustained opera-
tions are able to direct resources efficiently to over-
“Vital Connect provided an unique opportunity for come local-, regional- or national-level events. The
the 452 CS to learn how the JISCC can interoperate 452 CS delivered essential communications during
with a mix of civilian, law enforcement, and first re-

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