Spc. Mike Swenson, a Shoreview, Minn. native and satellite transmission operator with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, does daily checks on a STT satellite dish. The satellite dish provides secured and unsecured Internet as well as phone service for Soldiers deployed in Basra. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J.P. Lawrence)
Spc. Adam Houtkooper, a satellite transmission operator and Minneapolis, Minn., native, checks the gauges on a generator that fuels the satellite dishes of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division. Soldiers of Network Support Company do daily checks to maintain and operate communications, telephone and Internet services for 34th Inf. Div. in Basra. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J.P. Lawrence)
Soldiers of the Network Support Company change oil for the satellite transmitter generators of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division in Basra. Equal parts mechanic, network operator, and carpenter, NSC Soldiers work around the clock to ensure that Soldiers and their commanders can communicate effectively on today’s battlefield. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J.P. Lawrence)
“I maintain and operate communications, telephone and Internet services for our 34th ID unit,” said Spc. Tanner Winter, an Eyota, Minn., native and Joint Node Network operator with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division in Basra. Prior to mobilization, Winter and ten other Red Bull Soldiers took a ten-week concentrated course on the JNN system in St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J.P. Lawrence)
