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 | | Our mission was to do a helo insert at a certain spot and traverse the terrain in a big circle (about 15-20 miles) over two days, maintaining effective communications with a PRC 104, PRC 77, and DCT to report anything and everything we saw. |
 | | Being the junior corporal on this mission, I was the assistant team leader and RTO for our small recon team. |
 | | Having just come off intensive training on field-expedient antennas, and convinced that they were the best way to make NVIS (Near-Vertical-Incident-Skywave) antennas which would shoot over mountains, I packed myself down with all sorts of wire, tools, as well as extra batteries. |
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