Upcoming military hotspots

Foreign Policy, a magazine devoted to global politics and economy, takes a look at the biggest hotspots to watch in 2011 for military action.  There are a few obvious selections on the list:  Iraq, Venezuela, Congo, etc.

For those interested in monitoring military communications, look over this list and put your frequency list on stand-by.

Foreign Policy's list of hotspots to watch in 2011.

NYC Listen to the Ball Drop - From Behind the scenes

Due to previous year's feedback and continuing with a W2LIE.net tradition- "Listen to the Ball Drop - From Behind the scenes" returns for another year, and will continue to do so each and every year!

That's right - Listen to Dick Clark's Rock'in New Years from the Director's Chair.

True, you won't be hearing it "as it happens" due to streaming delays - but the sync should be close enough with Satellite delays for you to enjoy hearing the action while watching the live event! The feed will start mid-day, and run well past midnight.

There was plenty of action on the feed after the sun went down. Camera crews and the director were hunting for "filler shots" to record and use during the live broadcast of the night's events.

This is not a "Public Safety" type of feed. Feedback is always welcome. Catch the feed on my "special" stream.

73 and Happy New Years
Phil - w2lie

Kentucky CAP Callsigns

For those who monitor the CAP, here is a breakdown of the callsigns used by the Kentucky Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

The basic wing callsign is Kentucky CAP ####.

The callsigns are assigned in blocks of one-hundred call signs to each squadron.

Squadron - Callsign - Range
001 - Wing HQ 0 – 99
007 - London Composite 100 – 199
011 - Paducah Composite 200 – 299
039 - Louisville Composite 300 – 399
050 - Boone County Composite 400 – 499
057 - Bowling Green Composite 500 – 599
058 - Centenary Composite 600 – 699
063 - Frankfort Composite 700 – 799
073 - Campbell County Composite 800 – 899
077 - Golden Armor Composite 900 – 999
082 - Jim Brewer Composite 1000 – 1099
122 - Danville Senior 1100 – 1199
123 - KYANG Composite 1200 – 1299
131 - Bardstown Composite 1300 – 1399
214 - Bowman Senior 1400 – 1499
216 - Fort Campbell Composite 1500 – 1599
217 - Western KY Composite 1600 – 1699
218 - Fulton County Composite 1700 – 1799

Each squadron has reserved call signs in their block corresponding to the wing command structure and call signs. For Example “KY CAP 4” is the Wing Director of Communications. In the Fulton County Composite “KY CAP 1704” is assigned to the Squadron Communications Officer. The callsigns 0, 100, 200, 300, etc are assigned to the Wing and Squadron respectively for use with assigned equipment.

If you follow the CAP HF ALE side of things the ALE address 0148KYCAP is located in Lexington, Kentucky.

New York National Guardsmen on Watch New Year's Eve

NEW YORK - As revelers head for Times Square to welcome 2011, members of the New York National Guard will be on duty to ensure that the holiday is safe and secure.

"New Yorkers can celebrate the New Year with confidence knowing our National Guard remains on duty this holiday weekend to assist our partners in law enforcement and emergency management," said Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, New York's Adjutant General.

"Operating at the direction of the governor, that partnership with law enforcement and emergency management in New York City continues to ensure that New York State Military Forces will be ready as New York welcomes thousands of visitors for a safe and secure holiday celebration."

In New York City, the members of the New York National Guard's Joint Task Force Empire Shield will be assisting the New York Police Department in conducting security operations designed to thwart any potential terrorist. These members of the New York Army and Air National Guard have been trained to assist law enforcement and other emergency management agencies in the metropolitan area.

Members of the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard, state-only defense forces, also serve in Joint Task Force Empire Shield.

Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the New York National's Guard's task force in New York City has been an integral part of security planning.

"Our partnership with the New York City Office of Emergency Management brings great benefits to first responders and our National Guard," said Col. David Martinez, chief of domestic operations for the New York National Guard. "New Yorkers expect to see their National Guard out during critical times, and we're proud to serve."

The New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team, a unit of 22 soldiers and airmen trained to detect and identify hazardous materials, as well as the presence of chemical, biological, or radiological weapons, will also be standing by on New Year's Eve in case they are needed to support the New York Police Department or Fire Department.

Based at Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn, the team's soldiers were recently certified as ready by the Department of Defense. In the past the New York National Guard's 2nd Civil Support Team would send soldiers and airmen to New York City on New Year's Eve from their headquarters at Stratton Air National Guard Base outside Schenectady. New York now has two of these highly trained units, with one focused solely on the New York City metropolitan area.

"As we have recently been certified to respond to natural or man- made emergencies we look forward to be able to support local authorities during this year' s New Year's Celebration in Times Square, " said Lt. Col. Kaarlo Hietala, the commander of the 24th Civil Support Team.

The New York National Guard will also have its Joint Operations Center near Albany manned with enough soldiers and leaders so that in the event of an emergency the Guard can respond quickly if directed to do so by the governor.

Finally in Rome, NY, the New York Air National Guard's Eastern Air Defense Sector will be monitoring the skies above New York City and the northeast while New Year's celebrations are underway.

Known as EADS, the unit of active-duty New York Air National Guardsmen and Canadian Forces personnel are responsible for monitoring the airspace of the United States east of the Mississippi. The unit is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and can direct assets as needed to defend U.S. airspace.

"The Eastern Air Defense Sector's air sovereignty and air defense mission is a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week responsibility," said Col. John Bartholf, EADS Commander. "Our unit was designed and organized to operate all day, every day, and we'll have a fully-manned shift working New Year's Eve, just as we do every night."

Milcom Blog Logs - 30 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3234.5 HF-LSB
0109Z - AAM7IA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAR7FI

3269.0 HF-USB
0205Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W2B net: NNN0HKF / NNN0ULK / NNN0LKK

3299.0 HF-USB
0116Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFF4TN

3308.0 HF-USB
0102Z - AFF7KS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region 7 Kansas MARS 7KSS1 net: AFA7HZ / AFA7TD
0208Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFF7KS / AFA7HZ / AFA7CH

3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0THC assumes duties as NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0SVW

3341.0 HF-USB
[12:42:52][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05
[13:47:09][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 8 SN 05

3390.0 HF-USB
0302Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TJC / NNN0SYH

4007.0 HF-USB
0035Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0AJJ (NE) / NNN0BQH

4011.0 HF-USB
1402Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0TUL / NNN0YGW

4013.5 HF-USB
0002Z - NNN0BWS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0ZEZ

4035.9 HF-USB
0105Z - AAM7IA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AFA7HZ / AAT7CN / AAM7TIA / AAR7DZ / AAR7FD // move net to KBO
1403Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAR7DZ / AAT7CN

4038.5 HF-USB
0201Z - NNN0TBK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0QCJ / NNN0AOC / AAA9EC / NNN0UTE / NNN0ANX
0301Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net move to NBJ
1403Z - NNN0TWA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net: NNN0HBJ

4041.0 HF-USB
0032Z - NNN0QCK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0EVQ / NNN0KQE / NNN0ICH / NNN0UAN (MI) / NNN0LWN / NNN0XOR

4464.5 HF-USB
0111Z - AFA6LB NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M2 net: AFA6KA

4517.0 HF-USB
1401Z - AFF7KS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA7DF

4603.0 HF-USB
[04:39:55][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 17 SN 05

4604.0 HF-USB
0100Z - Bluemound-03 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Wisconsin "Blue-Mound" CAP net
0200Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net

4724.0 HF-USB
0013Z - Wildbill (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) w/ Elmendorf (HF-GCS)

5004.5 HF-USB
1505Z - NNN0GLK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0AAK

6715.0 HF-USB
[04:28:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNRSPR ][AL0] BER 12 SN 06

6739.0 HF-USB
0019Z - Dedicate (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) w/ comms test
0020Z - Wildbill (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) calz Mainsail & Lajes (HF-GCS) responds. Wildbill rqst pp to DSN 884-9919 & pass 16 group AKAC-### msg to Created
0050Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 43AZLF to All Stations

7302.0 HF-USB
1407Z - AFF6RM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFF6TX

7457.0 HF-USB
1406Z - (sound like) AFF6AA NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4MS

7811.0 HF-USB
1545Z - AFN Key West Florida

8050.0 HF-USB
[14:46:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 04

8983.0 HF-USB
1534Z - Camslant calz CG 2129

8992.0 HF-USB
0006Z - Wildbill (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) calz Mainsail; Elmendorf (HF-GCS) responds & QSY to 11175
0050Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 43AZLF to All Stations
1531Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43HB53 to All Stations

9121.5 HF-USB
0239Z - Link-11 data transmission

11175.0 HF-USB
0011Z - Wildbill (USSTRATCOM ABNCP) w/ Elmendorf (HF-GCS) QSY 4724
1531Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43HB53 to All Stations

13200.0 HF-USB
1531Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43HB53 to All Stations

15016.0 HF-USB
1531Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43HB53 to All Stations

Navy T-45 Crashes Near Tallahassee

From Chief of Naval Air Training Center Public Affairs

TALLAHASSEE, Fla (NNS) -- A U. S. Navy T-45C Goshawk training jet assigned to Training Air Wing Six crashed east of Tallahassee, Fla. while conducting a training mission at approximately 10:15 a.m. CST, Dec. 29.

Both occupants ejected safely and have been transported to a local hospital for evaluation.

The aircraft was conducting a routine training mission.

The T-45C Goshawk is a tandem-seat, carrier capable, jet trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots and naval flight officers.

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the incident.

Milcom Blog Logs - 30 Dec 2010 - Baltimore MD

Our friend Ron Perron from Baltimore MD checks in with his latest HF Milcom logs. Thanks Ron for sharing.

((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

08337.6 1354Z Extensive ANDVT. Prob Coast Guard. ANDVT comms noted intermitently throughout the day.

08912.0 2140Z After ALE handshake, 719 (HC-130 # 1719, CGAS Clearwater FL) w/Miami Air Ops (not heard). 719 reports they have completed seqrch of the area in the Florida Straits and will be RTB in 15 mins. At 2245Z 719 advises CamsLant theat they are on final for homeplate and secures radio guard.

08983.0 1245Z CamsLant Chesapeake w/CG 2002 (HC-130J CGAS Elizabeth City NC-not heard).

08983.0 1319Z CamsLant w/CG 2129 (HU-25C+ CGAS Cape Cod MA-not heard) who reports departure from CGAS Cape Cod w/5 POB for local training mission.

08983.0 1554Z CamsLant w/CG 2129 who reports they are airborne again from CGAS Cape Cod and are located at 4351N/6913W on course of 207 degrees at speed of 280 kts.

08983.0 1921Z CamsLant w/unid acft (call missed) who reports "ops normal" at position 2731N/7945W. NOTE: CamsLant's xmitter has been very distorted/overmodulated all day making him very difficult to read.

08983.0 2039Z CamsLant w/CG 2102 (HU-25D CGAS Miami FL) who reports on final for homeplate CGAS Miami and securing radio guard.

08992.0 1531Z Abdrews w/EAM 43HB53

08992.0 2050Z Andrews w/EAM 43WV6C. Same EAM rebroadcast at 2130Z.

08992.0 2055Z Jimbo 71 (sounds like) calling Mainsail w/no response.

08992.0 2302Z Andrews w/EAM 43L77T.

08992.0 2334Z Andrews w/EAM 43S7NN. Same EAM rebroadcast at 0000Z

08992.4 2305Z Islander (sounds like-prob NAOC) w/EAM 43OWYX. Also on 11175.0 but a little off on 8992. Same EAM rebroadcast at 2330Z. Again acft is a little off on 8922.4.

11175.0 1900Z Andrews w/EAM 43PG2U. Same EAM rebroadcast at 1931Z.

11175.0 1954Z Andrews w/Reach 569 who requests pp w/Hilda Metro DSN 779-XXXX for current wx at Dover AFB DE at 3040Z.

11175.0 2209Z Rawhide 03 (C-2A VRC-40,NAS Norfolk VA) calling Mainsail. Answered by Andrews--Rawhide 03 requests pp to commercial #. Rawhide advises the freq is choppy so they QSY to 11220.0.

11220.0 2212Z Andrews & Rawhide 03 in pp to 1-800-458-3498. Rawhide 03 advises they are 1.5 hours away from undisclosed location and orders fuel

Milcom Blog Logs - 29 Dec 2010 - Baltimore MD

Our friend Ron Perron from Baltimore MD checks in with his latest HF Milcom logs. Thanks Ron for sharing.

((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

08912.0 1419Z CamsLant Chesapeake w/F29 (HU-25C+ # 2129 CGAS Cape Cod MA)

08912.0 1449Z CamsLant w/CG 1720 (HH-130, CGAS Clearwater FL) who reports departure from Clearwater w/10 POB for an 87 LE (Law Enforcement) mission.

08912.0 2109Z CG 1720 (after ALE handshakes) w/CG Sector Key West (not heard) advising Key West that they will call Rescue helo # 6570 (MH-65C CGAS Miami FL) on VHF channel 23A. CG 1720 advises Key West that they have 6570's radio guard as of 2109Z.

08983.0 1518Z CamsLant w/CG 2002 (HC-130J CGAS Elizabeth City NC--not heard) who reports they are RTB homeplate.

11175.0 1420Z Andrews w/EAM NMRGKG

11175.0 1558Z Offutt w/Reach 7045 w/ground radio checks. Reach 7045 was actually xmitting on 11175.4.

11175.0 1730Z Reach 974 calling Mainsail. Radio checks w/Andrews.

11175.0 2128Z Andrews w/EAM 43OFCV

11232.0 1658Z Trenton Military w/Atlas 323 (CC-130E # 130323, 436th Sqdn CFB Trenton Ontario) who reports they are enroute to Thunder Bay for some SAR training. Trenton advises that there is no traffic from Trenton RCC and that they have permission to drop the SAR jumpers during training at Thunder Bay. At 2055Z Atlas 323 asks Trenton Military to relay to Winnepeg Duty Ops that they will be landing in 30 mins.

Milcom Blog Logs - December 2010 - Baltimore MD

Our friend Ron Perron from Baltimore MD checks in with a list of Milair freqs he monitored in December. Thanks Ron for sharing.

AAF Army Air Field
AFB Air Force Base
ArNG Army National Guard
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center
COTHEN- Homeland Security Network
HFGSC- USAF HF Global Scope Command Network
RCAG Remote Communications Air/Ground

118.125 FACSFAC, Virginia Capes "Giant Killer" W386
118.400 Andrews AFB Tower
118,675 Potomac TRACON
118.950 Potomac TRACON
119.275 NAS Patuxent River Area Advisory Control Bay Watch
119.300 Potomac TRACON
119.850 Potomac TRACON
120.050 NAS Patuxent River Approach/Departure
121.000 NAS Patuxent River Approach/Departure
121.300 Martin State Airport Tower
121.500 VHF guard
121.675 Washington ARTCC Montebello
123.200 NAS Patuxent River NTPS
123.225 Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore
123.400 FAA Operations Reagan National & Atlantic City International Airport-also alternate freq for Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore
123.700 NAS Patuxent River tower
125.900 Dover AFB Arrival
126.150 Phillips AAF Aberdeen MD
126.200 Weide AAF Aberdeen MD
126.300 Davison AAF Tower
126.350 Dover AFB Tower
126.550 Potomac TRACON
127.950 NAS Patuxent River Approach/Departure
128.35 Potomac TRACON
132.425 Dover AFB Approach/Departure
132.55 Washington ARTCC Snow Hill RCAG Cape Charles sector
133.900 Washington ARTCC Calvert
134.100 Dover AFB and McGuire AFB Command Post
134.350 Washington Helo Control (DCA)
135.025 NAS Patuxent River Approach/Departure

138.200 Atlantic City International Airport 119FS NJ ANG (AM mode)
139.150 Andrews AFB 121FS DC ANG (AM mode)
139.300 Andrews AFB Pilot to Dispatcher (AM mode)
139.400 Davidson AAF Operations (AM mode)
139.700 NORAD Eastern Air Defense Sector Huntress (AM mode)
139.875 McGuire Tanker Interplane (AM mode)
141.550 Andrews AFB Griffin Command Post (AM mode)
141.700 Andrews AFB 89AW/1HS Operations (AM mode)
141.750 Langley AFB Dispatch (AM mode)
142.75 SAM OPS, 99th AS Andrews AFB MD (AM Mode)
143.150 Andrews AFB 121FS DC ANG (AM mode)
143.600 Andrews AFB 121FS DC ANG (AM mode)

227.125 Washington ARTCC Hagerstown RCAG
228.175 Langley AFB 1FW Air-Air
228.450 Langley AFB 1FW Air-Air
231.200 Virginia ArNG Ops (unid location)
233.700 FACSFAC, Virginia Capes "Giant Killer" W72
236.825 Washington ARTCC Snow Hill RCAG
237.200 Bollen Range, Ft Indiantown GAP PA
238.100 FACSFAC, Virginia Capes "Giant Killer" W386
239.050 New York ARTCC Joliet RCAG Lancaster sector
239.800 McGuire AFB/Langley AFB Metro
249.650 NAS Patuxent River test discrete
249.800 FACSFAC, Virginia Capes "Giant Killer" W386
250.300 NAS Patuxent River Approach/Departure
250.700 NAS Patuxent River VX-23 Operations
250.850 NAS Patuxent River Area Advisory Control Bay Watch
251.250 Langley AFB Command Post (Raymond 16)
254.200 GK discrete (LFI 14 prime).
254.300 Washington ARTCC Ship Bottom RCAG Coyle sector
255.000 FACSFAC, Virginia Capes "Giant Killer" W107
255.400 Leesburg Radio FSS
255.700 US Army helo A-A
256.500 NAS Patuxent River Area Advisory Control Bay Watch
257.200 Potomac TRACON
257.700 Washington ARTCC Whaleyville RCAG Salisbury sector
257.875 Dover AFB Approach/Departure
261.000 Atlantic City International Airport 119 FS NJ ANG Devil Operations
262.025 Langley AFB Air-Air 149th FS VA ANG
262.950 NAS Patuxent River Echo Control
263.100 Washington ARTCC Azalea sector
264.150 NAS Patuxent River NTPS Operations
264.550 NAS Patuxent River Echo Control
268.800 NAS Chambers VA Operations
269.100 New York ARTCC Milton Sector
269.900 Langley AFB Virginia A-A
270.300 New York ARTCC Big Flat RCAG Lancaster sector
270.800 NAS Patuxent River Area Advisory Control Bay Watch-PAX button #9
273.950 MCB/MCAF Quantico HMX-1 discrete
274.450 AAR discrete
276.675 Langley AFB Virginia A-A
277.600 NORAD Eastern Air Defense Sector Huntress
278.300 New York ARTCC Flint Hill RCAG Pottstown sector
281.400 Washington ARTCC Patuxent River RCAG Calvert sector
281.450 Washington ARTCC Atlantic City RCAG
281.525 Harrisburg Approach/Departure
281.800 NAS Patuxent River Approach/Departure
282.200 Washington ARTCC Bucks Elbow RCAG Casanova sector (now on 282.250-LVH)
284.700 Washington ARTCC Bucks Elbow RCAG Montebello sector
285.400 Washington ARTCC Sea Isle RCAG Casino sector
288.350 Washington ARTCC
288.400 NORAD Eastern Air Defense Sector Huntress
290.425 Washington ARTCC Green Bay RCAG Franklin sector
292.200 Andrews AFB 89AW/1HS Air-Air
296.900 Langley AFB A-A
297.000 CP (Pikeside) WVA ANG Martinsburg WVA
297.200 Martin State Airport Tower
305.200 NAS Patuxent River Area Advisory Control Bay Watch
306.200 New York ARTCC Philipsburg RCAG
306.800 Willow Grove NAS/JRB Operations
307.025 Washington ARTCC Falls Church RCAG Potomac sector
311.000 VQ-4 Det, NAS Patuxent River MD
312.300 FACSFAC, Virginia Capes "Giant Killer" W386 common (LFI 36 prime)
314.000 NAS Patuxent River Approach/Departure
314.250 201st AS DC ANG "Boxer" Ops, Andrews AFM MD
317.425 Potomac Tracon Departure
320.450 Echo Control NAS Patuxent River MD
322.400 New York ARTCC Middletown RGAG
322.550 Washington ARTCC Linden RCAG Linden sector
323.225 Washington ARTCC Hopewell sector
323.300 New York ARTCC Millville RCAG Lancaster sector
328.400 Andrews AFB VR-53 Operations
335.500 Potomac TRACON
335.600 New York ARTCC Modena RCAG
345.000 Coast Guard primary A-A
347.200 Martin State Airport MD ANG Raven Ops
348.725 Potomac TRACON
349.000 Andrews AFB Tower
349.400 Dover AFB Command Post
349.500 NAS Chambers VA CP
351.200 Andrews AFB 459ARW/756ARS Command Post "Liberator"
354.150 Washington ARTCC Smyrna RCAG Kenton sector
354.800 NAS Patuxent River Area Advisory Control Bay Watch
359.100 Washington ARTCC Gordonsville Sector
360.700 Washington ARTCC Baltimore RCAG Swann sector
360.850 Washington ARTCC Falls Church RCAG Irons sector
363.000 Washington ARTCC Millville RCAG Woodstowne sector
363.900 Langley AFB VA A-A (39 prime)
365.700 NAS Patuxent River test discrete
370.925 Norfolk Approach/Depature
376.200 Langley AFB Dispatch.
377.200 Washington ARTCC Tech Sector.
378.100 Andrews AFB Griffin Command Post
384.100 Martin State Airport 135th Command Post Crab Ops
396.200 Coronet 11 A1

Milcom Blog Logs - 29-30 Dec 2010 Brasstown NC

LaMoure, ND -- Ed Krell operates FEMA's Incident Response Vehicle (IRV) set up at the base of Lake LaMoure sillway to provide live streaming video to local and state emergency operations center for planning and documentation purposes. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA.

Ran PC-ALE on the various known FEMA net frequencies. Found a new 15 MHz FNARS net ALE freq, and a new FEMA sponsored HF ALE net that I have discovered, usage yet to be determined (see the HIJ listings). My good friend and colleague Hugh Stegman on twitter (Twitter feed at UtilityWorld)posted up a couple of additional freqs yesterday. My best guess is that HIJ may be WGY 912 at Mt Weather in Virginia.

This new FEMA sponsored net uses the following frequencies:
4610.0 4979.0 5837.0 7870.0 10424.0 11448.0 12109.0 13437.0 16011.0 18475.0 20361.0 23390.0 kHz. More monitoring research is needed to determine the usage of this net.

Here are the ALE addresses and frequencies spotted up until 0530 EST (1030 UTC) this morning. Conditions yesterday were the pits thanks to the prop gods.

12/29-30/2010 Intercepts

3341.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8 FC8FEM FR2FEM FR4FEM FR5FEM
4603.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8FEM FC0FEM FR3FEM FR5FEM FR7FEM
4610.0 HIJ
4780.0 FC6FEM002 FC8 FC0FEM002
4979.0 HIJ
5135.0 MA1NC NA1SH SEMO01 SEMO05 SEMOHQ
5192.0 MA1NC NA1SH
5402.0 FC6FEM FC8 FC0FEM008 FR7FEM
5820.0 FC8
5821.0 FC8 FC0FEM008
5837.0 FC8 HIJ
6809.0 FC8
7348.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8 FR2FEM FR3FEM FR4FEM FR5FEM
7360.0 SAOPS (US Military?)
7428.0 FC1FEM002 FC6FEM002
7477.0 SEMOHQ SEMO03 SEMO05
7805.0 MA1NC NA1SH 2104CTSCSP
7870.0 HIJ
7935.0 CM4 MNA (Algerian Military)
8050.0 CLS (Fort Campbell KY) FC8
8160.0 CLS (Fort Campbell KY) FC8
9462.0 FC4FEM FC6FEM FC8 FC8FEM FC0FEM008 FR3FEM
10194.0 FC4FEM FC8 FR2FEM FR3FEM FR5FEM
10588.0 FC4FEM FC8 FC8FEM FC0FEM FR2FEM FR3FEM FR5FEM FR7FEM
10899.0 FC4 FC1FEM002 FC6FEM002 FC0FEM002
11108.0 FC0FEM008
12129.0 FC1FEM002 FC6FEM002 FC0FEM002 C4M F2H (Unknown DoD Tri-Graphs)
12164.0 C4M (Unknown DoD Tri-Graph)
13446.0 FC6FEM FC8 FR7FEM
13894.0 FC1FEM002
14450.0 FC6FEM FR7FEM
14776.0 FC6FEM FC8 FC8FEM
14885.0 FC6FEM
15708.0 FC6FEM
15840.0 FC6FEM002 FC8

Milcom Blog Logs - 29 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3308.0 HF-USB
0202Z - AFA5GR NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFE5PI

3317.5 HF-USB
0132Z - NNN0AEV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0SVW / NNN0QGR / NNN0THC
2307Z - Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net: NNN0THC / NNN0SVW

3325.0 HF-USB
0009Z - NNN0APJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0YGW / NNN0AMY / NNN0EBT
0134Z - NNN0IEA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0ITN
2331Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0TUL

3349.0 HF-USB
0115Z - Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net: NNN0EBX

3370.5 HF-USB
0204Z - AFA6JY NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net: AFD6RD

3390.0 HF-USB
0203Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ONX

4002.9 HF-LSB
0005Z - AAR4IQ NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/L net: AAR4WB-T (TN) / AAT4GI / AAR4IH / AAR4CY
0108Z - AAA4KY NCS for the Army Region 4 Kentucky MARS AAA4KY/A net

4007.0 HF-USB
0035Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH

4008.5 HF-USB
2201Z - NNN0BSF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0AZO / NNN0QGC

4011.0 HF-USB
0003Z - Navy/MC Region 6 Arkansas MARS 6A1B net: NNN0AHH / NNN0AAK
1403Z - NNN0EHQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0TUL / NNN0THC
2334Z - Navy/ MC Region 2 Northern New York MARS 2J1B net: NNN0QCA

4013.5 HF-USB
0005Z - NNN0YTR NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0LES / NNN0OGD

4020.9 HF-USB
1404Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6OA / AAR6QE / AAR6OC

4032.9 HF-LSB
2301Z - Army Region 3 MARS net: AAR3FK

4035.9 HF-USB
0103Z - AAM7TIA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAM7IA / AAT7CN
0206Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAR7AL
1407Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAR7DG / AAM7EMO

4038.5 HF-USB
0207Z - NNN0EXS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0HEL
0301Z - NNN0QAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net

4041.0 HF-USB
0033Z - NNN0GBN-2 NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N7C net: NNN0ANN // 302200Z Dec 10 WHITE BLANKET OHIO ECOM Exercise commences. Exercise ends 302300Z Dec 10 - msgs should be sent MT63 @ 2 Kilohertz

4470.5 HF-USB
0301Z - NNN0XFB NCS for the Navy/MC Region 8 North / South Dakota MARS 8S1B net: NNN0AXK

4506.0 HF-USB
0001Z - MO-CAP-10 NCS for the North Central Region Missouri "MO-CAP" CAP net
1430Z - Iowa-CAP-04 NCS for the North Central Region Iowa CAP net

4603.0 HF-USB
[02:27:02][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[13:47:47][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05
[13:47:50][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05

4604.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 / Red-Fox-75 / Red-Fox-76 / Red-Fox-82
1401Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2330Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net

4623.5 HF-USB
0031Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I2B net: NNN0JJY / NNN0EHA / NNN0JAH

4724.0 HF-USB
0400Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 432O2F

4825.0 HF-USB
2300Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH

5004.5 HF-USB
1504Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0WKH

5140.0 HF-USB
1500Z - WNUW212 (Shawnee, OK) NCS for the Oklahoma Emergency Management HF (OPSECURE) Command and Control Net: KNGR728 (Rush Springs, OK) / WNUW213 (Altus, OK) / WGY906 (FEMA, Region 6) / WNUW214 (Duncan, OK) / WNBM839 (Stillwater, OK)
1530Z - WNBE509 calz WNBE830 (no joy) then assumes duties as NCS for the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) net: FEMA, Jefferson City / Highway Patrol Troop A / Highway Patrol Troop B / Highway Patrol Troop C / Highway Patrol Troop D / Highway Patrol Troop E / Highway Patrol Troop F / Highway Patrol Troop G / Highway Patrol Troop H / Highway Patrol Troop I / Highway Patrol General HQ - WNUW240 / Radio Shop, Jefferson City - WQMB541 / MODOT, Jefferson City / St. Louis County / St. Charles County / Independence Police Dept / Cape Girardeau County / Willow Springs PD / Newton County / Franklin County / Greene County / Camden County / WBNE825
** callsigns were only used by answering stations & only said 1 time - acknowledgement of check-in was done without repeating the check-in callsign

6739.0 HF-USB
0400Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 432O2F
1633Z - McClellan (HF-GCS) w/ UI aircraft

6765.0 HF-USB
1547Z - AAT7WE NCS for the SHARES Northern Weekly net: NNN0GLG / AAR7AL / AFA5GR / AAR8AV / NNN0EPY / NSC009 / NNN0OAR / NNN0ANH / NNN0LFG

6910.0 HF-USB
1601Z - NNN0VHO NCS for the SHARES Southern Weekly net: NNN0SLA / NF-81182 / KHA925 / KNY94

7302.0 HF-USB
1409Z - AFA6CN NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net

7305.0 HF-USB
1409Z - AFA5GK NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net

7457.0 HF-USB
1408Z - AFF4AL NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4II

7527.0 HF-USB
[04:59:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][NAS ][AL0] BER 19 SN 06

8050.0 HF-USB
[14:46:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05

8983.0 HF-USB
1357Z - Camslant accepts guard @ minute 59 for CG 2128 off homeplate w/ 5 POB

8992.0 HF-USB
0400Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 432O2F

10194.0 HF-USB
[20:39:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FR5 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 04
[20:45:53][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05

11175.0 HF-USB
0400Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 432O2F

11232.0 HF-USB
1434Z - Bimbo-72 radio check w/ Trenton Military

12129.0 HF-USB
[17:08:09][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC1 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06
[17:12:36][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC0FEM ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06

14265.0 HF-USB
1449Z - N3HBX NCS for the SATERN Training net taking early check-ins to the net

14396.5 HF-USB
1600Z - AAV4AR NCS for the SHARES National net: AAA9USA

Milcom Blog Logs - 28 Dec 2010 - Baltimore MD

Our friend Ron Perron from Baltimore MD checks in with his latest HF Milcom logs. Thanks Ron for sharing.

((Times UTC, Freqs KHz))

08912.0 1430Z CamsLant Chesapeake w/Bosco 33 (C-5A 60th AMW, Travis AFB, CA-not heard) who has equipment malfunction and is diverting to Elizabeth City NC. CamsLant will inform homeplate of problem.

08912.0 1609Z CamsLant w/K98 (HH-65C # 6598, CGAS Elizabeth City NC) who reports departure from CGAS E-City for local training w/3 POB and pisition is 3612N/7545W. At 1640Z K98 reports "ops normal" & position as 3514N/7534W.

11175.0 1258Z Andrews w/EAM NMY3LR.

11175.0 1600Z CAP 8643 (sounds like) calling Mainsail w/no response.

11175.0 1614Z Andrews w/Wylie 21 (KC-135, 117Th ARS 190th ARW KS ANG Topeka KS) who requests any current traffic. Andrews replies there is no current traffic and passes last trafffic of 43FVHJ and Wylie 21 QSL's.

11175.0 2149 Andrews w/EAM 43KX6G

11232.0 1630Z Canforce 4238 (CC-130J #130602/8 WG, 436 SQN, CFB Trenton, Ontario) w/Trenton Military advising he is in Sector 3. Canforce 4238 reports "ops normal" and requests any traffic. Trenton patches them into unid control (prob 8 Wing who advises that there appears to be a problem with their flt plan to Lajes (LPLA). Canforce 4238 advises they already have occeanic clearance to Lajes so they are proceeding. Then asks Trenton for wx at CFB Halifax and CFB Greenwood. Also requests wx for Lajes, Santa Maria (Azores), & San Miguel (Azores).

Milcom Blog Logs - 28 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3299.0 HF-USB
0105Z - AFF4EC NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net

3308.0 HF-USB
0206Z - AFF7MO NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5CN / AFA5GR / AFA5TA

3325.0 HF-USB
0009Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net
2331Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0QGB / NNN0YGW

3390.0 HF-USB
0107Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0ICH / AFA5KG
0207Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0ICX

4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0XEE NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0AQK / NNN0APL / NNN0BIH / NNN0SXU / NNN0AXK / NNN0XFB

4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0QGC

4011.0 HF-USB
1412Z - NNN0YGW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0THC

4013.5 HF-USB
0005Z - NNN0ZEI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0GAT-3 / NNN0XPU

4020.9 HF-USB
1323Z - AAA6AR NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net
1404Z - AAR6QE NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAM6TTX / AAR6CQ

4035.9 HF-USB
0204Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAM7KS / AAM7EMO / AAR7JQ / AAM7RD
1403Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAM7TIA

4038.5 HF-USB
0302Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0SYH

4041.0 HF-USB
0033Z - NNN0LWN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0ENM / NNN0GLG / NNN0ANN

4469.0 HF-USB
0102Z - Goldenrod-595 NCS for the Southeast Region Alabama "Goldenrod" CAP net: Goldenrod-181 / Goldenrod-180 / Goldenrod-179 / South-East-CAP-73 / Florida-CAP-432 / Georgia-CAP-41 / Tennessee-CAP-30 / Goldenrod-605 / Georgia-CAP-2592

4517.0 HF-USB
1405Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA7DI

4603.0 HF-USB
[00:41:32][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05

4604.0 HF-USB
0201Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2230Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 / Red-Fox-93

5004.5 HF-USB
1502Z - NNN0GLK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0EVV

6739.0 HF-USB
0014Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43APJC to All Stations

7302.0 HF-USB
1407Z - AFA6FD NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFF6AA / AFA6LB

7457.0 HF-USB
1406Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4AA

7635.0 HF-USB
1503Z - National CAP net: Louisiana-30 / Wildwood-04 / Georgia-CAP-41

8050.0 HF-USB
[14:46:02][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05

8912.0 HF-USB
[01:57:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][I34 ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06

8992.0 HF-USB
0014Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43APJC to All Stations
1522Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMHMHA to All Stations

9025.0 HF-USB
[11:08:20][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 10 SN 05

11175.0 HF-USB
1522Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMHMHA to All Stations

11448.0 HF-USB
[18:29:53][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][HIJ ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06

11494.0 HF-USB
[23:14:50][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][I52 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 07

13200.0 HF-USB
1522Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMHMHA to All Stations
1532Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43FVHJ to All Stations

15016.0 HF-USB
1522Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 20 character EAM NMHMHA to All Stations

Milcom Blog Logs - December 2010 - Central Florida

Our good friend Jack NeSmith checks in with his monthly report of active UHF Milair freqs active at his location in central Florida. Thanks Jack.

226.1000 MOODY AFB GA INTERPLANE
226.6000 SAR TRAINING
227.0750 TYNDALL AFB INTERPLANE
227.1750 CARRIER EXERCISE
227.3000 CARRIER EXERCISE
227.8000 MOODY AFB GA INTERPLANE
228.2250 CARRIER EXERCISE
228.4750 CARRIER EXERCISE
228.9000 NORAD
229.3500 CARRIER EXERCISE
231.6000 CARRIER EXERCISE
233.3250 CARRIER EXERCISE
233.4000 NAVY
233.7000 NAVY
233.9000 CARRIER EXERCISE
234.8000 159FS/125FW
235.1000 REFUELING
235.1500 CARRIER EXERCISE
236.0750 MOODY AFB GA GRAND BAY RNG
236.7000 CARRIER EXERCISE
237.4000 CARRIER EXERCISE
239.0000 ORLANDO EXEC TOWER
239.0500 AIR FORCE
239.2500 ZMA
239.3000 NAS MAYPORT TOWER
240.3000 CARRIER EXERCISE
240.4750 CARRIER EXERCISE
242.2250 CARRIER EXERCISE
244.2000 SATCOM
244.4000 CARRIER EXERCISE
245.3250 CARRIER EXERCISE
246.1500 EGLIN AFB INTERPLANE
250.0000 USMC
250.6500 SATCOM
251.1500 JAX IAP A/D
251.2500 159FS/125FW
251.2750 SATCOM
252.1000 HOMESTEAD ARB 93FS CMD POST
252.8000 PATRICK AFB 920RQW
253.6500 SATCOM
253.7000 159FS/125FW
254.2000 NORAD
254.3250 ZJX
255.4000 FSS
256.9000 ZJX
257.1250 TYNDALL AFB A/G/A
257.5000 TYNDALL AFB A/G/A
257.7000 ZMA
258.9250 CARRIER EXERCISE
260.9000 NORAD
261.2500 PINECASTLE RNG
262.9000 NAS JAX NADEP
263.0500 JAX IAP TRACON
263.4500 REFUELING
264.2000 NAS JAX HSL-46
264.8000 REFUELING
266.5000 CARRIER EXERCISE
267.1000 USAF
267.4000 CARRIER EXERCISE
267.5000 FACSFAC JAX "SEALORD"
267.6000 NAS MAYPORT ATIS
269.2000 GATOR MOA
269.2500 ZJX
269.3000 ZMA
269.6000 ZJX
271.0000 NORAD
271.4000 NAS JAX
273.5500 ZJX
274.8000 USMC
277.4000 ZJX
278.4000 TYNDALL AFB INTERPLANE
278.8000 UNKNOWN
279.0500 CARRIER EXERCISE
279.6000 TAMPA IAP APPROACH CONTROL
280.1000 UNKNOWN
280.6250 UNKNOWN
281.1500 CARRIER EXERCISE
281.5000 ZMA
282.0750 CARRIER EXERCISE
282.2000 ZJX
282.3000 ZJX
284.5000 FACSFAC JAX "SEALORD"
285.0000 NAS JAX TSC "FIDDLE"
285.5000 ZMA
285.7250 AVON PARK RNG
288.9000 TYNDALL AFB INTERPLANE
289.2000 PINECASTLE RNG
290.0000 TACTICAL
290.3000 TAMPA IAP APPROACH CONTROL
290.4000 ZJX
290.5750 CARRIER EXERCISE
290.6250 TYNDALL AFB METRO
292.1000 MOODY AFB GA INTERPLANE
292.1000 REFUELING
292.2000 AVON PARK RNG
292.2250 CARRIER EXERCISE
293.1000 W-151/470 GCI "WETSTONE"
293.2250 ZMA
293.6000 NORAD
298.3000 TYNDALL AFB INTERPLANE
298.5500 CARRIER EXERCISE
301.0000 USN
301.5500 J-STARS
302.3750 USN
305.5000 REFUELING
306.0000 USN
307.0000 ORLANDO IAP A/D
307.1000 ZMA
307.2000 ZJX
307.2500 ZJX
307.3000 ZMA
310.2000 NAS JAX BASE OPS
311.0000 MACDILL AFB 6ARW CMD POST
311.5000 FACSFAC JAX "SEALORD"
312.1750 USMC
314.0500 W-470A
314.3750 CARRIER EXERCISE
316.3000 NORAD
317.5250 ZJX
317.6000 ZMA
317.6000 ZJX
317.7000 JAX IAP TOWER
318.6000 NAS JAX
318.9000 USN
319.0000 ZMA
320.5000 NAS JAX
320.6000 NORAD
322.4000 JAX IAP DEPARTURE CONTROL
322.4750 ZJX
323.0000 ZMA
323.0500 ZJX
324.6000 REFUELING
326.5500 CARRIER EXERCISE
327.1000 ZJX
328.4250 CARRIER EXERCISE
328.4500 CARRIER EXERCISE
335.5500 ZJX
335.9500 AWACS
338.2500 GAINESVILLE RGNL APPROACH CONTROL
339.7000 USMC
340.2000 NAS JAX TOWER
341.7500 AWACS
342.0750 CARRIER EXERCISE
342.3250 CARRIER EXERCISE
342.7250 CARRIER EXERCISE
343.0000 159FS/125FW
343.2500 REFUELING
343.5000 NAS JAX METRO
346.2500 ZJX
348.7000 ZMA
348.8500 CARRIER EXERCISE
349.0000 ZMA
349.4000 EGLIN AFB CMD POST
350.0000 CARRIER EXERCISE
350.0250 AMID
351.8000 JAX IAP APPROACH CONTROL
351.9500 DAYTONA IAP DEPARTURE CONTROL
352.0000 ZJX
352.1000 TYNDALL AFB A/G/A
353.6000 ZMA
354.8750 CARRIER EXERCISE
357.0000 CARRIER EXERCISE/PINECASTLE RNG
357.0250 CARRIER EXERCISE
357.4250 CARRIER EXERCISE
360.4000 USN
360.7000 ZJX
360.8000 ZJX
360.9000 REFUELING
361.3000 NAS JAX VR-58
363.1750 ZJX
363.6500 CARRIER EXERCISE
364.2000 NORAD AICC
365.7000 NAS KEY WEST
365.7250 CARRIER EXERCISE
365.9250 CARRIER EXERCISE
369.0250 CARRIER EXERCISE
371.0500 CARRIER EXERCISE
371.3500 NAS JAX
373.5750 J-STARS
373.5750 CARRIER EXERCISE
374.2250 CARRIER EXERCISE
374.2750 CARRIER EXERCISE
376.1500 CARRIER EXERCISE
376.4500 W-470
376.8750 CARRIER EXERCISE
376.9500 CARRIER EXERCISE
377.1000 ZMA
377.9000 USAF
379.2250 NAS JAX APPROACH CONTROL
379.6500 CARRIER EXERCISE

USS Doyle, Coast Guard Law Enforcement Team Seize Cocaine Shipment

USS DOYLE, At Sea (NNS) -- A U.S. Coast Guard boarding team and Navy crew members operating from the USS Doyle (FFG 39) discovered more than 600 kilos of cocaine during counter-illicit trafficking (CIT) operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet (C4F) Area of Responsibility Dec. 6.

Doyle intercepted the 60-foot long fishing vessel Rio Tuira in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean approximately 180 miles off the coast of Panama. A Navy-Coast Guard boarding team recovered 22 bales of cocaine, weighing approximately 499 kilos (1,100 pounds) worth an estimated $15.4 million wholesale value.

The drugs were seized by a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment from Tactical Law Enforcement Team South. Five suspected smugglers were taken into custody. Criminal prosecution of this case will be shared between the United States and Panama.

Doyle is currently deployed under operational control to U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (COMUSNAVSO)/C4F, conducting CIT operations in support of Joint Interagency Task Force – South, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) and U.S. Coast Guard District 11.

COMUSNAVSO is the naval component commander for USSOUTHCOM and is responsible for all naval personnel and assets in the Area of Responsibility. COMUSNAVSO conducts a variety of missions in support of the U.S. Maritime Strategy, including theater security cooperation, partnership building, humanitarian assistance and disaster response, community relations and CIT operations. U.S. law enforcement in the Eastern Pacific drug transit zone are conducted under the authority of U.S. Coast Guard District 11 headquartered in Alameda, Calif.

Milcom Blog Logs - 27 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3308.0 HF-USB
1203Z - AFA5ML NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5KG

3317.5 HF-USB
2308Z - Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net

3325.0 HF-USB
2333Z - NNN0POY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net: NNN0TUL / NNN0ULT

4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0QGC

4020.9 HF-USB
1403Z - AAM6OTX NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net

4026.9 HF-LSB
1146Z - Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net: NNN0TWA / AAR2JQ / AAA5RD

4032.9 HF-LSB
1205Z - Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAM3TPA

4038.5 HF-USB
1409Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net: NNN0TWA

4506.0 HF-USB
1401Z - Red-Cloud-144 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net: Red-Cloud-335 / Red-Cloud-194

4517.0 HF-USB
1405Z - AFA7HZ NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA5WD

4603.0 HF-USB
[12:31:11][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05

4604.0 HF-USB
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
2231Z - Red-Fox-93 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 / Red-Fox-75 / Red-Fox-82 / Blue-Lake-08 / Columbus-?? (QRM ALE) / Red-Robin-898 / Red-Fox-74
2301Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2331Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net

4623.5 HF-USB
1402Z - NNN0HCO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W4B net: (sound like) NNN0YQM / NNN0YQP / NNN0TDA
1500Z - NNN0EQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I3B net

6739.0 HF-USB
0411Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 436KKT to All Stations

7302.0 HF-USB
1412Z - AFA6LB NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net

7457.0 HF-USB
1410Z - AFF4AL NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4AA

7635.0 HF-USB
1503Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Louisiana-30 / Wildwood-6704

7811.0 HF-USB
1435Z - AFN Key West Florida

8050.0 HF-USB
[15:46:10][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 8 SN 04

8992.0 HF-USB
0411Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 436KKT to All Stations

10194.0 HF-USB
[18:45:54][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06

11232.0 HF-USB
2217Z - Rescue-323 rqst pp to RCC Trenton fm Trenton Military: RCC to 323: cleared to RTB to Winnipeg, canoer has been located

12129.0 HF-USB
[19:03:21][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM002 ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
[20:03:29][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM002 ][AL0] BER 19 SN 07

13993.0 HF-USB
1507Z - TRANSCON HF Voice Net: AFA4EV

15016.0 HF-USB
1603Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43D6QC to All Stations
1730Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 436CUO
1800Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 436CUO
1830Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 436CUO
1903Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43XJE7 to All Stations

National Guard Responds to East Coast Storm

About 100 soldiers from the Virginia National Guard's 116th Brigade Combat Team were called to state active duty Dec. 25, 2010, in Norfolk, Va., in response to a severe snowstorm that dropped a record amount of snow on the Hampton Roads area. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class A.J. Coyne

By Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Orrell, National Guard Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2010 - As of 8 a.m. today, 430 National Guard members had been activated in response to an East Coast winter storm that left as much as 2 feet of snow in some areas and prompted six governors to activate their National Guard.

Guard members from Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia are providing equipment and manpower support to civilian authorities conducting emergency operations throughout their respective states.

"The key to rapid response for this event is having personnel in place and ready to respond," Army Col. Gerald Catrett, joint operations officer for the Virginia Guard, said. "We are staging personnel, vehicles and equipment ... to support missions such as transportation through heavy snow."

Massachusetts Guard members are assisting local police to evacuate some homes affected by coastal flooding caused by the storms.

Maryland Guard members are calling on the lessons they learned during the "snowpocalypse" earlier in 2010.

"During the blizzards of earlier 2010, we helped deliver babies and rescue motorists on the highway," Army Maj. Gen. James Adkins, the adjutant general of Maryland, said. "Who knows what the next call may be."

Virginia Guard members are assisting Virginia State Police and local emergency response organizations in the Eastern Shore by conducting Humvee-mounted route patrols to assess road conditions and assist stranded motorists.

At about 4:45 a.m. today, they transported one adult and two children stranded on a side street and also were scheduled to transport emergency services personnel to work at a local hospital.

At about 6:30 a.m. they also rescued three people trapped in their car for more than four hours and transported them to a local shelter for further assistance.

Milcom Blog Logs - 23 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3234.5 HF-LSB
0206Z - AAM7IA NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAM7EMO / AAR7AL / AAR7AD

3269.0 HF-USB
0206Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W2B net: NNN0ULK / NNN0HKF / NNN0WMZ / NNN0VAG

3308.0 HF-USB
0204Z - AFA7ZJ NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net in SSB & MFSK-16: Stations in SSB: AFF5MI / AFA5JS / AFA5QD / AFA5LJ-T / AFA5GR / AFA5ET / AFA5QD / AFA5TC / AFA5AE / AFA5MC / AFA5HO / AFA7HY / AFD5OH Stations noted in MSFK-16: AFA5OZ / AFA5JR

3325.0 HF-USB
0131Z - NNN0ITN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Indiana MARS 5B1B net: NNN0BON / NNN0AJJ / NNN0ABM

3370.5 HF-USB
0231Z - AFA6IT NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net

4020.9 HF-USB
1305Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAM6AR / AAA6RD

4023.9 HF-USB
1306Z - AAR5FB NCS for the Army Region 5 Indiana MARS AAA5RD/IN net: AAR4EK

4035.9 HF-USB
1303Z - AAA7NE NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/C net: AAR7FA / AAA7RD

4038.5 HF-USB
0202Z - NNN0TBK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0TWA / AAA9EC / NNN0UTE / NNN0LKA / NNN0PCC / NNN0ZUZ / NNN0HEL
0301Z - NNN0EVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TDK / NNN0TJC
1309Z - NNN0TDK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: NNN0SYH / NNN0TJC

4604.0 HF-USB
0200Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net

6721.0 HF-USB
[07:25:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 13 SN 05
[08:55:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 18 SN 07
[10:29:32][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06
[10:50:02][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 19 SN 06
[11:59:44][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 20 SN 07
[12:20:10][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05

6739.0 HF-USB
1314Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43FFG3 to All Stations

8983.0 HF-USB
1316Z - Camslant calz CG Rescue 2002

'Twas a Night in December

By Jian DeLeon, Ian Graham and Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg
Emerging Media, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON - Servicemembers stationed from Antarctica to Afghanistan lent their talents and time to craft a video for a poem titled "'Twas a Night in December," based on Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas," but rewritten with a military twist.

More than 40 commands around the world, representing every branch of the military service, participated.

Along with the military people who contributed to this creative effort, country music star Toby Keith introduced the video, reinforcing his long-term support for military and their families stationed around the world.

Some of the servicemembers involved in this holiday greeting were located in the most remote regions in the world. For example, Air Force Capt. Graydon Muller of 6th Special Operations Squadron and Air Force Capt. Rob Marshall of the 8th Special Operations Squadron departed Nov. 24 to climb Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica. Muller and Massif took time away from their climb to speak a few lines for the video.

Other servicemembers from Afghanistan, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Pakistan and throughout the United States participated in making the video. In fact, people on six out of the world's seven continents took part. The video was produced by Defense Media Activity's emerging media directorate.

'Twas a Night in December

'Twas a night in December and all over the world,
At bases and stations where our flag flies unfurled,
The Holiday season had long since commenced,
And spread its spirit of cheer through the Department of Defense.

Combat boots sat at ease by the fence line with care,
In hopes that a return date soon would be there.

At home, loved ones slept sound in their beds,
With visions of troops coming home in their heads.
As Moms perform night patrols, and Dads conduct checks,
A long winter's nap is the last thing they expect.
When out on the tarmac arose such a clatter,
Soldiers and sailors sprang up to see what was the matter.

Away to the deck, they hustled, they dashed,
Some ran through a passageway, one opened a hatch.

In Antarctica, moonlight shimmered on the snow,
A sliver of light shown on the objects below.
And what to our wondering eyes should appear,
But letters and packages bundled with care.
Yet it wasn't just there that we saw these things land,
We received them as well, here in Afghanistan!
They were packaged so well that they could withstand,
The harsh desert winds full of Iraqi sand.
Onto Nicaragua with volcanoes and lakes,
Padded so carefully that nothing would break
Addressed from our family and friends we hold dear,
With Holiday greetings and a "Wish You Were Here!"
We lined up and claimed them, with smiles ear-to-ear,
Every person overcome with Holiday cheer.

Your support and your thoughts are the best possible gift,
We send you our thanks for giving our spirits such a lift.
Thanks from the National Guard
Thanks from the Army,
Thanks from the Navy,
Thanks from the Marines,
Thanks from the Air Force,
Thanks from the Coast Guard,
We want you to know how much this gift means.
In our eyes you're super, and we mean A-OK.

We will do our duty and keep defending our freedom,
And wish you and yours the very best this Holiday season!

Airmen ready to track Santa

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- On Christmas Eve, members of the 601st Air and Space Operations Center will track Santa on part of his journey to deliver toys to children around the world.

In conjunction with the North American Aerospace Defense Command's 'NORAD Track Santa' program, AOC volunteers will monitor jolly ol' Saint Nick as he makes stops across the globe.

"This Christmas Eve will mark the 55th consecutive year that the men and women of NORAD have tracked Santa," said Col. Randy Spear, 601st AOC commander. "Tracking Santa is part of our history, and (we're) proud to continue this tradition in 2010."

The tradition of tracking Santa started in 1955, when a call was made on Christmas Eve to the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., from a little girl asking to speak to Santa Claus.

A local newspaper published an advertisement inviting children to call Santa Claus but accidently printed the wrong number. Instead of getting Santa, the little girl spoke to Col. Harry Shoup, the senior officer on duty at the command center. Colonel Shoup received numerous calls that night, but rather than hanging up, he instructed all of his operators to find the location of Santa Claus and report it to every child who phoned in that night. Though Colonel Shoup died in March 2009 at the age of 91, his tradition of tracking Santa lives on.

When CONAD became NORAD in 1958, the tradition of tracking Santa transferred to the new command. NORAD is the bi-national military organization responsible for the aerospace and maritime defense of the United States and Canada.

"My family and I have volunteered and worked three years on the 'NORAD Tracks Santa' call-in line," said Maj. Jeff Pozen, 601st AOC judge advocate officer. "It was a great experience for us and it's awesome to be part of such a rewarding program."

Each year nearly 1,200 volunteers selflessly give their time to the NORAD Tracks Santa program by taking hundreds of thousands phone calls and email from families around the world. Santa trackers at the toll-free NORAD Tracks Santa hotline, 1-877-HI-NORAD, will begin answering phone calls and responding to email at 2 a.m. MST Dec. 24 and will continue until 3 a.m. MST Dec. 25.

"Along with the many volunteers at NORAD answering phone calls and email, we also have four high-tech systems to monitor Santa on his journey around the world Christmas Eve," Colonel Spear said. "As Santa enters continental U.S. airspace, he will be escorted by F-15 (Eagles) or F-16 (Fighting Falcons). During the rest of his journey we will track Santa through radar, satellites and Santa Cams."

As Santa departs the North Pole on Christmas Eve, NORAD operators monitor a radar system consisting of 47 installations strung across the northern border of North America that indicates his position. Once Santa is on radar, satellites with infrared sensors are used to detect Rudolph's glowing nose.

The last tracking system used by NORAD to track Santa is the Santa Cam network. High-speed digital cameras are placed throughout the world to capture images of Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve. NORAD operators only use these cameras once a year.

Join the NORAD volunteers this holiday season as they track Santa around the world on Christmas Eve at the NORAD Tracks Santa website, http://www.noradsanta.org.

The NORAD Tracks Santa website features holiday games and activities that change daily and is available in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese. On Christmas Eve, the website will stream videos captured by NORAD "Santa Cams," and will have up-to-the-minute updates of Santa's location on Google Maps and Google Earth.

USS Boise Returns From Deployment

By Kevin Copeland, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The Los Angeles fast-attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764) returned home to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Dec. 22, from a regularly scheduled six-month deployment, just in time for the holidays.

A crowd of family and friends braved the chilly December air to greet their loved ones, who deployed from Norfolk June 22.

During its deployment, USS Boise conducted operations in the European Command area of responsibility while supporting national security interests and maritime security operations. In executing the chief of naval operation's maritime strategy, Boise further demonstrated the submarine force's great capability in providing global presence.

"We were attached to the European Command, which is supported by the Navy's 6th Fleet," said Cmdr. Brian Sittlow, USS Boise commanding officer. "We were assigned exercises and operations by 6th Fleet. These events were conducted with our NATO partner nations in the waters of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea."

Upon returning to its homeport in Norfolk, the submarine will have traveled approximately 23,000 nautical miles. Port visits included Portsmouth, England; Faslane, Scotland; Bergen, Norway; and Brest, France.

"The Boise crew performed terrifically," said Sittlow. "They not only demonstrated safe and expert submarine skills on a daily basis at sea, but they also provided goodwill as terrific ambassadors for the U.S. Navy while enjoying liberty during our port calls throughout Europe. Upon our return home, the crew will be afforded some well-deserved time off to reunite with their friends and families, especially during the joyous holiday season."

Fast-attack submarines like Boise have multi-faceted missions. They use their stealth, persistence, agility and firepower to deploy and support special force operations, disrupt and destroy an adversary's military and economic operations at sea, provide early strike from close proximity, and ensure undersea superiority.

Nicknamed "A One Ship Fleet," Boise is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name of Idaho's capital city. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Boise was commissioned, Nov. 7, 1992. The 360-foot ship has a crew compliment of 13 officers and 121 enlisted Sailors.

96th ARS aircrews take off with Total Force Integration

by Staff Sgt. Nathan Allen, 15th Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) -- The combination of adrenaline and excitement can be hard to hide in a person's expressions, but Lt. Col. Brian A. Hill wears it on his face like war paint. He runs on it.

Several hours elapsed since he and the rest of the aircrew for the 96th Air Refueling Squadron's first operational mission arrived for the sortie fresh, eager and focused on what would ensue. He made no effort to hide the accomplished grin he'd worn all night long as he opened a bottle of champagne and served it to anyone willing to share in the celebration in the little room inside Hangar 13 here.

As Colonel Hill poured the last glass of champagne, each person in the room began to recount the mission's highlights.

"My landing was a little off center," said Capt. Jasmine M. McCann, one of the 96th ARS pilots for the mission.

"The air refueling seemed like it lasted a long time," said Col. Jeff W. Morgan, the 15th Operations Group commander here, sporting a smile similar to Colonel Hill's. Even Colonel Morgan made the effort to stretch his schedule to 3:30 a.m. to be a part of the mission.

The silent moments between each person's feedback, however, indicated a collective agreement that the mission was a huge success.

In response to the need to support in-flight refueling for planes traveling to, from, and through the Pacific theater, the 96th ARS, and its fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers, was reactivated in July. Since then, the squadron has flown more than 60 training missions to familiarize future aircrews with the region and fulfill training requirements. All of these efforts led up to the squadron's inclusion in the 15th Wing's arsenal here Dec. 14.

Throughout the 96th ARS's 69-year history, the unit has been located in Hawaii twice, and once in each Japan, Oklahoma, and Washington state. In 2005, the squadron deactivated at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. In July, the squadron reactivated here as part of a total force integration partnership with two existing Hawaii Air National Guard units: the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron and the 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

The unit's relocation here makes sense to Colonel Hill, in light of the base's location in the Pacific theater.

"With all this water and all the distance we have between terra firma, the tanker provides the global reach and mobility needed to operate around the (Pacific) theater," Colonel Hill said. "No aircraft anywhere can get very far without fuel. Nobody kicks (derriere) without tanker gas ... nobody," he said quoting a universal slogan used by many air refuelers in reference to the services they provide.

This old tanker slogan complements another one bestowed on current 96th ARS "tankers" by former members of the unit.

"Back in the day, air refuelers were known as 'tanker toads,'" Colonel Hill said. "The tanker's job back then was to provide every ounce of fuel it could to the bomber going downrange. If the tanker gave away so much gas that it couldn't land on a runway, so be it. The tanker would be sacrificed. The toad came into play as an acronym for 'take off and die.'

"Who in their right mind would take off and give all their gas away in mid-air?" he asked. "Fortunately we carry enough gas now that we don't have to worry about it."

When the KC-135 operated by the 96th ARS crew took off here, it contained 185,000 pounds of fuel. While over the Pacific Ocean, 110,000 pounds of fuel were transferred in a span of 34 minutes to a B-52 Stratofortress on the tail end of an 18-hour flight to Guam. Between the fuel lost during transfer and the fuel burned by the KC-135 itself, only 18,500 pounds remained when the crew returned.

As part of the 96th ARS partnership with the 203rd ARS, each sortie is conducted with a "total-force-integration" mentality, or what Colonel Hill would call a "total-family integration."

Aircrew members from each squadron routinely integrate to form aircrews to perform air refueling missions throughout the Pacific. For this reason, Colonel Hill found it fitting that the 96th ARS's first operational mission was conducted by an aircrew consisting of both active-duty and Air National Guard members.

"It's a total family commitment where we are all in together to make this thing work," Colonel Hill said. "It's only appropriate that when we fly our first mission, we do it as a total family, with both squadrons involved."

Master Sgt. Eric K. Faurot, with the 203rd ARS, was the boom operator for the mission. He's worked in an integrated environment with active-duty Airmen for more than seven years. He said he believes the total-force integration involved in the 96th ARS's first mission is a product of the ever-improving efficiency evidenced by active-duty and Air National Guard Airmen working side by side.

"We're never going to turn down a mission," Sergeant Faurot said. "Bodies will never be an excuse. We'll always be able to find personnel to jump on a sortie and do whatever it takes to make a mission 100 percent successful."

The squadron's first operational mission here marks another milestone in its 69-year history of air refueling. Colonel Hill said he expects current members of the 96th ARS to stamp their place in the unit's history by passing fuel within the Pacific Theater for a long time to come.

Milcom Blog Logs - 22 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3234.5 HF-LSB
0107Z - AAR7CH NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAT7CN / AAR7FI
1308Z - AAM7RT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/C net: AAR7QB / AAA7RD

3308.0 HF-USB
0102Z - AFF5TS NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCTSM1 net: AFA7HZ / AFA5HF / AFA5KH / AFA5WE
0203Z - AFA5GR NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5ET / AFA7VR
2303Z - NNN0SVW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net

3317.5 HF-USB
0131Z - NNN0THC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0HKF / NNN0SVW / NNN0QGR

3320.5 HF-USB
0104Z - NNN0JYV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 South Carolina MARS 4G1B net: NNN0OBV / NNN0ICX

3325.0 HF-USB
0004Z - NNN0APJ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0AVT

3370.5 HF-USB
0204Z - AFA6JY NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M3 net

3390.0 HF-USB
0106Z - NNN0KZC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0XEE
0203Z - Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X9B net: NNN0RBD

4007.0 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0BQH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0SXU

4008.5 HF-USB
2202Z - NNN0BSF NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0QGC

4011.0 HF-USB
1403Z - NNN0EHQ NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0JYO

4020.9 HF-USB
1302Z - AAR6HB NCS for the Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net

4026.9 HF-USB
1304Z - AAR4IV NCS for the Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/D net: AAR4MQ

4035.9 HF-USB
0201Z - AAM7EMO NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAA7IA / AAM7RT

4038.5 HF-USB
0200Z - NNN0EXS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0HBJ / NNN0PCC /NNN0RBA
0304Z - NNN0QAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net: NNN0TJC / NNN0EVT / NNN0IIE / NNN0EKB / NNN0SWK
1306Z - NNN0EVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A1B net: AFA4QG / NNN0TJC

4506.0 HF-USB
0001Z - MO-CAP-10 NCS for the North Central Region Missouri "MO-CAP" CAP net
1400Z - Red-Cloud-194 NCS for the North Central Region Nebraska "Red-Cloud" CAP net: Red-Cloud-144 / Iowa-CAP-04
1430Z - Iowa-CAP-04 NCS for the North Central Region Iowa CAP net: Red-Cloud-194

4517.0 HF-USB
1412Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA7UB

4604.0 HF-USB
0001Z - Red-Fire-17 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Indiana "Red_Fire" CAP net
0200Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2231Z - Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17 / Red-Fox-93 / Red-Fox-98
2258Z - Red-Fire-114
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net

4623.5 HF-USB
1405Z - NNN0UNK NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Wisconsin MARS 5W4B net: NNN0TDA

4627.0 HF-USB
1300Z - Wildwood-04 NCS for the Southwest Region Arkansas "Wild-Wood" CAP net

4724.0 HF-USB
0230Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43SAXP

4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH / NNN0AHH / AFA6UB

5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0ENS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net

5140.0 HF-USB
1532Z - Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) net: WNUW-240 (Highway Patrol General HQ) / WQMB541 (Radio Shop)

6715.0 HF-USB
[05:22:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 11 SN 05

6739.0 HF-USB
0022Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 43KOSG to All Stations
0038Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43MYKY to All Stations
0600Z - Andrews (HF-USB) pass 40 character EAM FB4F5G

6765.0 HF-USB
1549Z - AAT7WE NCS for the SHARES Northern Weekly net: NNN0EPY / AFA8CS / AFA8SI

6809.0 HF-USB
[14:46:30][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05

7302.0 HF-USB
1410Z - AFA6CN NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFF6DM

7348.0 HF-USB
[15:14:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC6FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[15:19:16][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC4FEM ][AL0] BER 11 SN 06

7457.0 HF-USB
1407Z - Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFF4AL / AFA4WJ

7635.0 HF-USB
1504Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Columbus-41 / Bluemound-03

8050.0 HF-USB
[17:46:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 06

8983.0 HF-USB
1545Z - Camslant secure guard @ minute 45 for CG 2113 on final to homeplate

8992.0 HF-USB
0015Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 436UBI to All Stations
0022Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 22 character EAM 43KOSG to All Stations
0133Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) repeats 28 character EAM 43MYKY

10194.0 HF-USB
[19:32:29][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC1 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 04
[19:32:32][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC1FEM ][AL0] BER 13 SN 04

10895.0 HF-USB
1728Z - Link-11 data transmission

11175.0 HF-USB
2235Z - Reach-406 w/ Andrews (HF-GCS) for pp to Hilda Metro for weather @ KDOV (Dover AFB) @ 0100Z (sounded like)

11232.0 HF-USB
1557Z - Canforce-4025 rqst current weather for Trenton fm Trenton Military

14396.5 HF-USB
1554Z - SHARES National Admin net: NCS-202

15016.0 HF-USB
1803Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43MHIQ to All Stations

15867.0 HF-USB
[21:44:19][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][RKN ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06

278 MHz Mystery Milsat Possibly Russian

Our good friend Paul Marsh (Twitter address: UHF_satcom) has a working theory that the 278 MHz satellite downlinks we are hearing may be from a new Russian military satellite program - the Meridian milsats. The first two launches were apparent failures per http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian.html.

Signals for our mystery 278 MHz milsat have been heard on: 277.6000 277.8000 277.9500 278.0000 278.0500 278.1000 278.2000 278.2250 278.2500 278.4000 278.4250 278.4500 278.4750 278.5000 MHz

Orbital Information

First valid epoch is 5. Nov 2010
Selected (next earlier) epoch is 7. Dec 2010 Selected (next earlier) epoch is 7. Dec 2010

Brightness: 4.9 mag (at 1000 km and 50% illuminated) 3.7 mag (at perigee and full illumination) Brightness: 4.9 mag (at 1000 km and 50% illuminated) 3.7 mag (at perigee and full illumination)
RCS: 6.8m2 (Radar cross section) RCS: 6.8m2 (Radar cross section)
NORAD Catalog Nr: 37213 NORAD Catalog Nr: 37213
International Designator: 2010-058B International Designator: 2010-058B

Perigee Height: 798.3 km Perigee Height: 798.3 km
Apogee Height: 39616.6 km Apogee Height: 39616.6 km
Orbit Period: 11.98h Orbit Period: 11.98h

Kepler Elements Kepler Elements
Semi-major Axis: 26585.584 km Semi-major Axis: 26585.584 km
Eccentricity: 0.7300645 Eccentricity: 0.7300645
Inclination: 62.829° Inclination: 62.829 °
Argument of Perigee: 269.9111° Argument of Perigee: 269.9111 °
Right Ascension of Ascending Node: 0.6281° Right Ascension of Ascending Node: 0.6281 °
Mean Anomaly at Epoch: 14.4662° Mean Anomaly at Epoch: 14.4662 °
Susceptibility to Drag B*: 1/earth radii Susceptibility to Drag B *: 1/earth radii
Revolutions per Day: 2.00278283 Revolutions per Day: 2.00278283
Number of Orbits since Launch: 67 Number of Orbits since Launch: 67

Epoch (UTC): 7. Dec 2010 0:53:58 (JD=2455537.53747804) Epoch (UTC): 7. Dec 2010 0:53:58 (JD = 2455537.53747804)

State Vector State Vector
Position Vector: x = 21430.31 km Position Vector: x = 21430.31 km
y = 189.415 km y = 189.415 km
z = -88.681 km z = -88.681 km
Velocity Vector: vx = 3.1433 km/s Velocity Vector: vx = 3.1433 km / s
vy = 1.9995 km/s vy = 1.9995 km / s
vz = 3.828 km/s vz = 3.828 km / s

Two-Line Elements Two-Line Elements

Meridian 3 r 4.9 6.8 Meridian 3 r 4.9 6.8 1 37213U 10058B 10341.03747804 -.00001272 00000-0 00000+0 0 164 1 37213U 10058B 10341.03747804 -. 00001272 00000-0 00000 +0 0 164 2 37213 062.8290 000.6281 7300645 269.9111 014.4662 02.00278283 674 237 213 062.8290 000.6281 269.9111 014.4662 02.00278283 674 7300645

From the Russian Strategic nuclear forces blog
http://russianforces.org/blog/2010/11/space_forces_launch_new_meridi.shtml

Space Forces launched new Meridian communication satellite

On November 2, 2010 the Space Forces carried out a successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1a launcher with a Fregat post-boost stage. The rocket was launched at 03:58:39 MSK (00:58:39 UTC) from the launch pad No. 3 of the launch complex No. 43 of the Plesetsk space launch site. According to a Space Forces representative, the spacecraft - a communication satellite of the Meridian type -successfully reached its orbit at 06:13 MSK.

The satellite was identified by the Space Forces by its generic name, Meridian. Its international designation is 2010-058A, NORAD number 37212. According to the satellite manufacturer, the Reshetnev Design Bureau, the satellite successfully reached its operational orbit. Parameters of the orbit: inclination 62.8 degrees, perigee 966 km, apogee about 39800 km, orbital period about 726 minutes.

This is the third Meridian launch. The fist one took place in December 2006, the second - in May 2009.

This launch completed flight tests of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket.

Other links:

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/meridian.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-2_

http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/index.php/launch-schedule

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=35008

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'River Rattlers' End a Year of Adversary Missions

Eight F/A-18 Hornets assigned the River Rattlers, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 204, fly in a column formation over southern Louisiana's wetlands during a photo exercise. VFA 204 is stationed on Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John P. Curtis/Released)

Blog Ed Note: On a personnel note, this is my last command in the Navy that I retired from in 1993. Way to go River Rats.

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Hill, Commander, Navy Reserve Force Public Affairs

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 204 wrapped up a mission with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group during the group's composite training unit exercise off the coast of California Dec. 20.

The "River Rattlers" of VFA 204 have had many deployments in 2010 lending their assistance to the fleet.

VFA 204 is an adversary squadron that flies the FA-18/A Hornet aircraft. The entire squadron, from the pilots to the mechanics who provide maintenance for the planes, are full time support (FTS) and selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors. Their primary mission is to act as the enemy in the sky so other squadrons and strike groups can receive the requisite training to be combat-ready. With air combat training a constant necessity and with numerous squadrons to be trained, the New Orleans-based "River Rattlers" keep busy. They deploy numerous times a year to support the active component in training evolutions all around the world.

"We deploy roughly every other month, to support about six to eight detachments a year. We're mission ready. Our Sailors are ready to deploy and provide training to fleet squadrons," said VFA 204 Executive Officer Cmdr. Greg Rielly.

The deployment schedule provides the 40 SELRES in the squadron plenty of opportunity to get annual training and active duty training (ADT). This ensures the "River Rattlers" are highly skilled, regardless of whether they are full or part-time Sailors.

"The integration between our FTS and SELRES is seamless," said VFA 204 Command Master Chief (AW) John Harlin. "That's the way it should be. Our Reservists bring a lot to the table. For example, we have a (SELRES) chief who works as a defense contractor in his civilian job. He's able to bring that experience to his Reserve position making us a stronger squadron."

Many of the SELRES in VFA 204 go above and beyond the required training to support the River Rattler's mission. Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 2nd Class (AW) Emily Seal from Gulfport, Miss., is one of them.

"Last year, I went on three deployments with the squadron," said Seal. "I was almost on constant ADT orders. I feel really strongly about committing myself to the mission and being with this command helps with advancement. The learning curve is fast, and there's so much to do, it's impossible not to learn."

The Navy Reserve prides itself on being "Ready Now. Anytime, Anywhere." With the "River Rattlers," this not only applies to them – it applies to the fleet they continue to serve in their adversary role. With assistance from VFA 204, Naval Air Forces will continue to receive necessary training, preparing them for any assigned mission.

USS Princeton Returns to San Diego

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) will return to San Diego Dec. 22 after an independent six-month deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR).

"I couldn't be any more pleased with the performance of the crew during the deployment, from bi-lateral exercises with key allies to counter-piracy missions off the coast of Somalia; they have done a tremendous job in getting the mission done," said Princeton's Commanding Officer Capt. Richard Haidvogel. "We're all very happy to be getting home in time for the holidays."

Princeton patrolled areas where the threat of piracy is a growing problem for merchant vessels. The cruiser's visit, board, search and seizure team conducted assist visits aboard several vessels in order to better enforce maritime security, deter piracy and police smuggling in areas where piracy is reported.

In September 2010, Princeton assisted USS Dubuque (LPD 8) with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Turkish warship TCG Gikeada (FFG 494) in capturing nine suspected pirates, who had taken control of the merchant vessel Magellan Star. Princeton took custody of the pirates and later transferred them to Kenya authorities.

Princeton also participated in combat casualty medical training with members of U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement, Detachment 404 as part of maintaining their medical readiness and proficiency while deployed.

With a crew of approximately 350 Sailors, including a crew from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 45, Detachment 2, Princeton made port calls to Singapore, Bahrain, Seychelles, Kenya, Thailand, Philippines and Guam. Sailors participated in community relations projects including painting school buildings, volunteering at hospitals and playing sports with children. They conducted more than 300 hours of volunteer service benefiting nearly 1500 host nation citizens.

Princeton helps provide deterrence, promote peace and security, preserve freedom of the seas and humanitarian/disaster response within 3rd Fleet's 50-million square mile AOR in the Eastern Pacific, as well as supporting the Navy's Maritime Strategy when forward deployed.

Milcom Blog Logs - 21 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3234.5 HF-LSB
0115Z - Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/IA net: AAM7IA / AAT7FD

3299.0 HF-USB
0109Z - AFF4XC NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S1 net: AFA4NI / AFA4FU / AFA4SU

3308.0 HF-USB
0228Z - AFF7MO NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net

3317.5 HF-USB
2304Z - NNN0AEV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net

3341.0 HF-USB
[01:47:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05

3390.0 HF-USB
0106Z - Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0KZC

4007.0 HF-USB
0034Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH / NNN0APL / NNN0AXK

4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net

4011.0 HF-USB
1402Z - Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D1C net: NNN0YGW

4013.5 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0ZEI NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0LSO
1404Z - NNN0LYN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 MARS 4X1B net: NNN0RBD

4035.9 HF-USB
0227Z - AAM7AKS NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/B net: AAM7EMO / AAA7IA
1322Z - AAR7JW NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/C net: AAM7TIA
1406Z - AAM7RT NCS for the Army Region 7 MARS AAA7RD/D net: AAR7AD / AAR7FI

4038.5 HF-USB
0301Z - NNN0QAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net
1409Z - Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H1B net: NNN0UTE

4041.0 HF-USB
0033Z - NNN0ANN NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Ohio MARS 5N5B net: NNN0FFO / NNN0LRD / NNN0GLG / NNN0LWN

4464.5 HF-USB
0007Z - AFF6DM NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6D1 net (MFSK-16)

4469.0 HF-USB
0101Z - Southeast Region Alabama "Goldenrod" CAP net: Wildwood-4204 / Mockingbird-08 (mobile)

4506.0 HF-USB
0001Z - North Central Region Missouri "MO-CAP" CAP net: MO-CAP-101

4517.0 HF-USB
1401Z - AFE7DM NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM3 net: AFA5GB / AFA7DT

4604.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Red-Fox-93 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red_Fox" CAP net
1400Z - Red-Robin-898 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Michigan "Red-Robin" CAP net
1430Z - Red-Fox-17 NCS for the Great Lakes "Blue Lake" Region CAP net
2230Z - Red-Fox-98 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net: Red-Fox-17
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2330Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net: Goldenrod-595

4623.5 HF-USB
0031Z - NNN0KRX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 5 Illinois MARS 5I2B net: NNN0JJY / NNN0GFC

4724.0 HF-USB
0049Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43RKQG to All Stations
0100Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43NLXF; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding
0102Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 432W3N

5004.5 HF-USB
1501Z - NNN0AHH NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X2B net: NNN0FWM

5201.9 HF-USB
1414Z - Army Region 6 MARS AAA6RD/A net: AAR6LE / AAR6VO

6721.0 HF-USB
[06:56:50][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 16 SN 07
[09:57:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 19 SN 06

6739.0 HF-USB
0049Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43RKQG to All Stations
0100Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43NLXF; followed by "more to follow, stand-by" statement preceding
0102Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 432W3N

7302.0 HF-USB
1412Z - AFA6FD NCS for the Air Force Region 6 MARS 6M1 net: AFA6KJ

7457.0 HF-USB
1410Z - AFE4TN NCS for the Air Force Region 4 MARS 4S2 net: AFA4II / AFA4IF-T

7635.0 HF-USB
1502Z - Middle-East-34 NCS for the National CAP net: Florida-CAP-256 / Columbus-04 / Columbus-32 / Louisiana-30

8050.0 HF-USB
[15:46:12][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06

8992.0 HF-USB
0049Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43RKQG to All Stations

10162.0 HF-USB
[19:38:59][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0004WICAP ][AL0] BER 16 SN 05
[19:39:15][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0004WI ][AL0] BER 16 SN 05
[19:44:27][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][100SWR ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05

10194.0 HF-USB
[18:45:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 8 SN 04

10242.0 HF-USB
1645Z - Camslant w/ Juliet-27 for position rpt (orbiting over Mobile Bay)
1647Z - Camslant w/ CG 1701 for flight opns normal rpt
[16:49:08][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][J27 ][AL0] BER 12 SN 05

11175.0 HF-USB
0049Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass 28 character EAM 43RKQG to All Stations
2214Z - King-70 calz Mainsail, Puerto Rico (HF-GCS) responds for radio check
2216Z - (sound like) NAPA (could be NATO)-805 calz Any Radio w/ no joy noted
2218Z - King-21 calz Mainsail w/ no joy noted
2228Z - Andrews (HF-GCS) pass SKYKING, do not answer: IK7; time: 28; authentication: GS

11181.0 HF-USB
[22:49:10][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADWSPR ][AL0] BER 12 SN 07

11494.0 HF-USB
[20:22:47][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][I34 ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06

13993.0 HF-USB
1505Z - TRANSCON HF Voice Net: AFA4YG (previous c/s AFA2YG)

Milcom Blog Logs - 20 Dec 2010 - USASA MidWest Collection Site

Time for another exclusive HF blog log report from the radio ranch at the USASA MidWest Collection Site.

3269.0 HF-USB
0203Z - UI Navy/MC MARS net

3308.0 HF-USB
0102Z - AFN7NC NCS for the Air Force North Central Area Region MARS NCADS1 net: AFA5IX
0202Z - Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM1 net: AFA5FM
1200Z - AFA5ML NCS for the Air Force North Central Area MARS NCM2 net: AFA5PL

3317.5 HF-USB
0131Z - NNN0PQX NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Missouri MARS 7H1B net: NNN0THC / NNN0QGR
2303Z - NNN0AEV NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 MARS 7X5Y (MT-63) net

3325.0 HF-USB
0003Z - NNN0AVT NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Nebraska / Kansas MARS 7N1B net: NNN0ULT
2331Z - NNN0POY NCS for the Navy/MC Region 7 Iowa MARS 7D3B net

3349.0 HF-USB
0103Z - NNN0KIP NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 East Texas MARS 6E1B net: NNN0OIL

3390.0 HF-USB
0132Z - Navy/MC Region 5 MARS 5X1B net: NNN0JKI / NNN0BDW / NNN0ICH

4007.0 HF-USB
0030Z - Navy/MC Region 5 Minnesota MARS 5G1B net: NNN0BQH

4008.5 HF-USB
2200Z - NNN0AZO NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 Oklahoma MARS 6O3B net: NNN0QGC

4013.5 HF-USB
0001Z - NNN0BDW NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Kentucky MARS 4K2B net: NNN0LSO

4026.9 HF-LSB
1151Z - AAA5OH NCS for the Army Region 5 Ohio MARS AAA5RD/OH net:AAR5XE

4026.9 HF-USB
1202Z - Army Region 4 MARS AAA4RD/C net: AAM4AL / AAR4OH

4032.9 HF-LSB
1201Z - Army Region 3 MARS AAA3RD/A net: AAR3HB

4038.5 HF-USB
0210Z - NNN0PCC NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Tennessee MARS 4H2B net: NNN0RBD / NNN0OMR / NNN0TWA / NNN0TBQ / NNN0QAA / NNN0AHH / NNN0AOC / NNN0ANX / NNN0ZKZ / AAA9EC / NNN0YGY / NNN0AJJ / NNN0HYB
0302Z - NNN0GAA NCS for the Navy/MC Region 4 Alabama MARS 4A2B net

4604.0 HF-USB
2230Z - Red-Fox-93 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Illinois "Red-Fox" CAP net
2300Z - Kentucky-CAP-148 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Kentucky CAP net
2330Z - Columbus-04 NCS for the Great Lakes Region Ohio "Columbus" CAP net

4825.0 HF-USB
2301Z - NNN0OYS NCS for the Navy/MC Region 6 MARS 6X4B net: NNN0WKH

9025.0 HF-USB
[00:39:56][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][MCC ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[10:12:14][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[11:24:06][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][ADW ][AL0] BER 16 SN 07
[11:42:22][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 16 SN 06

10162.0 HF-USB
[19:11:13][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0011AR ][AL0] BER 22 SN 05
[19:24:02][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][000 ][AL0] BER 15 SN 05
[19:47:39][CHN 01][SND][ ][TIS][0181AL ][AL0] BER 14 SN 05

10194.0 HF-USB
[18:16:48][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8FEM ][AL0] BER 18 SN 06
[18:26:19][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC4 ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
[18:45:41][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][FC8 ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06

11181.0 HF-USB
[22:44:18][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][JNR ][AL0] BER 13 SN 07

11098.5 HF-USB
[20:49:40][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][SEJ ][AL0] BER 16 SN 05
[21:32:12][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][WWLNHJ ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06
[21:32:29][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][WWLNNN ][AL0] BER 17 SN 06
[21:42:12][CHN 01][SND][ ][TWS][WWL ][AL0] BER 13 SN 06

Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Completes Seven-Month Deployment

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a seven-month deployment. Harry S. Truman deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Brooks/Released)

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Nearly 7,000 Sailors and Marines deployed with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) returned to their homeports Dec. 20, following a seven-month deployment.

The Norfolk-based Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) and guided-missile destroyers USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) and USS Ross (DDG 71) returned after supporting Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan, Operation New Dawn (OND) in Iraq and maritime security operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

"This has been a great deployment because of the hard work and professionalism of our Sailors and Marines over the last seven months," said Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, commander, Harry S. Truman CSG. "Whether conducting combat flight operations in support of U.S. and coalition ground forces in Afghanistan, preventing piracy on the open seas, or interacting with the local community during well-deserved port visits, the strike group represented themselves and their country with the greatest pride and professionalism."

Shortly after departing Norfolk May 21, the Truman CSG participated in the 100th anniversary of French naval aviation celebration. French aircraft landed and catapulted off Truman, while F/A-18s and E-2s from CVW 3 touched down on the French nuclear aircraft carrier CVN Charles de Gaulle (R 91). French maintenance crews embarked aboard Truman to conduct a practice engine change on a French Rafale F3 in Truman's hangar bay.

The Truman CSG joined the 5th Fleet Area of Operations in June 2010 and began combat operations in support of OEF and OND. During the next five months, CVW 3 aircrews flew 2,915 missions into Afghanistan and Iraq, providing vital close air support to coalition forces on the ground.

"Our success in support of OEF and OND is a glowing testament to world-class training, the high caliber of men and women who volunteer to serve and the manner in which they came together to perform as a mission-focused team," said Capt. Jay Bynum, commander, CVW 3. "We are so thankful and blessed to be returning home with all our Sailors, Marines and aircraft and to be reunited with our families to enjoy the holiday season."

While operating in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, several Truman CSG ships rescued mariners adrift at sea. The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams from Winston S. Churchill rescued 62 distressed mariners after their dhow capsized in the Gulf of Aden Sept. 27, while the VBSS team from Oscar Austin provided assistance to two Iranian mariners after their dhow sank Nov. 18.

"Whether conducting counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, operating with the Harry S. Truman in the Northern Arabian Sea, or conducting escort operations and other duties in the Arabian Gulf, the ships of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26 were essential in maintaining peace and stability throughout the 5th Fleet AOR," said Capt. Bob Barwis, commander, DESRON 26.

Returning a few days before Christmas, the leadership aboard Truman is both proud and thankful to have safely achieved so much while deployed for 213 days and traveling nearly 55,000 nautical miles.

"It is truly wonderful to return to our homeport and reunite with our families and loved ones after seven months at sea," said Capt. Joe Clarkson, Harry S. Truman's commanding officer. "With the invaluable support of family and friends throughout this deployment, we accomplished the mission we were sent to do, and it is good to be home to celebrate the holidays with our families."