Nice read, 18E need to read this.
I remember teaching the ANASFQC and our 18E know HF and how to talk long range. This was one thing that the ANASOC Command found very enlighting. But one of the biggest issues for our 18Es was outstations not know HF Comms. They were having to send HF Slides Pppt to SFODAs to teach them how to do it and how to use the ANA radios.
That is one thing I saw in Pakistan, PAKMIL was still using Morse Code and HF Comm for sending radio messages. Not like they had SATCOM. All the Frontier Corps units S4 requests went out on HF. We had one 18E, old school, that know what was going on and was "listening" to the Morse Code to see what was being said. It is a lost skill for sure.
This also helped out during combat missions in Afgahnistan. When we would roll into a Compound and find wire along wals or on poles. Old School 18E's knew what else to look for and tell us other guys what to key in on. TB would raise the wire as needed or lay it out as needed. Smart countermeasures IMO.
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