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Work continues on multi-national Common Operating Picture at CE 08

U.S. Marines relay tracks on C2 systemsby U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Hill, Combined Endeavor 2008 Public Affairs

The idea to have a single digital display of relevant operational information shared by many nations and organizations in real time is becoming closer to reality this year at Combined Endeavor.

Traditionally, when coalition partners wanted to share their operating pictures with each other, doing so required installing a separate system requiring additional training and having yet another screen to monitor in the operations center.

Through the ever-increasing capabilities provided by the Multilateral Interoperability Programme, timely and accurate information on the positions of friendly and enemy troops, and the positions and status of important infrastructure such as bridges and roads can be made available to commanders, said Tony Mansfield, command, control, communications and computers system engineer at the Marine Corps Tactical System Support Activity at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.

"The aim is to achieve international interoperability of command and control information systems at all levels from corps to the lowest appropriate level, in order to support multinational, combined and joint operations and the advancement of digitisation in the international arena," he said.

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Special ops forces use Combined Endeavor for Jackal Stone prep

Story by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Melissa Shaw, Combined Endeavor 2008 Public Affairs

U.S. Army tests text messaging with Harris 117 radioBAUMHOLDER, Germany (May 8, 2008) - U.S. Special Forces European Command representatives from the U.S., Hungary, Lithuania and Romania are receiving valuable battlefield-communication training during training exercise Combined Endeavor 2008.

They are learning how to use the Harris 117 radio in conjunction with Satellite Antennae 2055 and a laptop, which is used to send and receive text messages and images while on the battlefield.

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Romania and South Africa Army officers

LAGER AULENBACH, Germany – U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dennis Weems, center, assists Romanian Army Lt. Col. Liviu Birsan, left, and South African Army Lt. Col. Greg Moorisi, right, as they use new software to record frequencies during a spectrum management seminar April 29. Combined Endeavor 2007, a U.S. European Command-sponsored exercise, brings U.S., NATO, Partnership for Peace (PfP) and other nations together to plan and execute interoperability testing of command, control, communications and computer systems from participant nations in preparation for future combined humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief operations. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brenda Benner, Combined Endeavor Public Affairs)

Discussing mid-day operations

Major Lucian Vasile, of Romania; (left), Maj Ventsislav Kalinkov, of Bulgaria; (middle), and 1st Lieutenant Erkan Serhatli, from Turkey, discuss their mid-day operation within the Seebrig organization during exercise Combined Endeavor 2007 at Lager Aulenbach, Baumholder, Germany; April 27, 2007.  Combined Endeavor 2007, a U.S. European Command-sponsored exercise brings NATO, Partnership for Peace and other nations together to plan and execute interoperability testing of command, control, communications and computer systems from participant nations in preparation for future combined humanitarian, peacekeeping and disaster relief operations.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dayton Mitchell)