The Pennsylvania National Guard recently became the first National Guard in the country to use the new Tactical Uncountable Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence system.
Eight National Guard soldiers trained here from March 13 to 17 on TDEWS, which filled a huge gap in the training of Soldiers in the Army’s Career Task Force. Signals Intelligence advisors from the Army National Guard Engineering Control and Analysis and Control Element and the Mission Training Complex’s Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Program facilitated the training course.
“This system adds a tremendous amount of value to our intelligence capabilities,” said Officer Trevor Burgess, a 28th Infantry Division signal intelligence analysis technician, senior SIGINT technician with the US Army. Guards, said. “Soldiers train for six months to get MOS then when they get to their unit here in Pennsylvania, they don’t have this equipment to train and the support of full-time subject matter experts. that the G2 Army National Guard provides, so this will improve our intelligence. “
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TDEWS is a dedicated, all-weather electronic warfare system that provides force protection and situational awareness to commanders of any level.
“We went from classroom instruction, repetitive system setup and teardown practice, to using it in a controlled disassembly environment and then over the last two days we was able to pack it in Sgt said. Emily Rivas, a cryptographic linguist with the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division.
SBCT 56 will rotate at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, this summer, so this training will ensure these Soldiers can use this new equipment during exercise confirmed battles of the brigade and can carry out their duties as they would in the battlefield, according to Burgess.
“What makes this system so great for our training is that we can fire it up and use it whenever we want at any training site,” says Rivas. Comparing it to the previous system, Rivas said, required a lot of pre-coordination and approval, becoming cumbersome in practice.
During a recent training session at Fort Indiantown Gap, eight soldiers split into teams of two to locate trainers posing as enemy troops at a wreckage. Rivas’ group were the first to identify their target.
“We can lock it down very quickly, locate enemies really quickly, and let other teams know where they are and how they are communicating,” she said. “It feels really great to actually be able to see the system in action and how it all comes together.”
“Right now, I feel very good about it,” says Sgt. Joe Falcone, a cryptographic linguist with the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division. “So far, we’ve had a total of eight days of training on the field. this device, just because of the nature of the National Guard and it was only made in early January, but every day I feel better. . ”
Falcone said he wasn’t comfortable with the gear earlier in the week, but this particular event has greatly improved his confidence ahead of the upcoming NTC rotation.
“The rotation of the NTC will allow Soldiers to really take the skills they work so hard for and use it to improve their intelligence footprint, intelligence landscape, and make the overall mission better,” said Burgess. successful.
