VDF conducts multi-state communications exercise
Members of the Virginia Defense Force’s Winchester-based 3rd Regiment use the high frequency radios in their Mobile Command Post to conduct a multi-state communications exercise July 18, 2015, in Madison, Va. During the exercise, they successfully communicated via strong signal connections with state guard forces in Indiana and Tennessee and established weak connections with California they hoped to improve with change in atmospheric conditions. The exercise was designed to test the VDF’s ability to communicate if there was an incident that degraded systems like mobile phone networks. Providing interoperable communications is one of the many different missions sets the VDF provides as the all-volunteer auxiliary to the Virginia National Guard. VDF members also assisted the Madison County Sheriff and Parks and Recreation Department with access control at the Madison County Fair. Learn more about the Virginia Defense Force at www.vdf.virginia.gov/ (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
VDF conducts multi-state communications exercise
Members of the Virginia Defense Force’s Winchester-based 3rd Regiment use the high frequency radios in their Mobile Command Post to conduct a multi-state communications exercise July 18, 2015, in Madison, Va. During the exercise, they successfully communicated via strong signal connections with state guard forces in Indiana and Tennessee and established weak connections with California they hoped to improve with change in atmospheric conditions. The exercise was designed to test the VDF’s ability to communicate if there was an incident that degraded systems like mobile phone networks. Providing interoperable communications is one of the many different missions sets the VDF provides as the all-volunteer auxiliary to the Virginia National Guard. VDF members also assisted the Madison County Sheriff and Parks and Recreation Department with access control at the Madison County Fair. Learn more about the Virginia Defense Force at www.vdf.virginia.gov/ (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)