1st Radio Bn. set to deploy
Story by Public Affairs Office, MCB Hawaii
Story Identification Number: 20032110530
CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii(01/24/2003) -- CAMP H. M. SMITH - Elements of the 1st Radio Bn. Marine Forces Pacific, have been ordered to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in support of the Nation's ongoing war against global terrorism.
Approximately 250 Marines and Sailors will be deploying from their home base at MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, in the near future.
The 1st Radio Bn.'s mission is to provide communications support for Marine Corps intelligence organizations and to conduct electronic warfare (such as jamming an adversary's radio or using direction-finding equipment to determine where an adversary may be located).
The Marines and Sailors have been properly vaccinated against anthrax and other potentially hazardous agents, and are ready to adhere to any orders or instructions regarding the smallpox (or any other mandated) vaccination.
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