FORT MONMOUTH — American troops stationed in the Iraq war zone have considerable technological help from the Army Communications-Electronics Command based here.
Henry Kearney, a spokesman for the fort, said CECOM’s Research Development and Engineering Center, Software Engineering Center, and Logistics and Readiness Center have fielded a diverse array of hi-tech equipment for use on the front lines in the war.
"These include various types of systems such as frequency-hopping tactical radios, [and] satellite-linked computers inside vehicles and command posts that help track positions of friendly forces so commanders and war fighters have improved situational awareness and can accomplish their missions safely and successfully," he said.
They also include "sophisticated sensors that help track enemy troop movements and electronic jamming systems to jam enemy communications," he added.
Kearney said a significant number of soldiers and civilian technical specialists from the fort have been deployed to help train and support "war fighters" in the use of those systems.
"And our post has our Emergency Operations Center operating around the clock to support logistics, spare parts and other types of war-fighter requests for support of those systems," he said.
—Sherry Conohan