U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Edelen Parker, left, of Clinton,

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Edelen Parker, left, of Clinton, Md., communications adviser to the Armed Forces of Liberia, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dean Shumate, right, of Chicago, Ill., satellite communications adviser to the AFL, explain communication check procedures to an AFL soldier from Communications Platoon, AFL Logistical Command, during a communications exercise at Edwin Binyah Kesselly Military Barracks March 6. The focus of the exercise was on the successful deployment of a di-pole antenna, a device used to construct rapid communication systems in austere environments. AFL electronic communications technicians are tasked to provide long haul communication capabilities in any type of terrain, to include jungle, seaborne and urban environments, for approximately 2,000 members of the AFL and Liberian Coast Guard. The Communications Platoon are trained by members of Operation Onward Liberty, a group of approximately 50 U.S. military personnel who mentor and advise the AFL in order to develop a national military that is responsible, operationally capable, respectful of civilian authority and the rule of law, and is a force for good among the Liberian people. Parker is deployed from Marine Corps Systems Command, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., and Shumate is deployed from the 934th Communications Squadron, Joint Base Minneapolis, Minn.

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