AUAB Power Projection: ECS connects coalition forces
Senior Airman Joseph Simpson, (foreground) 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS) radio frequency transmission technician, and Tech. Sgt. Frederick Premuto, 379th ECS 379th ECS radio frequency transmission NCO in charge, check communications equipment for a coalition partner facility Feb. 8, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Simpson and Premuto are part of a “beddown” team that enables power projection by establishing communications capabilities such as networks, Voice over Internet Protocol telephones, and radios from the ground up (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)