ROCK SOLID WARRIOR Published May 11, 2008 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Chris Billings Cable and Antenna Systems Team Chief Home unit/base: 85th Engineering and Installation Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. How do you support the mission here? My shop installs/maintains the infrastructure that provides voice and data communication to today's Air Force leaders worldwide. How many times have you deployed and what makes this one unique? This is my second deployment, and I would say this one is tougher than my first. We our doing much bigger installs here, which is much more physically challenging. The bigger cable installations provide the troops here with better ways to communicate back home so the job satisfaction is much better! How does your job differ in a deployed environment vs. home base? Really, my job doesn't change if I'm here or in Biloxi, Miss. I'd say it's slightly hotter here, and I'm just a little bit farther from my wife.