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Electronic Warfare officer helps engineers

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  • By Army 1st Lt. Ashley A. Dellavalle
  • TF Rugged Public Affairs Office
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan --  Countering improvised explosive devices is a tough job- and Forward Operating Base Sharana's Electronic Warfare officer knows how to do it. 

Air Force Maj. Gerald T. Campbell, from Kettering, Ohio, spent his last six months deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a brigade Electronic Warfare officer. 

Almost every brigade and battalion in Afghanistan has an EWO responsible for the training and utilization of the Counter Remote control Electronic Warfare Systems (CREWS), Electronic Warfare Integration, and standing up the Army's new Electronic Warfare capability.
 
Campbell was immediately integrated into the engineer fight, helping to counter IEDs in order to keep roads safe for Coalition forces and the Afghans.
 
"I trained over 700 Soldiers on CREWS and ensured its utilization in the Counter-IED fight as well as integrated Electronic Warfare into daily [Combined Task Force] Rugged combat operations," said Campbell.
 
Campbell will return to Eglin Air Force Base, in Fla., as assistant director of operations of the 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron.
 
"I will have a broader understanding of Joint and Army Operations, from a Soldier's perspective having been embedded at a forward operating base with an Army brigade for this deployment," he said.