Army Communicator, March 22nd, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A faint smell from orange-scented alcohol cleaning pads hung in the air. Soldiers from V Corps' 440th Signal Battalion, 22nd Signal Brigade were using the pads to wipe the sticky gel from fiber optic strands. The instructor, Joe Reese, was showing students how to separate individual rainbow colored fibers for splicing.
There were a few indicators that the class was taking place in a combat zone--the occasional interruption from noisy helicopters taking off just outside; the Army Combat Uniforms each student was wearing, and the collection of individual weapons. Despite the ...
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