Soldiers from the 51st Signal Batallion (Expeditionary) man a C-Band Troposcatter Communications System at naval Air Station Whidbey Island's Outlaying Landing Field, Wash. Mar. 30, 2016. Whidbey Island is in the middle of the Puget Sound and the Ol...

C-Band Troposcatter communication systems face towards Joint Base Lewis-McChord at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island's Outlaying Landing Field, Whidbey Island, Wash. Mar. 30, 2016. Whidbey Island is in the middle of the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mo...

Soldiers from the 51st Expeditionary Signal Battalion hosted Whidbey Island media during the unit's "Establish Hope" humanitarian assistance training exercise at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island's Outlying Landing Field (OLF) Mar. 30, 2016. The battalion established a tactical network using C-band Troposcatter Communications systems with teams operating at multiple Joint Base Lewis-McChord training areas and Whidbey Island, in the middle of Puget Sound, in order to validate its capabilities which could be used during a disaster.