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Airmen with the 514th Communications Squadron at McGuire AFB, N.J., set up a tent after heavy rainstorms flooded the location of Exercise Jump Start on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The communications exercise is designed to familiarize troops from Reserve, Guard and active military units with equipment they wouldn't normally use. Airmen had to rebuild and relocate the tents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Bradley Lail)

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Senior Airman Jason Parasio loads an encryption key for secure communications on land mobile radios, on Monday, April 10, 2006, during Exercise Jump Start at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The communications exercise is designed to familiarize troops from Reserve, Guard and active military units with equipment they wouldn't normally use. Airman Parasio is a ground radio technician with the 452nd Communications Squadron at March ARB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Bradley Lail)

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Senior Airmen Michael Mikkelson and Ryan Nicholas adjust the satellite stabilizer during Exercise Jump Start on Monday, April 10, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The communications exercise is designed to familiarize troops from Reserve, Guard and active military units with communications equipment they wouldn't normally use. Both Airmen are satellite technicians with the 514th Communications Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Bradley Lail)

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Senior Airman Scott Everett ensured that voice and data are working during Exercise Jump Start on Thursday, April 13, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The communications exercise is designed to familiarize troops from Reserve, Guard and active military units with equipment they wouldn't normally use. Airman Everett is a computer, cryptographic and switching systems technician with the 452nd Communications Squadron at March ARB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Bradley Lail)

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Staff Sgt. Shawn Jones checks the receiver for a voice system to allow wireless communications for Exercise Jump Start on Thursday, April 13, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The communications exercise is designed to familiarize troops from Reserve, Guard and active military units with equipment they wouldn't normally use. Sergeant Jones is a ground radio technician with the 514th Communications Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Bradley Lail)

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Published April 17, 2006

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