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Camp Aachen - C_A? CIA? Ex CIA?
This is really an interdasting read…
How it all started
Martin explained that MPE was born partly based on constructive after-action review comments made by deployed units after returning from Afghanistan in 2017.
“They commented on how they had to build separate e-mail accounts to go into Afghanistan, they had to re-configure all of their hard drives on their mission command systems- systems to send messages back and forth from partner nations in time of need,” Martin said.
Meanwhile, the Camp Aachen theater was being refurbished and remodeled with the intention to be used as a multi-purpose building capable of hosting ceremonies, meetings and other similar functions, Waugh said.
Always on the move stuff?
Some of the state-of-the-art equipment in the MPE include a massive video screen which allows commanders to watch operations such as airborne drops in real time. The facility boasts more than 140 communication/computer work areas equipped with nonclassified and secret internet protocol router networks, and voice over internet protocol phone stations for exercise participants. Each work station sits atop heavy-duty table-tops supported by lift systems. Waugh said each piece of equipment inside the MPE facility was specifically designed to be easily accessible, durable, and contain a futuristic yet functional look.
Currently, the MPE system is operational at Grafenwoehr, Waugh said. The next milestone date in the system’s development will take place on April 20, when the exercise control group goes live, testing MPE’s true functionality in an actual training environment for DEFENDER-Europe 21.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/393539/old-camp-aachen-theater-now-housing-7th-army-training-commands-newest-communication-training-platform