Day to day with 1st Combat Communications Squadron

Photos by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer
Staff Sgt. Ju Ho Park, 1st Combat Communications Squadron electrical power production craftsman, and Senior Airman Christopher Pakusch, 1 CBCS electrical power production journeyman, lower a water-power pressure machine during a mock deployment exercise Feb. 16 on Ramstein. Airmen from 1 CBCS use mock deployment exercises to enhance job skills and maintain equipment to be prepared for deployments at any given time.
Airmen from the 1st Combat Communications Squadron wrap up a mock deployment exercise Feb. 17 on Ramstein. Activated in 1952, the 1 CBCS remains part of the only combat communications support to all of NATO and European Command.
Airmen from the 1st Combat Communications Squadron wrap up a mock deployment exercise Feb. 17 on Ramstein. Activated in 1952, the 1 CBCS remains part of the only combat communications support to all of NATO and European Command.
Staff Sgt. Ju Ho Park, 1st Combat Communications Squadron electrical power production craftsman, pulls ice out of a water tank during a training exercise Feb. 16 on Ramstein.
Senior Airman Christopher Pakusch, 1st Combat Communications Squadron electrical power production journeyman, operates a forklift during a mock deployment Feb. 17 on Ramstein. Pakusch and other 1 CBCS Airmen must manage their job skills at a high-efficiency level in order to remain deployment-ready throughout the year.
Capt. Andrew Marlow, 1st Combat Communications Squadron flight commander, maintains network infrastructure during a training exercise Feb. 16 on Ramstein. The unit manages tactical communications and navigation equipment that provides essential continuity between deployed units and their home bases.
Staff Sgt. Ju Ho Park, 1st Combat Communications Squadron electrical power production craftsman, pumps fuel from a barrel into a power generator during a training exercise Feb. 16 on Ramstein. The 1 CBCS is part of the 435th Air and Space Communications Group, which provides its major command’s only combat communications support for all of NATO.