Systems integrator provides a three-star response to a high level command & control challenge.

Challenge: Support vital decision-making for an entire Army Corps in a single small, mobile facility.

Solution: Design a special, truck-transportable command & control shelter incorporating flexible data processing and display capabilities — and send personnel overseas to staff it.


by John McKeon

A team of technicians from Azbell Electronics, based in Fort Hood, TX, is on active duty in Iraq this year, providing command & control support to the United States Army’s 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), a major subordinate command of the Army’s III Corps.

It was Azbell’s fourth deployment overseas and once again the team is making use of a mobile command & control shelter the company has developed especially for combat support applications.

For Azbell Vice President of Business Development Barry Crum, sending company people to a combat zone for a year is a costly and inconvenient proposition, but sends an important message.

“One of the things we tell our government customers is that we’re not only going to be here to support them in peacetime, but when they’re deployed in harm’s way, we’re willing to stand on the battlefield with them,” Crum says.

“In harm’s way” is turning out to be much more than a common expression for civilian contractor personnel in Iraq. Reuters has recently reported that official U.S. government data indicate some 650 contractor personnel had been killed in Iraq as of the end of September.

Central Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the region, also conducted a census recently that revealed some 100,000 contractor personnel are working in Iraq, alongside a military force numbering about 140,000. These contractor personnel range from security specialists to

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