The USAP provides year-round, on-site support via support contractor research associate (RA). In addition, one engineer or scientist from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) deploys each season for maintenance of the RASA, network switches, the uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and other computer hardware. Training for the RA is conducted by the science project and includes a site visit to the principal investigator's home institution for two days prior to deployment to Antarctica.