Spc. Aasim Torres from the 230th Signal Company, Tennessee Army National Guard, and Louisville, Ky., native Pfc. Anthony Stateman from the 550th Signal Company run telephone cable from one tent to another on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Torres gives Stateman a boost to secure cable to a tent. Torres and Stateman form part of the 550th Signal Company's Outside Plant. The Outside Plant's operations are critical to effective communications in theater.
<dl><dd>Unit: 25th Signal Battalion</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Brooklyn; Louisville; New York; Kentucky; 25th Signal Battalion; 550th Signal Company; signal mission; 230th Signal Company; Sgt. Melisa I. Foster; Outside Plant; Spc. Aasim Torres; Pfc. Anthony Stateman; Cable dawgs; cable run</dd></dl>
Sgt. Melisa Washington
Taken on 19 October 2011
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