U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa set up network satellite communications through a Ground Antenna Transmit and Receive at Morón Air Base, Spain, July 25, 2016. The GATR satellite is a lightweight and highly mobile version of the communications dishes that Marines are currently implementing, which provide high-speed voice and data communications to the command operations center network.
<dl><dd>Unit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Marine Forces Africa; MEF; II Marine Expeditionary Force; Marines; SPMAGTF; Marine Forces Europe; crisis response; GATR; SPMAGTF-CR-AF; Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle
Taken on 25 July 2016
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