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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Parrish, left, and Tech. Sgt. Andrew Horton, from 309th Airlift Squadron, perform their annual training, on climbing safety and pole top rescue, as Tech. Sgt. Casey Helmer, top, instructor, from Cable-Antenna Theater Maintenance Team, from 1st Common Maintenance Squad, Kapaun Air Station, Germany, monitors their moves on a telecommunications tower, erected on Caserne Daumerie, in Chièvres, Belgium, Aug. 12, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie/Released) Date Posted: 8/31/2009

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith, from 309th Airlift Squadron, acts as a tag man, as the unit performs its annual training, on climbing safety and pole top rescue, on a telecommunications tower, on Caserne Daumerie, in Chièvres, Belgium, Aug. 12, 2009. They are trained by Tech. Sgt. Casey Helmer and Staff Sgt. Scot Craig, both instructors, from Cable-Antenna Theater Maintenance Team, from 1st Common Maintenance Squad, Kapaun Air Station, Germany, a part of the 435th Air Ground Operation Wing. (U.S. Army photo by Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie/Released)Date Posted: 8/31/2009

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Heesakkers, Dutch Army physical training instructor demonstrates advanced rappeling techniques to U.S. Soldiers, from U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Benelux, USAG Schinnen, USAG Brussels, and Allied Forces North Europe Battalion that are performing an all-day obstacle course, at Royal Dutch Military School, in Weert, Netherlands, May 14, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie/Released) Date Posted: 8/31/2009

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, climbs an antenna tower during a high-altitude rescue exercise Feb. 17, 2009. Pararescue specialists are specifically trained and equipped to conduct conventional and unconventional rescue processes, making them the ideal force to handle personnel recovery and combat search and rescue operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Liliana Moreno/Released) Date Posted: 3/13/2009

Iraqi construction workers refurbish an old electrical tower in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Oct. 7, 2008. U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division toured the Abu Ghraib power plant sub-station to determine whether funding from Coalition forces was necessary to help in reconstruction. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera/Released) Date Posted: 10/16/2008

The Roshambo Tower at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan is photographed Aug. 31, 2009. U.S. Marines with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment are leaving Patrol Base Jaker and turning it over to the Afghan government. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 9/4/2009

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Worhach, left, and Senior Airman Cody Updegrave, both cable and antenna system with the Director of Communications and Installation Support Unit, install a grounded lightning rod atop a 140-foot communications tower July 12, 2009, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The lightning rod will provide better protection to local communications in case of lightening. The Airmen are assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Barney/Released) Date Posted: 8/5/2009

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Lakendrick Fisher, a cable and antenna maintenance technician with the 386th Expeditionary Communication Squadron, climbs a communications tower to install a Radio Over Internet Protocol antenna at an air base in Southwest Asia, Dec. 15, 2008. Fisher is deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore/Not Released) Date Posted: 12/22/2008

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Trandell, left, and Senior Airman Lakendrick Fisher, right, both cable and antenna maintenance technicians with the 386th Expeditionary Communication Squadron, install a Radio Over Internet Protocol antenna on a communications tower at an air base in Southwest Asia Dec. 15, 2008. The 386th ECS cable maintenance shop provides command and control capabilities through installation, maintenance, fault isolation and reconstitution of fixed cable and wireless distribution systems, local area networks and wide area networks in support of tactical and strategic operations. Trandell and Fisher are deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore/Not Released)  Date Posted: 12/22/2008

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Paul Hunter and Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Hyatt, both radio maintenance technicians assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, use brushes to clear dust and debris from the solar panel of a giant voice tower at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia Nov. 29, 2008. Hunter is deployed from Key Field Air National Guard, Miss., and Hyatt is deployed from Shaw AFB, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady/Released) Date Posted: 12/8/2008

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman George Carameta, a network technician with the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, lowers an aircraft obstruction light down to Staff Sgt. Ray Stetler, a base information and infrastructure noncommissioned officer-in-charge with the 407th ECS, on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2008. The lighting keeps aircraft from colliding into towers when visibility is low. Both Airmen are deployed from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Photographer's Name: A1C Christopher Griffin Date Posted: 8/5/2008

Two U.S. Air Force ground radio maintainers assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Communications Squadron secure a high-frequency radio antenna to a communications tower on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on June 21, 2008. Tactical and land mobile radio support is critical to ground-to-air communications for combat air power. DoD photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Date Posted: 6/26/2008

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class William Klemmer leans back to test his safety harness while 50 feet above the ground as part a climbing certification process on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Nov. 26, 2007. The tower climbing certification is required to do preventive maintenance on the radio over Internet Protocol Routed network communication system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder) (Released) Date Posted: unknown

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Frank Royal attaches a safety harness to Airman 1st Class William Klemmer on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Nov. 26, 2007. Klemmer is performing a tower climbing certification to qualify for preventive maintenance on the radio over Internet protocol routed network (RIPRnet) communication system. DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Date Posted: unknown