Army plans to field new system to keep communications open during disaster

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Army plans to field new system to keep communications open during disaster
By: Ashley Bunch, June 14, 2017

Army National Guard soldiers will soon be able to provide first responders with network and phone communications to keep them operational when local infrastructures stop working after a disaster, Army officials said Tuesday.

The Army is getting ready to field the new Disaster Incident Response Emergency Communications Terminal (DIRECT) tool suite to all U.S. states and territories where the National Guard operates, officials said in a release. 

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