COMMEX19

COMMEX19 is ORWG’s annual communications exercise 29 June 0800 - 1500 ICP at UAO Mission: 19-T-4875 Project Officer: j.gadsby@orwg.cap.gov

Operational Intentions: “Are the Oregon Wing and all of its Squadrons fully prepared and adequately trained to respond to a major disruptive event and are our communications capabilities sufficient to sustain our mission?” Provide a safe and supportive environment for all ORWG members to operate radios, practice communications procedures, and exercise and wing and squadron alerting and incident response procedures. Provide reliable and comprehensive communications support for associated Emergency Services missions.

Operational Intentions (2): Celebrate successes; identify procedural deficiencies; and encourage units to revise their Emergency Communications Plans based on their exercise experiences. Request WAWG and IDWG participation by simulating extra- ORWG resources for relays and sending injects and tasking requests to exercise PCR net capabilities. Provide a coordinated opportunity to train and certify as many cadet and senior members as possible in communications skills. Plan for and provide the necessary resources to ensure trainer and trainee success.

Exercise Overview In the context of a major disruptive event (geomagnetic disturbance) the ICP will initiate Alert Level 1 operations and communicate the activation to all units using HF radio as a first choice. ORWG will remain at Alert Level 1 thought the entire exercise. Units will alert their members per their Emergency Communications Plan (ECP) to designated rally points. Units are to carefully monitor the success of the activation and identify any gaps in the notification and activation process.

Exercise Overview (2) Units should assign MROs (encourage Cadets!) to participate in the HF radio nets. There will likely be radio communications challenges - persevere and use these issues to develop empowerment, resilience, and creativity among participants. Units identify available resources, complete an OPSTAT form, and transmit it to the ICP preferably via HF.

Units identify available resources, complete an OPSTAT form, and transmit it to the ICP preferably via HF.

Exercise Overview (3) Actual and notional air and ground sorties will be planned, released, and managed by the ICP using only CAP communications resources (HF and VHF). Units with aircraft will need an AOBD and Flight Release Officer in order to actually fly a sortie. This capability should be reported to the ICP on the OPSTAT form!

Radio Activities You will receive a task identification code* and a request to plan and fly / or just plan the mission. Determine if the airport is working or closed and reply with the correct code from a list provided.

Albany Municipal Airport NA14 S3SR 4SNR Airport Name Task Code Airport Open Code Airport NoOp Code Albany Municipal Airport NA14 S3SR 4SNR Alkali Lake State Airport 0KNT UU7U TU0U Ashland Municipal Airport (Sumner Parker Field) BCGB TPLN BTBN

Participate in Region HF radio nets. Radio Activities (2) Request and receive initial and updated OPSTAT Situation Reports from all participating units. Participate in Region HF radio nets. Support flight operations. We will provide a detailed Exercise Guide prior to the event.

Did your Emergency Communications Plan work well? Evaluation “Are the Oregon Wing and all of its Squadrons fully prepared and adequately trained to respond to a major disruptive event and are our communications capabilities sufficient to sustain our mission?” Did your Emergency Communications Plan work well? Was the alerting and response process well understood by all participants? Were radio communications effective? Did you employ risk management and was the activity performed safely? Did participants have fun and did they learn anything?

Questions comments or suggestions?