Lance Corporal Johnny Jones, an AN/PRC-25 radio operator for D Battery, 12th Marines, relays the message for artillery coodinates.Marines use an AN/PRC-77 field radio to communicate during an equipment reloading operation, part of exercise Ocean Venture '88.US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Brandon Shofne, 2nd Combat Engineers Battalion (CEB), uses an MBITR AN/PRC-148 to radio headquarters with descriptions of the ordnance found during a weapon cache sweep in Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.Spc. Robert Irwin, an infantryman of 2nd Platoon Dog Company, Task Force Gold Geronimo conducts a security patrol in the Paktya province, Jan. 30. TF Gold Geronimo is part of the Spartan Brigade.
Cheryl Mason's shift from administration insider to department watchdog elicited concerns about her ability to be an independent voice on VA operations.