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Launching at long range from the Belleau Wood and refueled from the KC-130s based at Darwin, CH-53s insert USMC RECON and SEAL teams to survey Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARPs) and clandestinely make contact with the Red Cross workers.
Information gathered by the USMC RECON teams is passed back to the Belleau Wood using the Leatherneck technologies developed by the USMC Warfighting Lab. RECON teams use PDAs with standardized message formats to compose reports which are transmitted back to the Belleau Wood Landing Force Operations Center (LFOC) via portable satellite transceiver. At the church site, the SEAL team uses a laptop and satellite transceiver to access the Odyssey JTF Ops Center. Once in this “room,” the SEAL team leader can discuss the operation with decision makers on the Belleau Wood and pass video images and other data.
