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☷Soldier uses existing equipment to create rapid deployment tactical command system
U.S. Army ( By Press Release office)
May 06,2022
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Cpl . Kobie R . Roemisch from the 71st Ordnance Group ( Explosive Ordnance Disposal ) created the Mobile Expedient Tactical Operations Center kit ( MET - K ) with equipment that was already available . The system is being tested and will run a proof of concept during the annual all - Army EOD Team of the Year competition on Fort Carson , Colorado , May 16 – 20 . FORT CARSON , Colorado – A Soldier from the Fort Carson , Colorado - based 71st Ordnance Group ( Explosive Ordnance Disposal ) developed a rapid deployment command and control system that reduces the time required to deploy to hotspots around the world . Cpl . Kobie R . Roemisch created the Mobile Expedient Tactical Operations Center kit ( MET - K ) with equipment that was already available in the group . “I was sitting down in the office one day when we noticed we had some old equipment lying around we didn’t use in the green boxes , ” said Roemisch , a Bedford , Texas , native who has always had an interest in engineering and figuring out how things work . “I was told to utilize them or throw them away , ” said Roemisch . “Then the idea came to put the ( Joint Battle Command - Platform ) system and the radio mount system in the boxes . From there , I just got to work . ” The result of Roemisch ' s efforts is the MET - K , a system that takes up half the space and takes about 15 minutes to set up . The system is currently being tested and will run a proof of concept during the annual all - Army EOD Team of the Year competition on Fort Carson , Colorado , May 16 – 20 . The MET - K will serve as the expeditionary communications package for each of the training lanes during the Army - wide competition that brings together EOD units from around the world . Cpl . Kobie R . Roemisch from the 71st Ordnance Group ( Explosive Ordnance Disposal ) created the Mobile Expedient Tactical Operations Center kit ( MET - K ) with equipment that was already available . A native of Bedford , Texas , Roemisch has always had an interest in engineering and figuring out how things work . Maj . Shawn M . Gutierrez , the communication officer for the 71st EOD Group , said the upcoming proof of concept will test many areas . “During the event , we will deploy and operate the MET - K and begin to capture essential data that will help us improve upon our Mark I design . The metrics include setup and teardown time , power supply analysis in the operational environment , scalability and mobility , ” said Gutierrez , an 18 - year Army veteran from Calhoun , Georgia , who has deployed to Afghanistan . “The plan is to build this capability all the way down to the EOD company level , ” said Gutierrez . “The Soldiers will take the lessons learned from the Team of the Year and see what we can do to continue to perfect our design . ” Gutierrez said they are putting together an instruction guide that other EOD units can use to build the MET - K system . The 71st EOD Group commands all Army EOD Soldiers west of the Mississippi River , including three EOD battalions and 18 EOD companies on 11 installations in nine states . The group is part of the 20th Chemical , Biological , Radiological , Nuclear , Explosives ( CBRNE ) Command , the U . S . Department of Defense’s premier all hazards command . Soldiers and civilians from the Aberdeen Proving Ground , Maryland - headquartered 20th CBRNE Command deploy from 19 bases on 16 states to take on the world’s most dangerous hazards . Cpl . Kobie R . Roemisch from the 71st Ordnance Group ( Explosive Ordnance Disposal ) created the Mobile Expedient Tactical Operations Center kit ( MET - K ) with equipment that was already available . The MET - K takes up half the space and takes about 15 minutes to set up . Gutierrez said that MET - K will help EOD technicians to be more nimble , agile and adaptable during large scale combat operations where speed is critical . “With the advances of technology and precision fires from a near peer adversary , our lethal formations must have the ability to expeditiously move from one location to another or jump TOC , ” said Gutierrez . “The variable that could mean life or death on the battlefield is time . ” “Cpl . Roemisch played a significant role in fabricating the design of the Mobile Expedient Tactical Operations Center - Kit … the term that Cpl . Roemisch and his team coined for the design , ” said Gutierrez . Spc . Mason G . Armijo , Sgt . Devin T . Hawk and Sgt . 1st Class Scott D . Reckell assisted with developing the MET - K . “Together these Soldiers leveraged their experience and technical expertise to efficiently design a mobile TOC kit that could save set up time and save operational space , ” said Gutierrez .
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