SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico – Staff Sgt. Drake Griffin, Air Force's 85th Engineering Installation Squadron, secures his climbing harness before ascending 200-ft up a communication tower located atop Montaña Santa in the Bosque Estatal de Carite, Nov. 11. The 85th EIS were participating in a mission with FEMA's Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS) to attach a 22-ft antenna to the top of the tower to improve FEMA and other disaster responder radio communications.

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