Tech. Sgt. Christian Otineru of the 149th Combat Communications Squadron sets up an antenna on the roof of the 16-story Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building in Honolulu, where the state Department of Emergency Management is based, as part of the Makani Pahili disaster-preparedness exercise June 2. The antenna was connected to the 149th’s Joint Incident Site Communications Capability, or JISCC, in the basement of the building, which can provide phone, Internet, video conferencing and voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), and can connect personnel on different radio frequencies via satel


Tech. Sgt. Christian Otineru of the 149th Combat Communications Squadron sets up an antenna on the roof of the 16-story Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building in Honolulu, where the state Department of Emergency Management is based, as part of the Makani Pahili disaster-preparedness exercise June 2. The antenna was connected to the 149th’s Joint Incident Site Communications Capability, or JISCC, in the basement of the building, which can provide phone, Internet, video conferencing and voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), and can connect personnel on different radio frequencies via satellite when all utilities are down. In the exercise scenario, the 149th was called to Hawaii because a hurricane was headed toward the state. On June 2 the simulated hurricane had not made landfall. (Photo by Brandon Honig)


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