![Shortly after returning from Iraq to Fort Hood, the Army's 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion supported the operational test of a line-of-sight radio during NIE 17.2, conducted in July at Fort Bliss, Texas. Shortly after returning from Iraq to Fort Hood, the Army's 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion supported the operational test of a line-of-sight radio during NIE 17.2, conducted in July at Fort Bliss, Texas.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MT8F5R/shortly-after-returning-from-iraq-to-fort-hood-the-armys-57th-expeditionary-signal-battalion-supported-the-operational-test-of-a-line-of-sight-radio-during-nie-172-conducted-in-july-at-fort-bliss-texas-the-program-office-used-soldier-feedback-from-the-event-to-make-refinements-to-the-system-within-45-days-after-the-nie-photo-by-keith-west-mission-command-test-directorate-us-army-operational-test-command-public-affairs-MT8F5R.jpg)
Shortly after returning from Iraq to Fort Hood, the Army's 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion supported the operational test of a line-of-sight radio during NIE 17.2, conducted in July at Fort Bliss, Texas.
![Failure to communicate: Inside the army's doomed quest for the 'perfect' radio – Center for Public Integrity Failure to communicate: Inside the army's doomed quest for the 'perfect' radio – Center for Public Integrity](https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CPI_JTRS_road.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1)
Failure to communicate: Inside the army's doomed quest for the 'perfect' radio – Center for Public Integrity
![Iraqi soldiers work at a radio station at Makhmour base, Iraq April 17, 2016. The Iraqi army has set up a radio station at its base in Makhmour broadcasting into areas south Iraqi soldiers work at a radio station at Makhmour base, Iraq April 17, 2016. The Iraqi army has set up a radio station at its base in Makhmour broadcasting into areas south](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CJCCW6/iraqi-soldiers-work-at-a-radio-station-at-makhmour-base-iraq-april-17-2016-the-iraqi-army-has-set-up-a-radio-station-at-its-base-in-makhmour-broadcasting-into-areas-south-of-mosul-controlled-by-islamic-state-militants-the-radio-which-reaches-villages-halfway-to-the-northern-city-broadcasts-military-anthems-and-messages-to-the-more-than-one-million-civilians-living-there-radio-operators-said-their-aim-was-to-weaken-the-militants-morale-and-reassure-civilians-that-the-military-has-not-forgotten-them-after-nearly-two-years-under-islamic-state-control-picture-taken-april-17-2016-reuters-2CJCCW6.jpg)