D24 AfterAction Report – Operation Titan Dawn
 
Mission Coordinator: Randy Reynard
 
Date of Activity: 1 April 2006
 
Duarion of Activity: 8 Hours
 
Description of Activity: Provided video coverage of the SWAT assault on a farm house as part of Operation Titan Dawn for the DCSO. We setup in 2 different locations and fed video back to the MCP.
 
ARES Groups Participating: D-24
 
Served Agencies Participating: DCSO and other DC area law enforcement agencies
 
Description of Served Agency Participation: DCSO was holding a terrorism exercise and D-24 was asked to provide video.
 
Number of ARES Participants: 9
 
Name & Call of Participants: 
Randy Reynard (nq0r)
Frank Watervoort (abowv)
Dick Bush (wb0eva)
Donita Hilfinger (kc0swx)
Perry Lundquist (w6aun)
Benji Campbel (w0cbh)
Carl
Russ Lawrence (ka0uln)
Gary Sutton (wb5pjb).
 
Person-hours of Amateur Service: 72
 
Goals of the Activity: To provide quality video via ATV for the exercise.
 
Were the Goals Accomplished? Met and exceeded.
 
What Went Well? Setup, remote communication to direct the video, teardown and relocation.
 
What Needs Improvement? Video quality (baseband levels) could be improved, however having a local monitor at the transmit location helped in this.
 
Lessons Learned: It is very valuable to be able to monitor the transmitted video at the transmit location.
 
Additional Training Needed: Use of the ATV repeater
 
General Comments: Jamie Moore was highly complimentary and several members of the DCSO staff thanked us for participating and volunteering.
 
Ideas for Future Activities: ATV exercise using the repeater, 
 
ATV exercise for quick setup and teardown.