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During Tempest Wind 24, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brendan Rocco established super high-frequency communications in Siargao, Philippines.

This exercise, part of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's military-to-military engagement, aims to improve skills in diverse operational environments. The article highlights the challenges posed by ubiquitous technical surveillance (UTS) in irregular warfare, which erodes traditional boundaries between war and non-war.

It advocates for signature reduction as a strategy to maintain operational initiative and emphasizes the importance of human judgment in navigating these complex environments. Effective competition in the face of UTS requires integrating signature reduction training with operational decision-making.