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FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., May 16, 2008 – Award-winning columnist and commentator Andy Rooney feted top Defense Department communicators here today, musing about his own days as a reporter for Stars and Stripes and the challenges and rewards of telling the story of a military at war. Rooney, who got his journalist start covering World War II operations in Europe, was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Department of Defense Communicators of Excellence Awards Ceremony, held here at the Defense Information School, known as DINFOS. The annual competition recognizes the best military journalists, broadcasters, photographers, graphic artists and...

11/16/2005 - KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- Before U.S. forces return the airport terminal and tower here to Afghan control, combat communicators first installed more than a mile of copper and fiber cable. Airmen from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group communications flight here stepped up to install the critical communications cables when an engineering and installation team could not meet a short suspense. The flight took the challenge head-on and rerouted more than 6,000 feet of communication lines to ensure connectivity was not lost during the changeover. The project involved running the wiring through conduit and burying it in trenches....