JCSE enables DAF’s first-in-a-generation DLE series

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Lumley, an information technology specialist assigned to the Joint Communications Support Element, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Choe, JCSE expeditionary communicator, assemble a Hawkeye 360 satellite during the Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 13, 2025. More than 40 JCSE personnel deployed to the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility to provide expeditionary communications support to Air Mobility Command, U.S. Transportation Command, and their Allies and partners. The DLE encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, Allies, and partners, employing over 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations spanning 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Foster)