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22 June 2014 (03:45 UTC-07 Tango)/23 Sha’ban 1435/01 Tir 1393/25 Geng Wu 4712

Currently, Utah’s Camp Williams militia training center is hosting (yet again) the yearly Panther Strike military intelligence wargame.  The training involves U.S. Army, Army Reserve, National Guard units from at least 20 states, and even the British Empire (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom).

Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, January 2014.

One of the training exercises involves training up state militia  (National Guard) Signals Intelligence units in the art of Low Level Voice Intercept (LLVI).

LLVI training at the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, 2013.

Most LLVI teams are made up of four personnel armed with equipment that can home in on radio, cell phone or other voice transmissions.  The teams also undergo training similar to scout-recon/forward observer units; deploying behind enemy lines, or surviving for weeks on their own without support from home units.   The LLVI training at Camp Williams includes mounted and dismounted operations, air insertions as well as radio and cell phone intercepts.

Camp Williams has included LLVI training in their Panther Strike exercises since 2010, and now camp officials proudly claim they are the top LLVI training center for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Official U.S. Army LLVI Afghan ops video report from 2013: