http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/374320101.html

The Army’s 51st Signal Battalion (Expeditionary) is focused on military communications but they also train to assist civilian agencies during natural disasters such as the massive earthquake expected in the Northwest’s future.

They traveled to Whidbey Island with a troposcatter communications system, which includes two large pieces of equipment that resemble Mickey Mouse ears. The system transmits and receives microwave radio signals by bouncing them off layers of the Earth’s atmosphere.

They do that crap all over the state..we had to put some of their troops up in one of our armories last year.

My son is now a member of the 161st A co 3/161

Nice, we lost a lot of good troops to fill out our Sister BN...be awhile before we are all up to full strength again...but at least that nasty Scout squadron as well as all the tankers are now gone....:)

If there was a large earthquake and they wanted to set up on Whidbey Island, they'd have to be flown in by the Air Force or Navy.  I doubt the Deception Pass bridge would be passable.

There is also an Army boat unit out of Tacoma