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No matter how big or how small a convoy is, communication specialists like Sgt. Ernesto Sandoval, a 25-year-old native of Long Beach, Calif., will make sure Marines have the ability to communicate. Here, Sandoval configures the frequencies on a Pack Radio Component 148 the evening of May 23, 2006. Sandoval?s preparations ensure those convoying will be able to talk with each other, with base camp and with other units in the area as they travel outside the security of Camp Fallujah. The Communications Platoon of Combat Logistics Battalion 5 has been providing Marines for an average of three convoys a day since it arrived here in late February. Each convoy relies heavily on their communications capability and always makes sure they have a Marine who specializes in communications along for the ride.