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Age: 27
Hometown: Beloit, WI
Army Position: Cryptologic Linguist (35P formerly 98G)
Reserve Center: Fort Sheridan, IL
Rank: Specialist
Civilian Job: Law Officer

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SPC Sarah Ahrens:
If I were ever called on to Active Duty, or activated in the Reserves, I may be assigned to a Trailblazer team.

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As a 98 Golf, Russian and Spanish, basically you direction-find enemy communications.

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You locate where those communications are coming from, and use other equipment to actually get a location of the enemy.

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I'd write down what the frequency is and I will hand copy the information and translate it to English.

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Once I get that information, if there's any intelligence

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that needs to be forwarded to Artillery, or another point in the military

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then we take that action.

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