Ground Control to Major Tom

There's something pretty cool about a BC that sends out an email "staff, meet me outside in 15 minutes so we can attempt to make contact with the international space station."  Pretty cloudy night but we definitely had good visibility as it appeared over the ridge line, BC manned with antenna and freq.

BC:  "International space station, this is Army unit X in X province, Afghanistan"
Nothing
BC:  "International space station, this is Army unit X Fires, the guns are hot"
Nothing
BC:  "International space station, do you need a battle captain?"
Nothing
S-3 Air:  Well sir, air status is red.

Better luck another night, still pretty cool though!