Joint Crew Composite Squadron One JCCS-1 Electronic Warfare Navy Army OIF Challenge Coin

This coin is 1 1/2 inches in diameter with hard baked enamel.

Joint CREW (Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare) Composite Squadron ONE (JCCS-1)

The impetus for the establishment of the FEWC began in 2005 when the Chief of Naval Operations offered Navy EW expertise to Army leadership to counter a growing, deadly threat from Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIEDs) to the Joint fight in Iraq. This resulted in the formation of Joint CREW (Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare) Composite Squadron ONE (JCCS-1). The Navy has deployed hundreds of EW-qualified Sailors on Individual Augmentation (IA) assignments to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom with significant success. This successful application of EW into the fight highlights the positive impact that EW has on the battlefield, and just as importantly, how a lack of EW capability could impair US combat capability.^[1]

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