2002 Q2—Ashburn, Virginia Photos

The recovery equipment was moved from a secure staging location
to the exercise site on April 12, 2002. The trailers are positioned
following a site plan that assures that all of the equipment can be
interconnected safely and efficiently.

Operations Team members attaching power cables
between an ALCATEL trailer and a generator trailer.
The recovery trailers have self-contained or dedicated
power generators so they do not have to rely upon
commercial power during a recovery.

Operations Team members pulling communications
cables on April 13. The technology trailers are
interconnected with fiber or T3 cables, as they
would be in a permanent central office.

A curbside bulkhead on one of the recovery trailers. The trailers
are connected following a cabling plan that is unique to each
recovery location. The plan is generated automatically by software
developed by NDR.

An Operations Team member pulling cable near the
end of the cabling process at the Ashburn site.

After all of the communications and power cables have been
run at the site, team members "dress" the cables. The
cables are tied together in bundles for their protection and to make
the site safe for the team.

Looking north down the completed cable run at the Ashburn site.

The trailers travel to and from a recovery location in small, escorted
groups. This is one of the first trailer groups to leave the Ashburn
site on April 17.