SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR FOR S-6, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2D MARINE REGIMENT, 2D MARINE DIVISION. CORPORAL ROMERO'S PROFESSIONALISM, TECHNICAL PROWESS, AND FORMIDABLE WORK ETHIC MADE HIS COMMITMENT TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT EVIDENT TO ALL. HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. DURING THE COURSE OF MAGTF WARFIGHTING EXERCISE (MWX) 1-19 AT MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER (MCAGCC), TWENTY-NINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, CORPORAL ROMERO ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE RCT-2 FORWARD BRAVO COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) NODE, PROVIDING THE REGIMENTAL COMMANDER WITH REACH BACK TO HIGHER HEADQUARTERS AND THE ABILITY TO COMMAND AND CONTROL THREE SUBORDINATE BATTALIONS AND FIVE ATTACHED UNITS WITH MULTI-CHANNEL REACH TO OVER 40 COMMAND AND CONTROL NODES SPREAD ACROSS THE DIVISION'S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR). IN ADDITION, CORPORAL ROMERO ESTABLISHED A ROBUST SUITE OF MUTI-CHANNEL TRANSMISSION PIECES INCLUDING THE VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINAL (VSAT), THE VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINAL (VSAT) SMALL, AND THE TAMPA MICROWAVE. FURTHER, HE ESTABLISHED AN INTERNAL RCT-2 RECONNAISSANCE NETWORK UTILIZING THE BROADBAND GLOBAL AREA NETWORK (BGAN) TERMINAL. LASTLY, HIS INPUT WAS KEY IN INFORMING DECISION MAKERS OF IDEAL LOCATIONS TO OCCUPY IN ORDER TO BEST SUPPORT COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) OPERATIONS WHILE MAINTAINING TERRAIN MASKING. CORPORAL ROMERO'S PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.