next year there will be a new version of the acu's, which does cross banding of radios. as long as we stay engaged we keep communicating and we keep working to the and keep the lines of communication open, i think the exercise will go excellent as we grow. >> i told my boss that communication's at the heart of everything. the stronger we are with our communication abilities the more success we will have going forward. not to beat a dead horse on this, but the common operating picture was really the point i brought back to my boss that i said would solve the shared mission issue, would solve the lexicon and slang issues and bring everyone to the same table understanding where we're going and to develop a few tools not only sort of specific to the department of public works to show our piece, but then more broadly to the city that we can bring to the incident and share, regardless of who's there, what part of the department of defense or other entities that are out there that can come to the table and hit the ground running as a result of that tool. that was my biggest tak