KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Marines, active and reserve, competed in Canadian Communications and Electronic Branch-hosted exercise Noble Skywave, a military-led, high-frequency (HF) competition.
“Noble Skywave is a radio hybrid mission competition to determine who can most efficiently use HF radio technology,” said U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael R. McKenzie, Inspector Instructor Regimental Communications Chief, Combat Logistics Regiment (CLR) 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve.
McKenzie is a native of York, Nebraska, and graduated from York High School. He joined the Marine Corps because he “had a calling to serve his country,” he said.