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Two Air Force Officers’ real-life success stories- By Harv Laser
Robert G. "Bob" DeFeo,
Colonel, USAF (Ret)
Col. DeFeo met UmeVoice’s President through a mutual friend.
He’s worked on flight lines, the parking apron for aircraft, around noisy generators, air conditioning, hydraulic test stands, jet engines.. the most intensive noise environments you could possibly imagine. These situations require both ear plugs and ear muffs (those hearing protectors you see airport runway workers wearing).
These situations generate some of the highest decibel levels human beings are exposed to in work environments.
As Col. DeFeo elaborated, “When you run up aircraft engines you have a guy out in front, connected by radio to the pilot.. he uses a muffled cup over his mouth to keep ambient noise out, and uses a lot of hand signals to communicate. The beauty of the Bone Conduction Headset and its noise-cancellation mic is that it kills the noise at the source.. the groundsman and the pilot can hear and speak to each other clearly, even over the roar of the jet engines.
By law, OSHA (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration) requires these flightline workers to wear both ear plugs AND ear ‘defenders’.
We’ve used the BCH at several Air Force bases within the Air Mobility Command, performing rapid turnaround of planes, as they onload and offload cargo.
When in a war zone, moving cargo out of an enormous jet like the C-17, especially when under enemy fire, has to be done quickly. We’ve used the BCH at various bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are totally satisfied with its performance.
With older-style headsets, if the cargo handlers were taking fire while working on airplanes, because they had to work quickly and concentrate on their job, they often never heard a radio message that they were under attack unless someone grabbed them or saw mortar fire.
I showed the Bone Conduction Headset to the crews at Travis Air Force Base.
We even modified the ubiquitous green “d/c” headsets that cost about $2000.00 each (withOUT a noise Canceling mic on them), so the UmeVoice mic plugs right into them.
The most critical thing with problems or emergencies, is that noise gets in the way constantly.. the clearer you can speak and be understood, the more you reduce the risk of injuries or casualties.
The UmeVoice BCH is now on the GSA schedule - any federal or state government that qualifies can place an order on contract, and order them in bulk. They’re mostly used by ground people in the Air Force, but in the Army, they’re also being used, for example, at Ft. Campbell KY, on Blackhawk helicopters.” Col. DeFeo introduced the BCH to the Air Force at Kirkland AFB in Albuquerque, NM. There, they bought the mics and jacked them into their D/C headsets for ground operations, and loved it, and replaced the D/C mic with the UmeVoice Cobra mic, on ALL their headsets used for ground maintenance.
Bob DeFeo has over 35 years of experience with US and Foreign militaries in joint and combined operations, security assistance, DoD acquisition and program management, USAF/Joint logistics, aircraft maintenance and transportation. He is CEO/President of DeFeo Gehri Associates, Inc. an aerospace & defense, high-tech consulting firm he founded in 1998 after a 27-year career in the USAF. In his military career, Mr. DeFeo held the positions of Deputy Director, Logistics & Security Assistance, US European Command and USAF C-5 Aircraft Program Director & Aircraft Product Director.
Contact Mr. DeFeo: bobdefeo@defeogehri.com
Colonel, USAF (Ret)
Col. DeFeo met UmeVoice’s President through a mutual friend.
He’s worked on flight lines, the parking apron for aircraft, around noisy generators, air conditioning, hydraulic test stands, jet engines.. the most intensive noise environments you could possibly imagine. These situations require both ear plugs and ear muffs (those hearing protectors you see airport runway workers wearing).
These situations generate some of the highest decibel levels human beings are exposed to in work environments.
As Col. DeFeo elaborated, “When you run up aircraft engines you have a guy out in front, connected by radio to the pilot.. he uses a muffled cup over his mouth to keep ambient noise out, and uses a lot of hand signals to communicate. The beauty of the Bone Conduction Headset and its noise-cancellation mic is that it kills the noise at the source.. the groundsman and the pilot can hear and speak to each other clearly, even over the roar of the jet engines.
By law, OSHA (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration) requires these flightline workers to wear both ear plugs AND ear ‘defenders’.
We’ve used the BCH at several Air Force bases within the Air Mobility Command, performing rapid turnaround of planes, as they onload and offload cargo.
When in a war zone, moving cargo out of an enormous jet like the C-17, especially when under enemy fire, has to be done quickly. We’ve used the BCH at various bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are totally satisfied with its performance.
With older-style headsets, if the cargo handlers were taking fire while working on airplanes, because they had to work quickly and concentrate on their job, they often never heard a radio message that they were under attack unless someone grabbed them or saw mortar fire.
I showed the Bone Conduction Headset to the crews at Travis Air Force Base.
We even modified the ubiquitous green “d/c” headsets that cost about $2000.00 each (withOUT a noise Canceling mic on them), so the UmeVoice mic plugs right into them.
The most critical thing with problems or emergencies, is that noise gets in the way constantly.. the clearer you can speak and be understood, the more you reduce the risk of injuries or casualties.
The UmeVoice BCH is now on the GSA schedule - any federal or state government that qualifies can place an order on contract, and order them in bulk. They’re mostly used by ground people in the Air Force, but in the Army, they’re also being used, for example, at Ft. Campbell KY, on Blackhawk helicopters.” Col. DeFeo introduced the BCH to the Air Force at Kirkland AFB in Albuquerque, NM. There, they bought the mics and jacked them into their D/C headsets for ground operations, and loved it, and replaced the D/C mic with the UmeVoice Cobra mic, on ALL their headsets used for ground maintenance.
Bob DeFeo has over 35 years of experience with US and Foreign militaries in joint and combined operations, security assistance, DoD acquisition and program management, USAF/Joint logistics, aircraft maintenance and transportation. He is CEO/President of DeFeo Gehri Associates, Inc. an aerospace & defense, high-tech consulting firm he founded in 1998 after a 27-year career in the USAF. In his military career, Mr. DeFeo held the positions of Deputy Director, Logistics & Security Assistance, US European Command and USAF C-5 Aircraft Program Director & Aircraft Product Director.
Contact Mr. DeFeo: bobdefeo@defeogehri.com
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