> In the United States Department of Defense, a military assistant is a military officer serving as aide to very senior civilian (typically a presidential appointee in Office of the Secretary of Defense or in the service secretariats)[1]
I'd guess that "MASECDEF QTRS" is that officer's "home phone" (at their living quarters).
Based on the office phones I've used, I'm guessing that the buttons with the 7-digit phone numbers are just used to select phone lines that this phone can make/receive calls on, not speed-dial numbers. I'd also guess that they're on an internal military phone network that's not directly reachable from the regular phone system.
Yeah, listing both lines there also might allow this phone to "barge" in on an existing call on one of those lines. If one is in use, it might show up in a different color, allowing the user to select the unused one if they wanted a new line, or the used one if they wanted to join in on the call in process on that line.
529-6100 529-6101 529-9001 important numbers but no names? dummy? but then why on the screen with the big wigs?
MA SECDEF - SecDef's mother?? MASECDEF QTRS - some temporary on-location housing for MA SECDEF, whoever that is?
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