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A soldier with the Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 35th Air Defense Artillery (ADA), Fort Lewis, Washington, gives an exuberant thumbs up after the last of his units vehicles arrives at their desert location on the Fort Bliss, Texas, range. The 35th ADA deployed to the Fort Bliss Range and will provide Patriot Missile defense against enemy fighter strikes and simulated SCUD missile launches during ROVING SANDS 97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
Soldiers of the Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 35th Air Defense Artillery (ADA), Fort Lewis, Washington, prepare to raise a large portion of camouflage netting at their encampment on the Fort Bliss Missile Range. The 35th ADA deployed to the Fort Bliss r ange and will provide Patriot Missile defense against enemy fighter strikes and simulated SCUD missile launches during ROVING SANDS 97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
A gunner with the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 35th Air Defense Artillery, Fort Lewis, Washington sets up an M-60 machine gun in a newly constructed, sand bagged, bunker at a Fort Bliss site. The 35th ADA while deployed to Fort Bliss will provide Patriot missile defense against enemy fighter strikes and simulated SCUD missile launches during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise
A soldier assigned to the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, from Fort Bliss, Texas, hurriedly runs an fiber optic cable from a Patriot missile launcher to its support communications trailer in preparation for a tactical Patriot missile launch at a site on McGregor Range near El Paso, Texas. The live firings were a real time opportunity for units involved in ROVING SANDS '97 to demonstrate their skills. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
Soldiers of the Headquarters, Headquarters Battery 35th Air Defense Artillery (ADA), Fort Lewis, Washington, will use entrenching tools and tent stakes to set up operations on the range at Fort Bliss, Texas. The 35th ADA, while deployed at Fort Bliss, will provide Patriot Missile defense against enemy fighter strikes simulated SCUD missile launches during ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
A Patriot missile is launched by soldiers of the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, Texas, at a site on McGregor Range near El Paso, TX. The live firings were a real time opportunity for units involved in ROVING SANDS '97 to demonstrate their skills. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
A soldier assigned to Alpha 5-52, Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, makes final preparations for a simulated launching of a Patriot Missile. The Patriot Missile System will be used by the Blue forces to defend against the Red Forces' air attacks during ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS
Base: Mcgregor Range
State: New Mexico (NM)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James D. Mossman, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
11/04/1997
Location
Fort Bliss
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The U.S. National Archives
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