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French Army Systems Information Commanders, Sergeant Major (SGM) Thierry Guillon (foreground) and SGM Jean Meurgey, conduct operational test on their communications equipment, during the US European Command (USEUCOM) -sponsored Exercise COMBINED ENDEAVOR. The Exercise is a Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercised hosted by Germany, and is the largest information and communications systems exercise in the world which focuses primarily on Command, Control, Communications, and Computer (C4) interoperability testing and documentation
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Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER
Country: Norway (NOR)
Scene Camera Operator: CPL J.D. Gonzales
Release Status: Released to Public
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