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Soldiers (in winter attire) of the 4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, Fort Richardson, Alaska, set up the 105mm Howitzer cannon after the mass air drop at Donnelly Drop Zone during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services

Soldiers, dressed in white winter combat clothing and carrying a full field pack, from A Co., 1/501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, patrol Donnelly Drop Zone during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF exercise involving air and ground units of all services

Two soldiers, dressed in winter combat gear, from the 1ST Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, watch as the rest of their unit parachutes onto Donnelly Drop Zone during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services

A soldier, dressed in winter combat gear, from A Company, 1/501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, runs for cover while being fired upon during his assault at Donnelly Drop Zone during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF exercise involving air and ground units of all services

Soldiers, in winter white clothing carrying full field packs and M-16s, from A Co., 1/501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, patrol Donnelly Drop Zone during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services

Paratroopers from 1ST Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, parachute onto Donnelly Drop Zone during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF exercise involving air and ground units of all services

Bombardier Snow, a member of the 119th Air Defense Battery, Canadian Armed Forces, mans a GDF-005, 35mm Anti Aircraft gun at McGregor Range, New Mexico during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

United States Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Jonathan Haines and Frank Powell from the 911th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, aim their Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifles, on the perimeter of the fictitious country of "Ozland" during a night operations class, part of the Phoenix Readiness Course held at the Air Mobility Warfare Center (AMWC), on Fort Dix, New Jersey

A U.S. Army Soldier, Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, digs a hasty fighting position for a 40 mm MK19 machine gun at the Paruns District Center, Nuristan, Afghanistan, on May 2, 2007, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Isaac A. Graham) (Released)

SGT Andrew Mackenzy, (in winter attire),4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, Fort Richardson, Alaska, sights in the 105mm Howitzer cannon after the mass air drop at Donnelly Drop Zone during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services

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Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '98

Base: Fort Greely

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Adam R. Wooten

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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