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PVT Patrick O'Neal, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, wearing Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) protective gear, removes his mask once the "all clear" signal is given following a chemical attack against the camp. The chemical attacks are executed, using Russian helicopters, by members of Optec Threat Support Activity based at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas as part of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Two soldiers, assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, wearing Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) protective gear run for cover after a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp. The chemical attacks are executed, using Russian helicopters, by members of Optec Threat Support Activity based at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas as part of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Private Patrick O'neal, assigned to the Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, removes his MCU-2/P Protective Mask once the "all clear" signal is given following a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp on McGregor Range, Fort Bliss, Texas. The chemical attacks are executed by Russian helicopters operated by members of Optec Threat Support Activity at Biggs Army Airfield in support of 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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A MI-35P Hind, Russian attack helicopter in-flight. The MI-35Ps are operated by members of Optec Threat Support Activity, Biggs Army Airfield, Texas to simulate attacks on various defense sites during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force Air National Guard Soldiers, assigned to the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package (CEREP), Ohio Army and Air National Guard, practice extracting victims who are trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on May 10, 2007, during Exercise Vigilant Guard, a joint military and civilian training exercise simulating the detonation of nuclear devices in a metropolitan area. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Russell Lee Klika) (Released)

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SGT Smart, 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Delta Company, wearing full NBC (Nuclear, Biological & Chemical) gear stands guard at his unit's perimeter. His battery was attacked with simulated gas by the opposing forces during night maneuvers during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation 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

Wearing Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) protective gear, PV2 Ruben Gutierrez (second from left), PVT Patrick O'Neal and PFC Damien Wainright (third and fourth from left), all assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, are briefed by SSGT Nathaniel Williams on their reaction to a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp. The chemical attacks are executed, using Russian helicopters, by members of Optec Threat Support Activity based at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas as part of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97

Base: Mcgregor Range

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. James D. Mossman

Release Status: Released to Public

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