Members of the 519th Military Police Battalion, armed with.45-caliber pistols, assault the cottage at Burma Lake to rescue the "hostages" during Exercise ORBIT SUNSET. This exercise is designed to test the base special threat operations plan (SPECTO) and the counterterrorism readiness of the 519th Military Police Battalion and the 144th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit. (Substandard image)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ORBIT SUNSET
Base: Fort Meade
State: Maryland (MD)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Long, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/01/1984
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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