Mr. Richard Troxell, a civilian contractor installs an Omni Tracs transmitter onto an Up-Armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at Pier 8 in the Port of Pusan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 20, 1998. Troxell is contracted through the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) from Charleston, N.C. The Omni Tracs satellite system is a commerical system that is being used as a prototype to determine its capabilities to keep track of their position and report that position to the Global Command and Control System in near real time. The transmitters are being installed on vehicles used in exercise Foal Eagle '98
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Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD
Base: Pusan
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Christina Ann Horne
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/10/1998
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The U.S. National Archives
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