Shot of US Army Sergeant Daniel Ledesman's sleeve and his unit patch from the 161st Target Acquisition Battery, Kansas National Guard. The nine-soldier team man their equipment at the International Airport of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their mission is to gather information through the use of their AN/TPQ-36 weapons finder radar system which deals with small arms weapons, mortars, artillery and rockets as well as many other sorts of weapons being fired. With the help of their radar system, they can determine where, when, at what time the weapon was fired as well as where the round is going to land and when it will do so. They are in Sarajevo to support all local Implementation ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Shot of US Army Sergeant Daniel Ledesman's sleeve and his unit patch from the 161st Target Acquisition Battery, Kansas National Guard. The nine-soldier team man their equipment at the International Airport of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their mission is to gather information through the use of their AN/TPQ-36 weapons finder radar system which deals with small arms weapons, mortars, artillery and rockets as well as many other sorts of weapons being fired. With the help of their radar system, they can determine where, when, at what time the weapon was fired as well as where the round is going to land and when it will do so. They are in Sarajevo to support all local Implementation Force commanders and to warn them of any possible threat in their area, in support of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR.
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR
Base: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jean-Marc Schaible, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
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