Two Airmen assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, from Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, operate a powered stake driver as they drive metal stakes into the ground to secure equipment from high winds. The 225th arrived today at Logan Heights in El Paso, Texas and when operational, they will provide communications links for FORSCOM (Forces Command) during 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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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS
Base: El Paso
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James D. Mossman, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
08/04/1997
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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