Using the shorter and lighter M-4, a variant of the M-16A2 assault rifle, friendly forces move out to pick up a survivor during the survivor extraction exercise in participation with DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX
Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon
State: Nevada (NV)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Leslie Lawrence, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
26/06/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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