Soldiers assigned to the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, from Fort Bliss, Texas, hook up power cables to a mobile generator in preparation for a tactical Patriot missile launch at a site on McGregor Range near El Paso, Texas. The live firings were a real time opportunity for units involved in ROVING SANDS '97 to demonstrate their skills. 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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Soldiers assigned to the 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, from Fort Bliss, Texas, hook up power cables to a mobile generator in preparation for a tactical Patriot missile launch at a site on McGregor Range near El Paso, Texas. The live firings were a real time opportunity for units involved in ROVING SANDS '97 to demonstrate their skills. 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: Mcgregor Range

State: New Mexico (NM)

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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30/04/1997
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