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Soldiers from the 2d Battalion, 1ST Infantry Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, observe their sector of fire as they hold their fighting positions while assaulting the village of Simpsonville, Alaska during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services. The men are wearing winter combat gear, carrying M-16s as well as MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) equipment on their bodies as well as on the helmets. The MILES receivers will beep when targeted by a weapon equipped with the MILES laser emitter, indicating a kill or wounding of the wearer
Soldiers from the 2d Battalion, 1ST Infantry Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on patrol near their objective of the village of Simpsonville during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services. The men are wearing winter combat gear, carrying M-16s as well as MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) equipment on their bodies as well as on the helmets. The MILES receivers will beep when targeted by a weapon equipped with the MILES laser emitter, indicating a kill or wounding of the wearer
A soldier from B Co., 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry crawls up hill with a M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) towards the village of Simpsonville during a live fire exercise in support of NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services. In addition to the winter attire he is also wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) equipment on his body as well as on the helmet. The MILES receivers will beep when targeted by a weapon equipped with the MILES laser emitter, indicating a kill or wounding of the wearer
SPC Russell Garcia from B Co., 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, fires an anti-tank weapon (AT-4) at a jeep in the village of Simpsonville, Alaska during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services. SPC Garcia (in winter attire) is also wearing the MILES (multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) equipment on his body as well as on the helmet. The MILES receivers will beep when targeted by a weapon equipped with the MILES laser emitter, indicating a kill or wounding of the wearer. (Substandard image)
SGT Gary Coutu and SPC Harry Shoemaker of the 2d Battalion, 1ST Infantry Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, check their compass to find grid coordinates during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services. The men are wearing winter combat gear, carrying M-16s as well as MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) equipment on their bodies as well as on the helmets. The MILES receivers will beep when targeted by a weapon equipped with the MILES laser emitter, indicating a kill or wounding of the wearer
A soldier coming in from the field during this years GOLDEN MEDIC Exercise. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001, a multi-unit, medical, field training exercise held at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California, in which the Army transports simulated casualties from the frontline through various staging areas to a main tent. Attached to the helmet, upper body and M-16A2 rifle is the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear to simulate combat. When hit by a laser emiter a loud tone sounds off that signifies the soldier is wounded or dead
A U.S Army Soldier from Delta Company, Task Force 2-11, aims his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle while his unit look for insurgents who launched mortar rounds at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Feb. 24, 2005. The mortar rounds went off two hundred meters from a convoy conducting a daily patrol. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)
In MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System), and his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle at the ready, AIRMAN First Class Justin Mullins, USAF, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, approaches a mock town during a practice mission for the upcoming Defender Challenge Competition. Acting as the "Bad Guys" they also deploy to the field during the Ground Combat Skills, (GCS) training, a week long training regiment consisting of three days of classroom work and two days in the field where trainees receive instruction on land navigation, combat patrolling and field craft skills
A US Army soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, helps a member of his squad calibrate the sights on his laser tag weapon. The M-16A2 is equipped with a MILES device which sends out harmless signals which tag vehicles and soldiers as "Laser Shot"
Close-up of a soldier from the 2d Battalion, 1ST Infantry Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska , observing his sector of fire as he aims his M-16 while assaulting the village of Simpsonville, Alaska during NORTHERN EDGE '98, an annual Joint Chiefs of STAFF winter exercise involving air and ground units of all services. The soldier, wearing winter combat gear, also has on the MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Simulation) equipment on his body as well as on the helmet. The MILES receivers will beep when targeted by a weapon equipped with the MILES laser emitter, indicating a kill or wounding of the wearer
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Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '98
Base: Fort Greely
State: Alaska (AK)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Dominc B. Ruiz
Release Status: Released to Public
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19/02/1998
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