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US Air Force Aerial Port Specialists from the 36th Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington load a 105mm Howitzer Cannon and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) onto an USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. The members of the 36 APS are deployed to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska in support of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001

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SENIOR AIRMAN Joseph Roberson, 225th Combat Communications Squadron, Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, stands on the center portion of an unfinished Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Terminal (GMF) as he waits to install sections of the reflector. The 225th arrived today at Logan Heights in El Paso, Texas. When operational, the GMF 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

An airman assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, tightens down bolts that hold the reflector sections for the Ground Mobile Forces (GMF) Satellite Terminal in place. The 225th arrived today at Logan Heights in El Paso, Texas. When operational, the GMF 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

A fully operational Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Terminal (GMF), after being assembled by members of the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, is ready for use. The GMF will provide communication links for Forces Command (FORSCOM) during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise.

SSGT Tray Knight, assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, runs a power cable from a Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Terminal (GMF) to a power generator. When the GMF is operational it will provide communication links for Forces Command (FORSCOM) during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise.

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brandon McLendon, Crewchief, 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), deployed to the 363rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), marshals out a USAF E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft prior to a mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dan Vorlander, (left) and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Reginald Hall, both Satellite Communications Technicians, assigned to the 458th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), make final adjustments on a AN/USC-60 Flayaway Tri-band Satellite Terminal (FTSAT), at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Airmen assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, from Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, prepare a TRAC-170 Wideband System. The 225th arrived today at Logan Heights in El Paso, Texas. When the TRAC-170 is operational, it 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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Clinton Shepard (left), and USAF SRA Jonathan Albrektsen, both assigned as Satellite Communications Wide-Band Telemetry Systems Technicians, with the 48th Communications Squadron (CS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), take a receive signal level reading on a microwave module outdoor unit during a Tactical Evaluation (TACEVAL) exercise while deployed at Royal Air Force Feltwell, United Kingdom (UK)

Two Airmen assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, adjust the angle of the dish on a TRAC-170 Wideband System. When the TRAC-170 is operational it will provide communication links for Forces Command (FORSCOM) during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

SRA Joseph Roberson, assigned to the 225th Combat Communications Squadron, Martin Air National Guard Station, Gadson, Alabama, stands on the center portion of an unassembled Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Terminal (GMF) as he lays in place, sections of the reflector. When operational, the GMF will provide communication links for Forces Command (FORSCOM) during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97

Base: El Paso

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James D. Mossman

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Roberson, G A C - Age: [Blank], Year: [BLANK] - Mississippi First (Percy's) Infantry (Army of 10,000) AND First Battalion, Infantry (Army of 10,000)

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INTAKE AND EXHAUST SECTIONS OF APU AUXILIARY POWER UNIT INSTALLATION ON C-131B AIRPLANE

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