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After the all clear and no longer wearing his chemical protective suit, SSG Williams, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, fills out an after action report on the simulated chemical warfare attack. His brigade area was a target for a chemical attack during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

After the all clear is given and his chemical protective suit is taken off, Sergeant Williams of the 31st Brigade, 343rd Air Defense Artillery (ADA), Fort Bliss, Texas, fills out an after action report for his Battery. Correct response and procedure will aid in the proper training for the soldiers of the 31st Brigade during ROVING SANDS '97; a joint service exercise designed to improve air defense capabilities

SSG Lewis, 31st Air Defense Artillery, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), Fort Bliss, Texas, exhausted, kneels and rests after conducting chemical warfare and decontamination drills. His battery, part of the headquarters unit of the deployed Patriot missiles, is participating in the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

SGT Smart, 11th Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, Delta Company, wearing full NBC (Nuclear, Biological & Chemical) gear stands guard at his unit's perimeter. His battery was attacked with simulated gas by the opposing forces during night maneuvers during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

(left to right) 1LT Vasquez, SSG Williams and PFC Middleton, wearing NBC (Nuclear-Biological and Chemical) gear, stand guard to secure the perimeter at the main entry control point for their battery. They were responding to a chemical warfare attack on the 31st Brigade compound during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise

First Lieutenant (1LT) George Willets, 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron, wipes the sweat off his brow after exiting his aircraft and taking off his chemical-biological protective gear during a chemical warfare exercise

Wearing Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) protective gear, PV2 Ruben Gutierrez (second from left), PVT Patrick O'Neal and PFC Damien Wainright (third and fourth from left), all assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, are briefed by SSGT Nathaniel Williams on their reaction to a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp. The chemical attacks are executed, using Russian helicopters, by members of Optec Threat Support Activity based at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas as part of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Chemical Warfare instructor STAFF SGT. Kevin Buckalew, 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, helps remove a protective chemical suit from Private Shawn Harris, a 31st Romeo radio operator with the 16th Signal Battalion. The training was part of Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

SPC Cohen (right) and PV2 Ritchie, 31st Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Brigade, HHB S1, Fort Bliss, Texas man the entry control point during a simulated security threat. The 31st ADA's Patriot missile batteries are providing air defense for this, during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

Sergeant (SGT) Brendan Devaney, 375th Air Base Group/Security Police Squadron, armed with an M16 rifle equipped with multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES), maneuvers through the combat tactics course during the ninth international airlift competition Airlift Rodeo'87. He is wearing an M17 nuclear, chemical and biological warfare mask

Putting on his cover boots, AIRMAN (AMN) Kevin Camara, USAF, 2nd Communications Squadron (CS), prepares for Chemical Warfare Training, at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. Barksdale spent the week of 25 February 2002, updating personnel's training (to include Chemical Warfare, Self Aid Buddy Care, Law of Armed Conflict, and Family Readiness) in order to stay prepared for future exercises and deployments

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant William Shaffer, 36th Fighter Squadron Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, inventories real world pilot chemical bags during Osan's Operational Readiness Inspection

A member of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing undergoes decontamination during the chemical warfare Exercise NOMAD THRUST 88. The crewman is wearing nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear

After the all clear and no longer wearing his chemical protective suit, SSG Williams, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, fills out an after action report on the simulated chemical warfare attack. His brigade area was a target for a chemical attack during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97

Base: Mcgregor Range

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry D. Morrison

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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22/04/1997

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