Leaning on the tailgate of an M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), Command Sergeant Major Clifford West, 101st Airborne Division, pays a visit and talks to 3rd Brigade NCOs during their deployment to the National Training Center, Ft. Irwin, California. The NCOs wear Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear on their helmets and upper body, to simulate combat conditions. When shot electronically, it instills a real sense of the danger in combat without injury or fatality
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fort Irwin
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS
Scene Camera Operator: M.W. Woods, Civilian, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
28/12/2000
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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