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Lithuanian Land Forces Pvt. Karolis Lauraitis, right, assigned to 801st Company, Lithuanian National Defense Force, explains how the surface to air Javelin missle system operates during a static display in downtown Jonava, Lithuania, June 13, 2015, as part of exercise Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
German Army Soldiers from a reconnaissance platoon fly in a UH-60M Blackhawk being piloted by United States Army Soldiers assigned to B Company, 43rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, during a joint training mission at the General Silvestras Zukauskas Training Area, Pabrade, Lithuania, June 14, 2015, as part of exercise Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
German Army Staff Sgt. Dirk Maushake, a native of Braunschweig assigned to Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, does a pre-flight check of the systems on the Aladin unmanned aerial vehicle his reconnaissance unit uses to survey the battlefield, at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 10, 2015. Maushake and his team are participating in a multinational exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Phoenix UAV in Kosovo.
The BAE Systems Phoenix (originally GEC-Marconi Phoenix) was an all-weather, day or night, real-time surveillance Unmanned Air Vehicle.
It had a twin-boom UAV with a surveillance pod, from which the imagery was data linked to a ground control station (GCS) that also controlled the aircraft in flight. It was the third generation of UAV in British Army service with the Royal Artillery after SD/1 and Canadair Midge.
The Phoenix was a fairly typical combat surveillance UAV, powered by a 20 kW (26 hp) piston engine, but is distinctive in that it is a "tractor" aircraft, with the propeller in the front. This tends to obstruct a sensor turret, and so the sensor payload, built around an infrared imager, was carried in a pod slung well under the fuselage. Phoenix was mostly made of Kevlar and other plastics.
Phoenix was 'zero-length' launch being projected into the air from a launch-rail mounted on the back of a truck. The launch rail having been originally developed for the US Army Aquilla UAV that failed to enter service. The Phoenix was recovered by parachute, landing on its back, with a crushable "hump" on the back taking up the impact. The zero-length take-off and landing was an essential requirement for operating in NATO's Central Region and deployment in a forward divisional area. Maximum flight time was around 4 hours.
Phoenix sensors provided imagery direct to the GCS where it was analysed and reported to artillery headquarters, to command level, or to a Phoenix troop command post. The principal method of communication from the GCS to artillery on the ground was via the Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System (BATES). The UAV could be launched within an hour of reaching its launch site. A second UAV can be launched within a further eight minutes and up to two UAVs can be controlled from the same ground station.
The name Phoenix was taken from Project Phoenix, a late 1970s study into surveillance and target acquisition needs after cancellation of the unsuccessful development of Westland MRUASTAS to replace AN/USD501 Midge. The first flight was in 1986, with an expectation that it would enter service in 1989, but the project suffered from numerous delays.[1] The Phoenix eventually entered service in 1999, and saw limited operational use as part of the British contribution to Kosovo Force (KFOR) and in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It gave excellent service for artillery spotting. The system was operated by the 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery.
The final operational sortie was conducted in May 2006.
A static display setup on the final day of exercise Saber Strike 2015 at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, June 18, 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
A soldier of the Royal Artillery launches a Desert Hawk UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) during Operation Ghartse Dagger in Helmand, Afghanistan.
Desert Hawk is a portable UAV surveillance system which provides aerial video reconnaissance. It has a flight time of approximately one hour, and can fly anywhere within a 10km radius of its ground control station.
It has both day and night time (thermal imaging) capability. The equipment can be used for a variety of tasks, such as force protection for convoys and patrols, route clearance, base security, reconnaissance or target tracking.
Photographer:LA(Phot) Al McLeod
Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers watch for the approach of enemy combatants from a camouflaged position during the second day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 11, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
A pilot from 39 Sqn remotely controls a Reaper MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, during a training sortie over the west coast of America from Creech Air Force Base.
UAV's can be remotely piloted on Operation Herrick in Afghanistan from half way around the world at Creech AFB.
39 Sqn who are parented by RAF Waddington in the UK currently have around 70 personnal based in Nevada covering all trades from pilots to administration staff.
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A pilot from 39 Sqn remotely controls a Reaper MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, during a training sortie over the west coast of America from Creech Air Force Base.
UAV's can be remotely piloted on Operation Herrick in Afghanistan from half way around the world at Creech AFB.
39 Sqn who are parented by RAF Waddington in the UK currently have around 70 personnal based in Nevada covering all trades from pilots to administration staff.
Photographer:SAC Andrew Morris
From: www.defenceimages.mod.uk
Bombadier Marie Robert, serving with the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ( UAV ) Troop of 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Regiment, Petawawa, ON, guides the Sperwer UAV as it is hoisted onto the catapult ramp prior to launch.
Photo: Cpl Doug Farmer
Le Bombardier Marie Robert, membre de l’équipe responsable de l’aéronef télépiloté du 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Regiment, de Petawawa (Ontario), guide le Sperwer sur la rampe de catapultage avant son lancement. Cet aéronef est un drone d’acquisition d’objectif et de surveillance qui est déployé dans le cadre de l’opération Athena, en Afghanistan.
Photo : Cpl Doug Farmer
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06 Nov 2003/6 novembre 2003
Kabul, Afghanistan
German Army Soldiers evacuate a casualty to Chock 4, a UH-60M Blackhawk being flown by Soldiers assigned to B Company, 43rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, during a joint training exercise at the General Silvestras Zukauskas Training Area, Pabrade, Lithuania, June 14, 2015, as part of exercise Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Lithuanian Land Forces Pvt. First Class Aurimas Kersys, a designated marksman assigned to 2nd Coy, Iron Wolf Brigade, scans the battlefield for potential targets during the second day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 11, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Catalog #: 04_03879
Location: Ryan Envelopes
Description: Teledyne Ryan UAV, Drone, RPV
Date: 1950-80s
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
I've read this is an off-the-shelf Sony 1000 video camera modified with 'secret sauce' by Insitu for UAV purposes. Sure is an interesting picture, eh?
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Enjoy this picture of the Insitu ScanEagle UAV. This one helped rescue Captain Phillips in 2009 from Somali pirates by providing from the USS Bainbridge real-time aerial footage of the lifeboat Captain Phillips was kept hostage in.
Decided to post this drone picture on 18 February because the day before, the Washington State House passed drone regulation legislation. If my State Senate passes EHB 2789, the drone industry will dramatically expand in a safe, thoughtful way.
One might like the Insitu website on this fine UAV. My other ScanEagle pics are HERE.
Image of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk (model) on display at the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
中華民國中央軍事院校校友總會今日(6月7日)於中正紀念堂舉辦「慶祝黃埔建軍90週年暨紀念對日抗戰77週年大會」活動，現場展出國軍愛國者飛彈、雷霆二千多管火箭、雲豹甲車、UAV等十餘項裝備，吸引許多國人同胞前往觀賞。
Taipei, Taiwan.
2014/6/7
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United States Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to A Troop, 2nd 104th Cavalry Regiment, use a Long-Range Advance Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) atop their M1126 Stryker Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV) to find targets of opportunity on the battlefield during a multinational training mission with their German and Lithuanian partners at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 15, 2015. A Troop is the only M1126 Stryker unit currently operating in the National Guard, and are in Lithuania in support of exercise Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
The attraction of unmanned aerial vehicles or remote piloted vehicles or drone, I feel, is the different perspective that they offer for the capture of still and video imagery.
Image captured using a DJI Phantom Vision 2+ quadcopter, 1/1250th of a sec @f2.8, ISO100.
Image processed using Adobe Lightroom 5.6 and Google’s Nik Collection Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 4.
German Army Soldiers assigned to Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, pose for a group photo after the first day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 10, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
PictionID:56172335 - Catalog:C94-045-002.tif - Title:Ryan Aeronautical Negative Collection Image - Filename:C94-045-002.tif - - - - Image from the Teledyne Ryan Archives, donated to SDASM in the 1990s. Many of these images are from Ryan's UAV program-----These images were not donated with metadata, so please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Sure appreciate how the Museum of Flight hung the ScanEagle - making this a fun photo to take.
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Enjoy this picture of the Insitu ScanEagle UAV. This one helped rescue Captain Phillips in 2009 from Somali pirates by providing from the USS Bainbridge real-time aerial footage of the lifeboat Captain Phillips was kept hostage in.
Decided to post this drone picture on 18 February because the day before, the Washington State House passed drone regulation legislation. If my State Senate passes EHB 2789, the drone industry will dramatically expand in a safe, thoughtful way.
One might like the Insitu website on this fine UAV. My other ScanEagle pics are HERE.
United States Army M1126 Stryker Infantry Carriers, left, operated by Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7 Infantry, provide fire support along with a German Army Wiesel A2 TOW track vehicle, right, operated by Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292 during the final day of Saber Strike 2015 at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, June 18, 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Catalog #: 04_04129
Title : Teledyne Ryan UAV Drone RPV Firebee
Date: 1950-1989
Corporation Name : Ryan Aeronautical, Teledyne Ryan
Location: Ryan Envelopes
Additional Information: From Northrop Grumman Donation
Tags: Teledyne, Ryan, UAV, Drone, RPV, Firebee, 1950-1989
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
U.S. Army Spc. Corey Lee, a military police officer with the 603rd Military Police Company, launches an RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial vehicle June 23, 2012, during exercise Global Medic 2012 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. Global Medic is a joint U.S. Air Force Reserve-U.S. Army Reserve field training exercise for theater aeromedical evacuation system and ground medical components designed to replicate all aspects of combat medical service support.Global Medic is a joint U.S. Air Force Reserve-U.S. Army Reserve field training exercise for theater aeromedical evacuation system and ground medical components designed to replicate all aspects of combat medical service support. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Erica J. Knight/Released)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, right, takes time to talk to Soldiers assigned to Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7 Infantry about their weapons platforms during the final day of Saber Strike 2015 at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, June 18, 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
German Army Soldiers assigned to Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, hid their Wiesel A2 TOW track vehicle in the thick underbrush during the first day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 10, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
United States Army Pfc. Connor Walcher, native of Bixby, Okla. and forward observer assigned to Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7 Infantry, finds the coordinates on his map in order to call in a simulated artillery strike during the second day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 11, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
German Army Staff Sgt. Dirk Maushake, a native of Braunschweig assigned to Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, launches the Aladin unmanned aerial vehicle his reconnaissance unit uses to survey the battlefield, at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 10, 2015. Maushake and his team are participating in a multinational exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
United States Army National Guardsmen assigned to A Troop, 2nd 104th Cavalry Regiment, watch for enemy movement on the battlefield during multinational training with their German and Lithuanian partners at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 15, 2015. A Troop is the only M1126 Stryker unit currently operating in the National Guard, and are in Lithuania in support of exercise Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
A Lithuanian Land Forces Soldier assigned to 2nd Coy, Iron Wolf Brigade, retreats from his foxhole during the second day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 11, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Bercey, left, officer in charge, Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment, and Cmdr. Timothy Wood, theater chief, TF Copperhead, inspect a MQ-5B Hunter at Kandahar Airfield. Bercey and Wood are serving as individual augmentees and use the MQ-5B UAV coupled with the Copperhead system to detect improvised explosive devices with great success in Afghanistan on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
Move cursor into photo, now RIGHT click; now select ORIGINAL & you will then need to use the horizontal & vertical scroll bars to view the entire high resolution photo.
It takes 2 people; 1 person operates the UAV's flight controller, the other person operates the camera controls & has a monitor so they can see the stills, or videos the camera is taking.
It has a flight time of 6-7 minutes, battery powered.
Line of sight maximum distance is .75 mile for flight controller & costs, "multiple thousands of dollars" not counting the camera
I was so enthralled when walking past Pierce Park that I forgot about my camera when the UAV was flying overhead.
German Army Soldiers assigned to Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, hid their Wiesel A2 TOW track vehicle in the thick underbrush during the first day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 10, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Here's an unique angle of the ScanEagle for you!
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Enjoy this picture of the Insitu ScanEagle UAV. This one helped rescue Captain Phillips in 2009 from Somali pirates by providing from the USS Bainbridge real-time aerial footage of the lifeboat Captain Phillips was kept hostage in.
Decided to post this drone picture on 18 February because the day before, the Washington State House passed drone regulation legislation. If my State Senate passes EHB 2789, the drone industry will dramatically expand in a safe, thoughtful way.
One might like the Insitu website on this fine UAV. My other ScanEagle pics are HERE.
Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers assigned to 2nd Coy, Iron Wolf Brigade, defend their foxhole with a smokescreen and simulated hand grenades during the second day of multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 11, 2015. The training is part of a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
German Army Upper Cpl. Andre Schadler, a native of Aulendorf, assigned to Recon Platoon, Jager Battalion 292, scans the battlefield for threats with a thermal sight during the first day of training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, June 10, 2015. Schadler and the rest of his reconnaissance team play a vital role in a larger exercise being conducted throughout the Baltic States called Saber Strike 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
A United States Army M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle operated by Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7 Infantry fires smoke canisters in a final volley after multinational training at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, June 17, 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Iraqi Soldiers provide security for a press conference held at the outer cordon created around the scene of recent fighting in the Al-Fadhel neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Mar. 29th, 2009. Iraqi security forces have been fighting a group of renegade Sons of Iraq in the area. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released)
German Army Capt. Jochen Haack, assigned to 5th Company, Jager Battalion, left, goes over an attack plan with Capt. Bryan E. Adams, right, commander of Team Eagle, Task Force 2-7 Infantry while German 1st Lt. Tobias Schulten, 5th Company, Jager Battalion, looks on during a multinational exercise held at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, that involved a bombing run by two A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard are based at Ämari Air Base, June 12, 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
German Army Capt. Jochen Haack, left, and 1st Lt. Tobias Schulten, forward observers assigned to 5th Company, Jager Battalion, scan for targets on the battlefield during during a multinational exercise held at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, that involved a bombing run by two A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard are based at Ämari Air Base, June 12, 2015. Saber Strike is a long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise. This year’s exercise objectives facilitate cooperation amongst the U.S., Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to improve joint operational capability in a range of missions as well as preparing the participating nations and units to support multinational contingency operations. There are more than 6,000 participants from 13 different nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)