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    The image shows a military field communications site with multiple satellite dish antennas deployed on a grassy clearing surrounded by pine trees. The equipment is painted in desert tan/sand color, consistent with U.S. Army tactical satellite communication systems. Multiple HMMWV (Humvee) vehicles and at least two or three satellite terminals are visible in the background.

    FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

    08.21.2014

    Photo by Barry Loo 

    Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

    A troposphere scatter communications system is used by U.S. military and civilian personnel at Fort Bragg in North Carolina Aug. 21, 2014, as part of exercise Vital Connection 2014. Vital Connection is designed to test communications interoperability during domestic emergency or disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Barry Loo/Released)

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    Date Taken: 08.21.2014
    Date Posted: 10.09.2014 12:23
    Photo ID: 1584059
    VIRIN: 140821-F-IJ878-233
    Resolution: 4928x3280
    Size: 6.23 MB
    Location: FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, US
    Web Views: 29
    Downloads: 6

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