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    Stryker Brigade Trains on Unmanned Aircraft [Image 2 of 2]

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    U.S. Army soldiers in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) are preparing a fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), consistent with a Shadow RQ-7 or similar tactical drone, on a launch rail system in an open sandy training area. The personnel are positioning the aircraft on a pneumatic or hydraulic catapult launcher mounted on a wheeled trailer. The setting appears to be a military training installation surrounded by pine forest.

    FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES

    06.25.2009

    Photo by Spc. Victor Ayala 

    49th Public Affairs Detachment   

    Soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, prepare a Shadow for launch during training operations at Fort Polk's Joint Readiness Training Center, June 25. The Shadow is an unmanned aerial surveillance vehicle used in a number of capacities such as route reconnaissance, following suspicious persons and finding improvised explosive devices.

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    Date Taken: 06.25.2009
    Date Posted: 07.01.2009 11:08
    Photo ID: 184328
    VIRIN: 090701-A-7797A-001
    Resolution: 1205x1800
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    Location: FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, US
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    Two U.S. Army soldiers in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) pattern camouflage are observing a field artillery exercise at what appears to be a military training range. A howitzer artillery piece is visible in the background, and a projectile or object is captured in motion blur in the upper right of the frame. Both soldiers are wearing yellow hearing protection ear muffs, consistent with artillery firing operations.
    U.S. Army soldiers in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) are preparing a fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), consistent with a Shadow RQ-7 or similar tactical drone, on a launch rail system in an open sandy training area. The personnel are positioning the aircraft on a pneumatic or hydraulic catapult launcher mounted on a wheeled trailer. The setting appears to be a military training installation surrounded by pine forest.

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