Knowing what’s out there: German recon flies the unfriendly skies [Image 2 of 6]

RUKLA, LITHUANIA

06.10.2015

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)

• Date Taken: 06.10.2015
• Date Posted: 06.11.2015 08:55
• Photo ID: 1991822
• VIRIN: 150610-A-FJ979-002
• Resolution: 4450x2734
• Size: 1.18 MB
• Location: RUKLA, LT