Sgt. Wesley G. Patrick, Bravo Team leader of Q-West's 17-meter Aerostat and native of Southaven, Miss., mans the winch control panel as he and his team prepared to hoist the balloon, Nov. 6. The aerostat crew members – all from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, out of Hernando, Miss., and attached to the Base Defense Operations Center – provide a key element of base defense, maintaining the balloon and surveillance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Date Taken: | 11.17.2009 |
Date Posted: | 11.17.2009 02:07 |
Photo ID: | 224175 |
VIRIN: | 091117-A-9999S-005 |
Resolution: | 1197x1800 |
Size: | 605.88 KB |
Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ |
Web Views: | 114 |
Downloads: | 16 |
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