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15 June 2001
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In June this year, the largest US-based TMD assessment exercise ('Roving Sands 01') will take place out of Fort Bliss, Texas. Source: Jane's Defense Review International, March 2001, Page 8. Below is a NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense on Roving Sands. Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, UK and US participate. NEWS RELEASE from the
United States Department of Defense More than 15,000 servicemembers from all branches of the U.S. armed forces, as well as forces from Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Canada will participate in Roving Sands, the world's largest joint theater air and missile defense exercise. The exercise will take place in and around Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, N.M., June 15-24, 2001. Roving Sands is a joint service theater air and missile defense field training exercise. It is approved by the JCS and scheduled by U.S. Joint Forces Command and sponsored by U.S. Army Forces Command. It is designed to train forces from all four services and multinational air defense and aircraft. A common computer-driven scenario helps to hone in skills on joint theater air and missile defense and joint tactical air operations. Roving Sands is a one-of-a-kind event that is the world's largest joint theater air and missile defense exercise. It melds command, control, communications and computer elements, air defense artillery, and the aircraft of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and multinational forces into a joint integrated air defense system. More information is available at: http://www.forscom.army.mil/rsands/ |
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15 June 2001 http://www.af.mil/news/Jun2001/n20010615_0815.shtml FORT BLISS, Texas (AFPN) -- More than 15,000 people from all branches of the U.S. armed forces, as well as Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Canada are participating in Roving Sands, the world's largest joint theater air and missile defense exercise. The exercise is taking place in and around Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, N.M., from June 15 to 24. Roving Sands is a joint service theater air and missile defense field training exercise designed to train forces from all four services and multinational air defense and aircraft. A common computer-driven scenario helps to hone in skills on joint theater air and missile defense and joint tactical air operations. Roving Sands melds command, control, communications and computer elements, air defense artillery, and the aircraft of the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines and multinational forces into a joint integrated air defense system.
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