Published: September 13, 2011
Bold Quest 2011 Ongoing At Atterbury, Part 1 of 3
Bold Quest 2011 exercise is still underway at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Indian.
Bold Quest 2001 is a NATO exercise to test the interoperability of target identification systems of member nations to reduce friendly fire incidents.
Military from the Danish Army, the German Air Force, The Norwegian Army, American Soldiers, and nine other countries took part in the exercise.
Some of the equipment used in the photos below included an augmenter unit, used by forward air control to build a precise grid, and a Dismounted Soldier Identification Device attached to a rifle and connected to its sighting system.
Capt. Peter Rønning-Jensen, a forward air control officer with the Danish Army, from Oksbøl, Denmark, sets-up an augmenter unit, used by forward air control to build a precise grid, accurate from one meter to 10 kilometers using laser rangefinders, to provide pilots targeting information.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs | 
Staff Sgt. Lars Schille, from Badden-Württemburg, Germany, a forward air controller with the German Air Force, uses the Dismounted Soldier Identification Device attached to his weapon to check targets.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs
Pfc. Marius Ehinger, from Karlsruhe, Germany, of the German Air Force, uses the Dismounted Soldier Identification Device attached to his weapon to interrogate targets.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs)
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Staff Sgt. Michael Eimansberger, from Augsburg, Germany, of the German Air Force, uses the Dismounted Soldier Identification Device attached to his weapon to interrogate targets during Bold Quest 2011.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs
German Air Force 1st Lt. Rainer Kächele, of Augsburg, Germany, demonstrates the system used by German Tornado fighter-bombers to receive information from forward air controllers to French Air Force Maj. Laurent Pourtalet, a Mirage 2000D fighter pilot, and Maj. Thierry Fustec, a Mirage 2000D weapon system operator.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs |
1st Lt. Jacob Nielson, a forward air control officer with the Danish Army, from Oksbøl, Denmark, sets-up an augmenter unit, used by forward air control to build a precise grid, accurate from one meter to 10 kilometers using laser rangefinders, to provide pilots targeting information.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs | 
Pfc. Marius Ehinger, from Karlsruhe, Germany, of the German Air Force, uses the Dismounted Soldier Identification Device attached to his weapon to interrogate targets.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs | 
An Airman with the German Air Force uses the Dismounted Soldier Identification Device, integrated with his rifle's sights, to check targets at a checkpoint with American Soldiers during Bold Quest 2011.
Photo: Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury-Muscatatuck Public Affairs |
Read the other parts: Bold Quest 2011 Ongoing At Atterbury, Part 1 of 3
Bold Quest 2011 Ongoing At Atterbury, Part 2 of 3
Bold Quest 2011 Ongoing At Atterbury, Part 3 of 3
Bold Quest Distinguished Visitor Day at Camp
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