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Austere Challenge 2012 DECON Drill

October 28, 2012
MSgt Justin Suddeth

Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command work alongside Israel's IDF soldiers to decontaminate vehicles and personnel after a notional chemical attack while participating in Austere Challenge 2012. Austere Challenge 2012 (AC 12) is a large-scale air defense field training and command post simulation exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Israeli militaries.

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