Distinguished visitors and leaders gather for a final luncheon on the final day of Bold Quest 2009. Bold Quest 2009 is an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration and brings  together nearly 1,000 professional warfighters and contractors from 11 countries and across the U.S. military to test in a field environment the technologies designed to eliminate fratricide on the battlefield and refine the emerging technology behind Digitally Aided Close-Air Support. This year's Quest event is held at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. and will utilize the base's 160,000 square acres of live fire ranges, tactical landing zones and instrumented evaluation areas to test and evaluate combat identification interoperability between the military services and our allies. (DoD Photo by: Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine, USAF)
<dl><dd>Unit: U.S. Joint Forces Command</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Marine; CAS; Langley; Eglin; Bold Quest; CCID; Coalition Combat Identification; ACTD; Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration; BQ; USJFCOM; U.S. Joint Forces Command; DCAS; Digital; Digitally Aided Close Air Support; Suffolk; Bold Quest Joint Forces Command; Navy; Norfolk; Air Force; Camp Lejeune; Close Air Support; Army</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine
2009-11-05
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