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Roving sands 1996

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Roving sands 1996

August 20, 2026

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Roving Sands ’96 brought about 14,000 to 14,150 troops to the desert training grounds between El Paso, Texas, and southern New Mexico for a major multinational air-defense exercise involving the United States, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. Centered at Fort Bliss, White Sands Missile Range…

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