Members of the German 88th Element of Light Air Defense Artillery Battery prepare a Hawk missile unit for an emergency missile transfer at McGregor Reservation, N.M., during exercise Roving Sands '96 on June 6, 1996. Roving Sands '96 is the world's largest joint, tactical air defense exercise involving service men and women from the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands and Canada. The exercise allows multinational forces to practice tactics, techniques and procedures improving their defense capabilities. The German soldiers are deployed from Fuldatal, Germany, for the exercise.