Pfc. Joel Graham applies camouflage make-up before boarding the landing craft.
Pfc. Joel Graham, U.S. Army, applies camouflage make-up before boarding the landing craft that will take his unit to Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, for Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, on Jan. 19, 1998. More than 30,000 U.S. military personnel are participating in the exercise which is testing joint forces on their ability to deploy rapidly and conduct joint operations during a crisis. All branches of the armed forces are training side-by-side using the latest advances in technology in a simulated high-threat environment that involves air, naval and ground operations. Graham is attached to B Battery, 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Assault), Fort Bragg, N.C.