ну как бы "оператору виднее" зачем ему такой сетап

К сабжу темы, Ирак. Год не знаю.
During a stop on patrol an SASR trooper catches up on the latest news from home.
Photos by LS Rachel Irving, Navy newspaper

SASR on patrol outside of the Al Asad air base in north-western Iraq looking over the Euphrates River.