Photo By Staff Sgt. Brian Tierce | An M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Howitzer blasts a round down range during a live fire...... read more read more
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By Sgt. Brian Tierce
2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office
CAMP BUEHERING, Kuwait - Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division recently brought the thundering roar of their M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Howitzer to the sands of the Kuwaiti desert. The Soldiers conducted a live fire exercise in which the goal was simple, put the big boom on target.
"Today we brought out one M109A6 paladin to practice shooting direct fire at a target group down range," said 1st Lt. Brett Thompson, A. Battery 1-7 FA of Las Vegas Nev., "We hit some targets and glanced some targets, so overall it went really well."
Although the use of heavy artillery in the Iraqi conflict is extremely rare this does not mean that the Soldiers of 1-7 FA are going to let their skills subside.
"The training keeps the Soldiers sharp on their job," added Thompson, "We will not be doing a lot of direct fire in Iraq but we wanted to get out and test the guns."
For the First Lightining Soldiers of 1-7 FA the chance to get out to the range is rare but once they are on the range it is all about one thing.
"My favorite part of today's training was shooting rounds," said Spc. Jordan Buckley of Washington, N.C., "The training went pretty good."
| Date Taken: | 10.28.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 10.28.2008 03:58 |
| Story ID: | 25620 |
| Location: | KW |
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