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    Artillery training at Fort Indiantown Gap [Image 7 of 7]

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    U.S. Army soldiers are operating a light artillery piece, likely an M119 or M777 howitzer, during a live-fire training exercise. A spent brass shell casing is visibly ejecting from the breech, indicating the weapon has just been fired. Smoke is present around the gun line, consistent with a recent discharge.

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

    06.26.2017

    Photo by Sgt. Zane Craig 

    Fort Indiantown Gap

    Fort Indiantown Gap hosts artillery training for Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard and across the nation June 26, 2017. Fort Indiantown Gap is the only live-fire, maneuver military training facility in Pennsylvania, offering more than 17,000 acres and 140 training areas and facilities for year-round training. It annually supports 20,000 Pennsylvania National Guard personnel and more than 120,000 additional personnel from other branches of service, interagency partners at the federal, state and local level and multinational partners. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Zane Craig)

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    Date Taken: 06.26.2017
    Date Posted: 06.27.2017 13:54
    Photo ID: 3519016
    VIRIN: 170626-Z-PU354-330
    Resolution: 4544x3064
    Size: 1.78 MB
    Location: FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA, US
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    U.S. Army soldiers are operating a howitzer artillery piece in an open field during what appears to be a training exercise. Multiple crew members are working together to load and prepare the weapon system for firing. The setting is a grassy field with tree lines in the background under partly cloudy skies.
    U.S. Army soldiers are conducting artillery training exercises in an open field, operating what appears to be an M198 or M777 howitzer. Multiple soldiers in Army Combat Uniforms (ACU) are actively working around the artillery piece, which appears to have just fired based on visible smoke at the muzzle. Ammunition rounds and wooden crates are staged in the foreground.
    A group of U.S. Army soldiers in ACU/MultiCam camouflage uniforms are operating a large artillery piece, likely an M198 or M777 howitzer, in an open field training environment. Smoke is visible near the breech area, suggesting the weapon has recently been fired. Multiple artillery rounds and ammunition crates are staged in the foreground, indicating an active fire mission or training exercise.
    U.S. Army soldiers in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) pattern camouflage are handling 155mm artillery rounds at what appears to be a field training exercise. The soldiers are preparing or inspecting projectiles on a wooden surface, with a self-propelled howitzer visible in the background. Name tapes visible include 'GALLOWAY' and partial text on other soldiers.
    A self-propelled howitzer, consistent with an M109 Paladin or similar tracked artillery system, is captured mid-fire in an open grassy field. White smoke billows from the muzzle and surrounds the vehicle following a discharge. The setting appears to be a training exercise or demonstration, with a tree line visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
    A group of U.S. Army soldiers in camouflage uniforms are operating a towed howitzer artillery piece on an open field during what appears to be a training exercise. Smoke is visible near the breech of the weapon, suggesting a recent or ongoing firing sequence. Several crew members are actively working the gun while at least one soldier observes and takes notes.
    U.S. Army soldiers are operating a light artillery piece, likely an M119 or M777 howitzer, during a live-fire training exercise. A spent brass shell casing is visibly ejecting from the breech, indicating the weapon has just been fired. Smoke is present around the gun line, consistent with a recent discharge.

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