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    Echoes from the desert: 1-147th Field Artillery Battalion conducts live-fire rocket exercises [Image 2 of 7]

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    The image shows military personnel operating what appears to be an M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) on tracked vehicle chassis in an arid, desert-like environment. Smoke or exhaust is visible around the vehicle, suggesting recent firing or mechanical activity. Several soldiers in camouflage uniforms are present around the equipment.

    OROGRANDE, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES

    01.04.2019

    Photo by Sgt. Christopher Hernandez 

    Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss

    OROGRANDE RANGE COMPLEX, N.M. – Sgt. Steve Trautner and Sgt. Chris Ewalt (both left), respectively a wheeled vehicle mechanic and tracked vehicle repairer for Forward Support Company, 1-147th Field Artillery Battalion, South Dakota Army National Guard, rotates the loader launcher module of a M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System during troubleshooting procedures prior to the unit’s validation training exercises conducted at Orogrande Range Complex, New Mexico, Jan. 4, 2019. The FSC, 1-147th FAB have been training alongside their Bravo Battery counterparts in multiple validations and military rehearsal exercises (MRXs) in preparation for their imminent mobilization to Eastern Europe. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Christopher A. Hernandez/210th Regional Support Group, Fort Bliss Mobilization and Deployment Brigade – Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security)

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    Date Taken: 01.04.2019
    Date Posted: 01.08.2019 13:13
    Photo ID: 5019031
    VIRIN: 190104-A-JG268-002
    Resolution: 5568x3712
    Size: 1.23 MB
    Location: OROGRANDE, NEW MEXICO, US

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