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DAECHEON BEACH, South Korea – It was a good day, one soldier said, as aerial targets were engaged during a live-fire exercise off the South Korean coast.
The air and sea space are clear for the only U.S. Army short-range air defense Avenger battery in Korea to conduct this live-fire exercise, said Lt. Col. Kerrye Glass, the senior range safety officer with the 2nd Infantry Division Air and Missile Defense Section.
Glass also lauded the efforts of Capt. John Kim, E Battery, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment commander, and Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Veals in preparing the unit for the exercise.
Avenger crews from E Btry., 6-52nd ADA spent Nov. 13-20 at the Chulmae Live Fire Complex in Daecheon Beach firing at targets with various weapons during their semi-annual gunnery exercise.
The unit’s battalion commander said he was pleased at the success of the exercise.
“It is great to see our air defenders execute such realistic training for their wartime mission,” said 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment commander, Lt. Col. Dale Smith. “I am proud of the hard work and coordination that went into planning a training event of this magnitude. The hard work paid off as this training event turned out to be highly successful and valuable to the soldiers of E Battery, 6-52nd ADA.”
During the exercise, the 6-52nd ADA soldiers engaged aerial targets with M3P .50-caliber machine guns and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles as part of Table VIII and X qualifications. The unit also held equal opportunity, operational security, suicide prevention, and chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear training.
The officer in charge of the range said the training was necessary to help hone the unit’s ability to provide quality air defense artillery support to the Warrior Division.
“This will help soldiers be able to defend against short range aerial attacks, to track and destroy air breathing threats in support of the 210th Fires’ mission, as well as improve combat readiness,” said 1st Lt. Andrew Baum of the 6-52nd ADA.
Republic of Korea Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force personnel were critical in the safety of this training by clearing the sea within the surface danger zone near the firing area to prevent collateral damage to civilian water craft.
With all of the crews now completely certified, they are ready to ‘Fight Tonight’ as air defenders, Baum said.
“The non-commissioned officers and the soldiers worked long hours to make this to happen,” said Baum.
| Date Taken: | 11.18.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 12.13.2010 21:21 |
| Story ID: | 61919 |
| Location: | DAECHEON BEACH, KR |
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