Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
A Special Forces Soldier from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) drops a training round into a M252 81mm mortar tube at Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. The Soldier must duck out of the way without crossing their hands across the muzzle to avoid the blast of the mortar. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
A Special Forces Soldier from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) demonstrates how to set up and aim the M252 81mm mortar at Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
A Special Forces Soldier from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) learns how to use a whiz wheel to calculate elevation and power on the M252 81mm mortar on Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
(Special Forces Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) unpack 81mm practice mortars in preparation to fire on Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
Special Forces Soldiers unpack 81mm practice mortars in preparation to fire on Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
Special Forces Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) unpack 81mm practice mortars in preparation to fire on Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
Special Forces Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) throw M67 fragmentation grenades at Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat......
Photo by Sgt. Ariel Solomon | 128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.12.2022
Special Forces Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) throw M67 fragmentation grenades at Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat......
