Photo by Spc. Seth LaCount | Michigan National Guard | 07.17.2014
Pfc. Brent Kearns, assigned to gun two, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment pulls the lanyard of the M777A1 howitzer after an artillery raid exercise that brought the cannon to firing point 630 at the 30 Complex on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. This historic firing mission, during an eXportable Combat Training Capability......
Photo by Spc. Seth LaCount | Michigan National Guard | 07.17.2014
Soldiers assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment prepare the M777A1 howitzer for a firing mission after an artillery raid exercise using the CH-47 Chinook for sling load operations on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. Upon arrival, Charlie Company participated in a live-fire iteration that made history on CGJMTC, driving......
Photo by Spc. Seth LaCount | Michigan National Guard | 07.17.2014
Soldiers assigned to gun one, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, sling load the M777A1 howitzer with the CH-47 Chinook during an artillery raid exercise on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. The 1-119th FA launched a historic firing mission at firing point 630 on the 30 Complex upon the cannon's arrival that......
Photo by Spc. Seth LaCount | Michigan National Guard | 07.17.2014
Soldiers assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment prepare to ground the M777A1 howitzer with the CH-47 Chinook during an artillery raid exercise on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. While participating in the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, Charlie Battery launched a historic firing mission at firing point 630......
Photo by Spc. Seth LaCount | Michigan National Guard | 07.17.2014
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y., exit a CH-47 Chinook during an artillery raid exercise at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, July 17, 2014. The 10th Mountain Division is training with the Michigan National Guard as part of the eXortable Combat Training Capability exercise, a validation by First Army to evaluate......
Photo by Sgt. Jeremy Miller | Michigan National Guard | 07.17.2014
Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 119th Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, observe opposing forces outside their perimeter as they prepare to engage targets with their M777A1 howitzer during the artillery defense lane during the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., July 17, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy......
Photo by Sgt. Jeremy Miller | Michigan National Guard | 07.14.2014
Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, Latvian Chief of Defense, observes the information display screen on an M777A1 howitzer of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, during the Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, July 14, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Miller, Michigan National Guard/Released)...
Photo by Sgt. Jeremy Miller | Michigan National Guard | 07.14.2014
Maj. Gen. Gregory J. Vadnais, Adjutant General and Director of Military and Veterans Affairs for the Michigan National Guard, and Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, Latvian Chief of Defense, discuss the capabilities of the M777A1 howitzer with Capt. Richard Sands, battery commander assigned Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, during the Exportable Combat Training Capability......