Story by Cpl. Timothy Hernandez | 3d Marine Division | 02.27.2020
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division participated with the Artillery Relocation Training Program 19.4 at Hijudai Maneuvering Area, Oita, Japan from February 6-27, 2020 while on a Unit Deployment Program from Oahu, Hawaii. ARTP is a regularly scheduled training exercise conducted by several units within the 3rd Marine Division. The program provides......
Story by Sgt. Christopher Hernandez | Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss | 01.17.2019
OROGRANDE RANGE COMPLEX, N.M. – Staging their M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) onto an oft-beaten desert trail, Army National Guardsmen of Alpha Battery, 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, Louisburg, North Carolina prepared to execute their live-fire exercises in Orogrande Range Complex, New Mexico, Jan. 17, 2019....
Courtesy Story | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 12.14.2018
By Sgt. ASHLEY M. MORRIS 3rd BCT, 10th Mtn Div PAO NCO FORT POLK, La. — Twenty-seven Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, participated in 21-gun and 50-gun salutes using howitzers in honor of the late former President George H.W. Bush, at the main post parade field on Fort Polk Dec. 6. The group rendering the......
Story by Sgt. Arjenis Nunez | 50th Public Affairs Detachment | 09.05.2017
Suppress, obscure, maneuver and breach -- these field artillery methods are the keys to success during the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team’s combined arms live-fire exercise, at Fort Stewart. From Aug. 24 through Sept. 8, 1ABCT Soldiers are testing their skills and showing where the sounds of freedom come from....
Story by Capt. Leslie Reed | 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 08.21.2015
It took well over a year of planning, but just seven minutes to fire the M119A howitzer cannons.
Story by Pfc. Alvin Pujols | 1st Marine Division | 04.22.2015
A Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement comes to a screeching halt, letting the dust and sand slide off of it. Seven Marines quickly file out of the truck and assume their roles on the M777A2 155 mm medium towed Howitzer....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan | North Carolina National Guard | 03.28.2015
Nearly 160 North Carolina National Guard Soldiers of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery marched to the applause, cheers and tears of friends, family and neighbors at their mobilization ceremony held at the James W. Warren Citizens Center in Lincolnton, North Carolina, March 28....
Story by Cpl. J. R. Heins | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.13.2015
Marines with Alpha Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, conducted ground-base air defense training at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, North Carolina, Feb. 2-6....