Story by Senior Airman Matt Porter | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 01.20.2023
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ — An aircrew assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 49 conducted an aerial gunnery live-fire training on Jan. 20, 2023, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The live-fire training required aircrews to successfully engage simulated targets with the GAU-17 gatling gun, the M-2 .50 cal. machine gun, and low-collateral M151, H843, H842, and M282......
Story by Sgt. Savannah Roy | 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division | 03.09.2022
Fort Stewart, GA – Workhorse Soldiers of the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division conducted convoy protection platform gunnery training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, March 7-11. In 2010, the Army published Training Circular 4-11.46, Convoy Protection Platform Gunnery, due to the rising need for sustainment personnel to provide their own convoy......
Story by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 03.15.2020
U.S. Navy Cyclone-class patrol coastal ships (PC) and P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) conducted a first of its kind joint exercise with AC-130W Stinger II gunships assigned to Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), March 8 and 9....
Story by Capt. Robert Taylor | Idaho Army National Guard | 08.28.2018
Idaho Army National Guard and Montana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conducted a live-fire exercise with Royal Thai Army Soldiers at the Cavalry Center in Thailand’s Saraburi province Aug. 28, the final Hanuman Guardian 2018 training event for infantry Soldiers from both forces....
Story by Pfc. Nicholas Guevara | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 10.26.2017
The sounds of explosions filled the air as smoke poured out of a 120-mm mortar’s barrel during a live-fire artillery exercise as part of Exercise Bold Alligator at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 26, 2017....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols | Fort Indiantown Gap | 06.02.2017
Fort Indiantown Gap is scheduled to host live-fire exercises during the month of June between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Exercises include demolition training June 5, artillery live-fire training June 9-10, demolition training June 13-16, mortar live-fire training June 16-21, and artillery live-fire training June 26-29....
Story by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt | 3rd Infantry Division | 05.04.2017
Soldiers of Task Force 1-28, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Benning, Georgia completed Volunteer Focus, a company-level situational training exercise and combined arms maneuver live-fire exercise (CAMLFX), to validate their readiness April 24 – May 4 at Benning....
Story by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt | 3rd Infantry Division | 04.27.2017
3rd Infantry Division Headquarters staff conducted a base defense live-fire exercise April 24 – 28 at Fort Stewart, Georgia in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel....
