Video by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Hoffert | 103rd Public Affairs Detachment | 04.05.2024
The mortar platoon of Headquarters Headquarters Command 1-163 Combined Arms Battalion conducts live fire mortar training in Limestone Hills, Mont. on April 5, 2024 to build proficiency on the 120mm mortar systems. Forward Observers from the 148th Field Artillery Regiment worked with the mortar platoon to direct fires....
Video by Spc. David Campos-Contreras, Spc. Zachary Potter and Staff Sgt. Latasha Price | U.S. Army Central | 06.14.2023
U.S. Army Sgt. Shawn Fuentes, a fire direction control chief assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-160th Infantry Regiment Mortar Platoon, talks about maintaining mission readiness by conducting a mortar training and evaluation program, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, June 14, 2023. MORTEP tests mortar teams on their abilities to employ their weapon systems safely and accurately in......
Video by Lt. Col. Ryan Donald | 2ID Rotational BDE | 03.10.2023
Soldiers with 1-17th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division fire their 120mm from their Stryker Mortar Carrier Vehicle during their mortar training and evaluation exercise at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex March 10, 2023....
Video by Pfc. Caitlin Wilkins | 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs | 09.15.2021
Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, qualify at a mortar range at OP4 on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Sept. 15, 2021. The mortar section in the headquarters and headquarters company must go through the mortar evaluation program, or MORTEP, in order to become certified on their weapon system for effective indirect fires......
Video by Cpl. Alisha Grezlik | 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.04.2018
Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, Oregon, conduct MORTEP (Mortar training and evaluation program) at Camp Roberts, California. This is part of an instrumented brigade field training exercise known as eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) designed to certify platoon proficiency across the brigade in coordination with First Army. The XCTC program brings full......
