Battalions shake off the dust and fire up the launchers

[The Patriot]

CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyo. – For some artillerymen from Alpha and Bravo Batteries, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery, it’s been a couple of years since they did their job - fire rockets from High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers.It took a few hours to work out the kinks and get to the business at hand, a live-fire exercise used to evaluate and certify skills with the Army’s new evaluation system.Some of the launch crew members have gained experience after National Training Center rotations and deployments to Afghanistan in past couple years, but even they haven’t fired rockets and a few report it’s not quite the same.

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