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National Guard executes Paladin live-fire training with modernized smart weapon
Story by Crystal Farris 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery Regiment
Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho - The Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment conducted live-fire training using the M109A6 Paladin and over 80 high explosive rounds during its annual training at the Orchard Combat Training Center, May 12 to 27, 2022. Training included its first live-fire exercise using the U.S. Army’s modernized M1156 Precision Guidance Kit, a GPS smart fuze attachment, that enabled the battalion to convert its existing 155mm artillery shells into smart weapons and improve target trajec- tory. (U.S. National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur)
Idaho National Guard participates in exercise African Lion ‘22
Story by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery Regiment
Approximately 80 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, along with counter- parts from several states to include California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are training with the Royal Moroccan Army in the northern Sahara Desert as part of African Lion ’22. Idaho’s battalion, from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team and headquartered in Pocatello, left the United States June 18 for the two-week exercise overseas with the international partner. Idaho Soldiers spent the first week preparing for the combined arms live-fire multinational mission that is the primary focus of the second week and conducted annual crew certification on the M109A6 Howitzer. During the exercise, the battalion provided ground support with preparatory and destructive fires, as well as obscuration using white smoke fires. At the end of the two-week exercise, the Idaho National Guard and the four counter- part states will conduct the combined arms live-fire multinational mission with Moroccan forces. (U.S. National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur)
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