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1-37 FA Tests New Howitzer

Oct- 3-2008 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

The Northwest Guardian has an article describing a new weapon system being field-tested by the 1-37 FA, 3/2 SBCT. Excerpt:

Seeing how 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery has already established itself as a unit willing to step into the unknown and try new things, it make sense the unit became the first on Fort Lewis to fire the M777 155 mm howitzer Sept. 26.

The firing of the new weapon system marked the end of a two-week training session in which a NET team from Fort Sill taught 1-37 FA Soldiers everything from maintenance to what each Soldier’s job in each section is.

“We went from zero to 100 in two weeks,” said battalion fire control officer Capt. Rick Helton. “We had no experience on the guns whatsoever.”


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