Col. Randy Lau, brigade commander of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Califonia National Guard, fires a 120mm mortar during a live-fire exercise while visiting Soldiers assigned to the 1-65 IN/1-18 CAV/1-160 IN/1-184 IN, all assigned to the 79th IBCT, June 15, 2021, at Camp Roberts, Califonia. The live-fire was part of an Exportable Combat Training Capability exercise (XCTC21-01). The XCTC program is an instrumented Brigade field training exercise designed to certify platoon proficiency in coordination with First Army.

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Keywords: artillery, dominate, fight, hang, thunderbolt, xctc2021