The crew of Thunder 1 waits for information and orders to begin firing their 120mm mortar. Standing in their M106 mortar carrier vehicle, left to right; Pfc. Matthew Nelson, Sgt. Jack Morrison, Pfc. Blake Meyer, Sgt. Christian Noah and Pvt. Carson Hemsley. The Idaho Army National Guard’s Combined Arms Battalion, the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron and 190th Fighter Squadron joined forces in a large-scale joint training event on May 18 and 19, 2021 on the Orchard Combat Training Center. Two mortar platoons from the HHC, 2-116th mortar section, Thunder 1 an
The crew of Thunder 1 waits for information and orders to begin firing their 120mm mortar. Standing in their M106 mortar carrier vehicle, left to right; Pfc. Matthew Nelson, Sgt. Jack Morrison, Pfc. Blake Meyer, Sgt. Christian Noah and Pvt. Carson Hemsley. The Idaho Army National Guard’s Combined Arms Battalion, the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron and 190th Fighter Squadron joined forces in a large-scale joint training event on May 18 and 19, 2021 on the Orchard Combat Training Center. Two mortar platoons from the HHC, 2-116th mortar section, Thunder 1 and Thunder 2, provided supporting fire from two M106 mortar carriers. This was the first exercise of its kind with A-10 Thunderbolt fighters delivering 500 pound aerial ordinance in conjunction with supporting fire from Idaho Army National Guard ground units.
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