Cannon crew members from the 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery await the arrival of a Black Hawk helicopter from the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment to sling-load the 105-mm howitzer for transport as part of a combined arms training mission July


Cannon crew members from the 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery await the arrival of a Black Hawk helicopter from the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment to sling-load the 105-mm howitzer for transport as part of a combined arms training mission July 23 at Fort McCoy, Wis. The training included airlifting nearly 120 Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry to a mock village for a capture and extraction mission. This was the first such joint training event in memory for the Wisconsin Army National Guard. Wisconsin National Guard


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