Lance Cpl. Jacob T. Madar pours water into a swab bucket Nov. 7 at the North Fuji Maneuver Area during Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-3. ARTP is a regularly scheduled training event that increases and maintains combat readiness of Marine forces and supports the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. After a gun section fires each round, the number 2 cannoneer swabs the breach of the M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzer to extinguish any burning embers. Madar is from Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, and is a field artillery cannoneer with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th
Lance Cpl. Jacob T. Madar pours water into a swab bucket Nov. 7 at the North Fuji Maneuver Area during Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-3. ARTP is a regularly scheduled training event that increases and maintains combat readiness of Marine forces and supports the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. After a gun section fires each round, the number 2 cannoneer swabs the breach of the M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzer to extinguish any burning embers. Madar is from Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, and is a field artillery cannoneer with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, based out of Twentynine Palms, California, and is currently assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. ( Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Jen S. Martinez/Released) Battery I aims high during ARTP 14-3 141107-M-KY377-102
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