Army 1st Lt. Christopher Goodwin, a fire support officer with Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese 1st Sgt. Teruhiko Tanaka, a forward observer sergeant with 16th Infantry Regiment, Heavy Mortar Company, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, determine the accuracy of the mortar teams firing 120 mm mortar rounds on a distant hillside during Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 12, 2013. Rising Thunder is a Army-hosted exercise designed to build interoperability between I Corps, the 7th Infantry Division


Army 1st Lt. Christopher Goodwin, a fire support officer with Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and Japanese 1st Sgt. Teruhiko Tanaka, a forward observer sergeant with 16th Infantry Regiment, Heavy Mortar Company, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, determine the accuracy of the mortar teams firing 120 mm mortar rounds on a distant hillside during Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 12, 2013. Rising Thunder is a Army-hosted exercise designed to build interoperability between I Corps, the 7th Infantry Division and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. David Chapman/Released) Operation Rising Thunder, forward observer training 130912-A-CD114-114


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