Oregon Army National Guard 1st Lt. Justin Phelps, 2nd Platoon leader with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, sling-loads one of his platoon's two M119A2 howitzers to a CH-47, F-Model Chinook helicopter during an artillery training mission, Operation Thunderstruck, June 20, 2015, at the Yakima Training Center near Yakima, Wash. The artillery training mission was the first of its kind to be executed in the history of the Oregon National Guard. More than a year of training and getting personnel Air Assault qualified lead up to the exec
Oregon Army National Guard 1st Lt. Justin Phelps, 2nd Platoon leader with Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, sling-loads one of his platoon's two M119A2 howitzers to a CH-47, F-Model Chinook helicopter during an artillery training mission, Operation Thunderstruck, June 20, 2015, at the Yakima Training Center near Yakima, Wash. The artillery training mission was the first of its kind to be executed in the history of the Oregon National Guard. More than a year of training and getting personnel Air Assault qualified lead up to the execution of Operation Thunderstruck. All nine Air Assault qualified Soldiers in the battalion graduated from the Air Assault course hosted by the Oregon National Guard at Camp Rilea in Warrenton, Ore., earlier this month. (Oregon Army National Guard Capt. Leslie Reed, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)
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