Sitting a few yards away from Thunder 1, the crew of Thunder 2 waits for instructions. Standing on vehicle in the back, Spc. John Orison. Sitting on top of the vehicle, left to right; Staff Sgt. Ronald Kingman, Cpl. Joe Cegner, Sgt. Kyle Whitmore, Pfc. Noam Jenne and Spc. Joey Barber. Standing to the left of vehicle, 2Lt. Treavor Hall, and in the door of the M103, Cpl. Tristan Gillaspy. 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
Sitting a few yards away from Thunder 1, the crew of Thunder 2 waits for instructions. Standing on vehicle in the back, Spc. John Orison. Sitting on top of the vehicle, left to right; Staff Sgt. Ronald Kingman, Cpl. Joe Cegner, Sgt. Kyle Whitmore, Pfc. Noam Jenne and Spc. Joey Barber. Standing to the left of vehicle, 2Lt. Treavor Hall, and in the door of the M103, Cpl. Tristan Gillaspy. 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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