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three stand by 35 . The

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Oregon National Guard is firing up the ,

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how it serves at Yakima Training Center

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as they perform a live fire exercise

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under the hot Washington son . Well ,

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today we're just uh we're doing a

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battalion shoot for one oh five

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millimeter howitzers and its research

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as well as just re Familiarization for

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the units coming back from firing .

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Artillery . Sergeant christian Crimmins ,

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a forward observer for second battalion

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to 18th field artillery Regiment

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explains how many pieces are involved

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in the process of launching artillery .

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Downrange , it's not one person and one

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mos doing the entire mission by

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themselves . It's a team effort . We

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all come together from the soldiers ,

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mapping out the calculations to placing

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the guns to actually sending the rounds .

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Downrange . Teamwork is involved in

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every step , thoughts echoed by two of

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the 2/18 Commander , Lieutenant Colonel

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robert fraser . It's a team of teams

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and we emphasize that everywhere we go .

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So it's not just the gun guys , it's

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everyone in the two 18th . This

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training exercise is unique because

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it's the first time these howitzers

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have been fired since 2008 . Sergeant

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Crimmins talks about the value of

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getting the guns back out and getting

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to practice with them as far as

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actually needing to shoot live

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ammunition . We absolutely have to do

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it . If we don't , we are not effective

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and what's the point of an effective

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army ? Nothing and out here in Yakima .

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The 2 18th fueled artillery is showing

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that effectiveness

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with a bang reporting from Yakima

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Washington . I'm specialist matt

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Nicholas . Yeah