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- [Trevor] Soldiers of the 4th Battalion,

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133rd Field Artillery Regiment,

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conducted a HIMARS training,

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were deployed to the Middle East.

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- So we recently performed a
deployment readiness exercise

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with the HIMARS launchers.

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HIMARS launchers are long
range field artillery weapons

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that fire missiles and rockets.

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So the loading process starts
with the HIMARS itself,

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which is a rocket launcher
mounted on a truck

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backing up to the rocket pods.

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The pods are located behind the truck,

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the truck swivels the launcher around,

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and it actually has a
small winch made part

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of the launcher assembly itself.

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So the winch comes down

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and the operators guide the rocket pod,

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is a two-inch gap, into place

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and engages the rails

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and the back of the launcher.

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So it allows new crews

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to work through the process hands-on,

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where you're actually exercising

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all members of the crew,

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as well as the plans.

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You determine what parts are working,

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what parts need improvement

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and where you can improve the process

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to do it safer, more
efficiently and faster.

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I love it.

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It's the best job in the army.

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- [Trevor] I'm U S army
Sergeant, Trevor Cullen,

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reporting for Task Force Spartan.