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I'm Specialist Stephanie Sutton . I'm

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from HHB 109 field artillery and I'm

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from Wilkes , Barre Pennsylvania

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deflection 3197 . This is the

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Battalion F DC , the fire direction

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center . And from here we help our

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weapon system fire the rounds

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accurately . The best way to break it

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down is the forward observers are the

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eyes , the F DC is the brains and the

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guns are the muscles . So the F DC is

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more so the middleman that conducts the

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calculations as far as range and angles

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and deflections , we have certain areas

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we have to shoot within and because the

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guns can be so far away from their

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target , we do all those calculations

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for them so that it can get done faster

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as well as accurately . Currently , we

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have about 10 soldiers that each

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play a significant role in the whole

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process .

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We have one person manning the radio at

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all times . We have another

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person on our computer . We have to

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plot points a lot . So we cross confirm

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the calculations that we get . We also

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have someone tracking how much

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ammunition we're shooting . There's a

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lot of roles that play a part in the

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whole process .