All is well in Mississippi. The Stryker crews came back from the field last night after finishing up their night qualification. As a whole the company shot very well. Spc Crum, Sgt Sammons, Sgt Roberts, and Spc Johanson all shot perfect engagement at gunnery. The crews were out in the field for a total of three days and two nights. The crews were up at 0430 for a hot breakfast chow and morning safety briefing and shot well into the night. It was an enjoyable experience for the crews, many of them having never fired the weapons systems on the Stryker before.
The soldiers not firing on a Stryker or working on details to keep the range up and running worked on infantry tasks. They performed Urban Operations training by setting up glass houses with engineer tape. Weapons PMT, which is Primary Marksmanship Training.
Tomorrow the soldiers that did not shoot a weapons qualification at annual training this summer will be going to a M4 range to shoot and qualify. The troops at the range will do a normal qualification table. They will also be doing a CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, and Nuclear) shoot, where the have to shoot will wearing their protective masks. The final task is to shoot a night qualification. During the night qualification the troops will shoot while wearing NVGs, Night Vision Goggles, and infrared lasers.
Today's soldier of the day is actually a vehicle crew from 3rd platoon. It consists of driver Spc Timothy Tustin and Vehicle Commander Sgt Matthew Sammons. The two combined to shoot a perfect 7 out of 7 at Stryker gunnery. Tim is from Sheakleyville and works in the construction field. Matt is from Spartansburg and works at the regiment, which is a unit at Fort Indiantown Gap. Lets hear what Matt and Tim have to say; I'd just like to say hello to everyone back home. Everything is going great here and we can't wait to come see everyone for Christmas! - Matt
I just wanna say hello to my wife and my new baby boy, I love you and i miss you! Can't wait to both of you at Christmas! - Timothy
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I like how you are keeping the family's informed on what you are doing while you are down there. It is a great idea.
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