A cannon crew with 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team's
Summary
A cannon crew with 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team's 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery, C. Battery, fires a 155mm explosive round from their M777 Howitzer July 27, 2018 during a field training exercise known as eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) at Fort Irwin, California. The exercise is an instrumented brigade field training exercise designed to certify platoon proficiency across the brigade in coordination with First Army. “This exercise keeps our units trained and ready for federal missions 286and builds upon the brigade’s training from last year’s Warfighter Exercise,” said Col. Eric Riley, commander of the 41st IBCT. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tyler Meister, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)